Busy Rannoch Wall

Lena on pitch 1 of January Jigsaw

Well, we had a great plan of climbing Agag's Groove and then quick down to climb January Jigsaw - but when does a great plan ever come off? We hadn't accounted for how many climbers the Bank Holiday good weather would bring up to Glencoe. Initially the car park was full, and there was a steady stream of climbers walking up to Buachaille Etive Mor, so we thought, well let's see... We got to Agag's Groove to see several teams queueing, but the adjacent Jan Jigsaw was free - so decision made. We actually had the climb all to ourselves (I didn't see anybody else on it all day!). We scrambled down Curved Ridge only to discover several more teams on Agag's again... Oh well, we didn't fancy queueing today so we went home happy - a brilliant day of weather on Rannoch Wall (I didn't even have to queue in Morrisons!). January Jigsaw is a terrific climb - make sure it's on your list.

Pitch 2

Pitch 2

The brilliant traverse of pitch 3

Pitch 4 was excellent

Walking up Crowberry Ridge

Chilling at the top of Curved Ridge