from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
Today, I drove down to Bridge of Orchy and walked up to the base of Taxus(III) on Beinn an Dothaidh. I soloed up the route and ended up on the summit in a whiteout. From here I navigated SW and ended up below Creag Coire an Dothaidh below all the route. I then went up to the col and went upto Beinn Dorain (1076). I then went back to the col, back up to Beinn an Dothaidh (1004) and then onto spot height 993 where I litrally bumped into a group of 6. Visibility was down to about 30-40m. From here I dropped
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from West Coast Mountain Guides
Hi Alan Did Taxus yesterday great condition, totally blow out no soft stuff at all. Cheers Andy
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Yesterday Beinn Dothaidh was in good shape, although a lot of the snow was pretty soft. The ice on Taxus (Direct) was in fine fettle. Some small amount of 'breast-beating' has taken place recently from mountaineering committees concerning signage and way marking on the mountains of Scotland. Here is a good example of how some land owners are willing to help climbers and walkers access the mountains through their property. Personally I feel this is a good idea and maybe needed in some spots at higher ...
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Hi Alan, Just thought I'd send over a few pics of our day on Taxus. We climbed the Icefall Finish which was in excellent nick making about 7 pitches of awesome climbing. The corrie looked in excellent nick with other teams on Menage a Trois, cheers Chris
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from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
Today Rich and I headed up to Beinn an Dothaidh, specifically up to the North-East corrie. We passed teams heading for West Gully and a team who were going for Taxus. It must be a good route, one of the guy's was on his 5th ascent of the route! We went and climbed Menage a Trois (V,6) which is an ace route. Rich went up the awkward first pitch, which had some good climbing, I led up the corner which was really good, technical and gear where you want it. I think there is more gear but it was under snow and
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Alan, Have been out past couple of days on Beinn an Dotaidh, and then on Beinn Udlaidh. West Buttress had outstanding frozen turf and some good ice, with not too much powder. Taxus was also being climbed by groups, although the avalanche risk there remains high I would guess; we avoided it because there was a lot of slab breaking away in the lower part of the gully. Beinn Udlaidh was busy; we did the first pitch of Green eyes and then the second pitch of South Gully of the Black Wall to give almost ...
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