Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Cairn Lochan
Cloud finally clearing off the crag
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
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Heavily rhymed crag, shot at P1 belay of Deep Throat, towards Nuber Three Buttress
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
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Ian swinging an axe
In P1 of Deep Throat
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
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Ian on the last hard move of Deep Throat P1
This point was scary in leading because the line below was a traverse (from the left in the photo). I managed to put two pieces of gear (one of which was inventively stacked nuts as no gear of such a size remained in my harness by this time at the enf of 30-metre pitch) after some excavation of snow. If they failed, the falling leader woud hit the side wall (to the left in the photo) after 10 metre fall. I may have spent good 20 minutes this section alone in leading. I spent 4 hours in leading (cleanly) this P1 because it was so heavyly rhymed and everything was buried, yet not much ice was there and turf was unfrozen (this is a rock route and there was not much turf anyway).
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
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At P1 belay of Deep Throat after hard climbing, before abseiling off
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
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Approaching Coire an t-Sneachda
27-Feb-25 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Cloud finally clearing off the crag
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
scotland climbing highland mixedclimbing cairngorms deepthroat winterclimbing coireanlochain unitedkingdom 54389042224
Heavily rhymed crag, shot at P1 belay of Deep Throat, towards Nuber Three Buttress
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
scotland unitedkingdom climbing highland mixedclimbing cairngorms deepthroat winterclimbing coireanlochain 54389224745
Ian swinging an axe
In P1 of Deep Throat
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
scotland unitedkingdom climbing highland mixedclimbing cairngorms deepthroat winterclimbing coireanlochain 54389224230
Ian on the last hard move of Deep Throat P1
This point was scary in leading because the line below was a traverse (from the left in the photo). I managed to put two pieces of gear (one of which was inventively stacked nuts as no gear of such a size remained in my harness by this time at the enf of 30-metre pitch) after some excavation of snow. If they failed, the falling leader woud hit the side wall (to the left in the photo) after 10 metre fall. I may have spent good 20 minutes this section alone in leading. I spent 4 hours in leading (cleanly) this P1 because it was so heavyly rhymed and everything was buried, yet not much ice was there and turf was unfrozen (this is a rock route and there was not much turf anyway).
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
scotland unitedkingdom climbing highland mixedclimbing cairngorms deepthroat winterclimbing coireanlochain 54389224130
At P1 belay of Deep Throat after hard climbing, before abseiling off
14-Mar-25 • Masa Sakano • flickr
scotland unitedkingdom climbing highland mixedclimbing cairngorms deepthroat winterclimbing coireanlochain 54388850761
Approaching Coire an t-Sneachda
27-Feb-25 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
scotland winter february cairngorms norries gully couloir snow mountain cliff crag climbing rock pinnacle aladdin buttress 54367088056
Lairig Ghru
Looking south to the Devil's Point.
27-Feb-25 • Mrs Butterbur • flickr
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Videos
Cairngorm National Park, Scotland Cairn Gorm Mountain Walk 10th August 2022 00:15 Intro 00:30 Our route 01:02 Cairngorm Ski ...
Jump straight to: 00:26 Ben Macdui with views down Glen Dee and across Lairig Ghru. Beinn Macduibh at 1309 metres the ...
A warm and very windy summer day with clear conditions to traverse the Northern Corries passing Cairn Lochan crossing the ...
An Lochan Uaine (in direct translation Vivid Green Little Lake) looks exactly as the name indicates: small and strangely green.
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.