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Thanks for the suggestions, a few of them even fit the criteria
> + Secretaries Buttress (NB Super Direct & Twitch), Pandora's Buttress (Phantom Slab) etc.
Yup I forgot all the names, there's many there I know. Maybe it is the mecca??
> Polney Crag at Dunkeld.
I considered that but it's mostly easy stuff.
> Indian Slab Crag up Glen Gour if you can take the walk-in.
Unlikely!
> Ardverikie Wall.
Not mid-grade/low-extreme.
> Arderikie Wall is a slab so presumably the harder routes around it are also slabby,
And no they don't look like in the guide.
> Some of the slab problems on the Dumbarton boulders are fun - and as long as some gritstone routes!
It's only really BNI and it's variants. Nasty business!
> Trundle and Walk on the Wild Side at Auchinstarry qualify as slab routes.
True there are a few at Auchinstarry, I should have mentioned that.
> Ridgeway view crag, and thereabouts. Not saying it's worth a special trip, mind.
That's the one I meant in the Rhiconich area, yes.
> Caithness? Scarlet Pimpernel looks pretty slabby in the pics.
It is. However most of the other similar / harder stuff in the area is steep.
> Some slabby stuff on the Western Sector at the Pass of Ballater - Silent Spring (+ Supercreeps, Medium Cool etc). Worth a look since Andy Nisbet gave it a clean earlier in the month.
Yeah that's one.
> Creag Ghlas might be worth another visit outside of tick/midge season.
Too much of a mountain I think?? Looks like a true slab mecca but might be too far to walk for me.
> Casteail Ruadh just down the road has a nice slab on it but it is a 45 minute walk in.
Will look into.
> There's good slab climbing at Achmelvich on the obvious crag above the loch on the track back to Lochinver. A bit undergraded though.
OH yes I remember seeing that in NHN.
> There are slabs up Strathconnon aren't there, just above the river?
Yes there are, that's a good idea. I tried something up there on a hot midgy day and it was horrendous, but there might be more.
> Plague O'blazes in Glen Nevis is a good slab climb with an overhanging finish. Gawping Grockles on the other side of the river is also good but technically perhaps not a slab. The E4 beside it is probably is a slab though.
Yes plenty there, my buttresses were just an example.
> Isn't there a big slab right next to the road on the way over to Scoraig from Dundonnel?
Dunno, is there??
> There are some slabby climbs on the NE seacliffs, Grey Mare Slabs would be the most obvious.
Not mid-grade/low-extreme tho. Most NE stuff at that standard is steep....or very steep....or stupidly steep.
> And isn't Raven Crag near Gairloch slabby ?
Not mid-grade/low-extreme.
> There's a few slabby routes at Diabeg. They are steep slabs though, Route 1 and 2 (and I think the first pitch of Route 2 is more like a wall and is steep, but the 2nd pitch follows a crack up a steep slab) There's a VS called Boab's Corner which was hideously slabby (don't like slabs so it felt hideous to me.
Already mentioned Diabeg.
> Arran - lots of crags.
Too mountainous / not accessible.
> Seem to remember there being a few at Polldubh...
Already mentioned.
> couple more Kingussie, Tynrich Slabs
Kingussie isn't mid-grade/low-extreme. Tynrich sounds like it has potential though.
> Some great slabby routes on Stone Valley Crag (eg Open Secret, Bald Eagle) and probably some of the other Gairloch Crags.
Yes Stone Valley might have some in the mid-grades as well.
> Also some tasty photos of Badrallach Crag on pp302–4 of Northern Highlands Central although I haven't been there yet. Might not give Fiend that much to go at with just a couple of routes above VS, but looks like proper slab climbing to me!
> there's a couple of slabby routes at traprain, not sure if they are worth driving through from the west for though
Not mid-grade/low-extreme.
> Sub station(or similar) crag on the track up to Loch Sloy. Looks like a pretty nice slab with some low E's I think.
Already mentioned. It is bloody brilliant.
> Surface Tension at Auchinstarry? Never steeper than 80 degrees at most and brilliant with it.
Not mid-grade/low-extreme. Looks ace but have been warned it's hard. One for the future.
> Public Spirited in Cambu?
Not really slabby enough.
So I can add: Auchinstarry, Ballater, Tynrich Slabs, Strathconnon, Stone Valley Crag, Achmelvich and maybe a couple of others.
I think I'll be spending a lot more time in Glen Nevis then! Or persuading the landowner to open to track to Creag Ghlas...