In reply to stuart58:
First, we would need to define "classic" though.
A climb of outstanding character, which offers a strong line, continuous and interesting climbing for its grade, and is reliably in-conditions.
I, for one, do not trust the starring system for routes that never had repeats...how can it be a classic if that's not a consensus? I have to rely on the first ascentionist word? Often biased (not even talking about grades here!). Likewise, if it comes into conditions once every 10 years, can it be a classic?
There are plenty of targets I have that I don't think are clasics. They are sought-after but not classics IMO. An example is the shield direct on carn dearg on Ben Nevis. It sounds amazing but can we consider it a classic with only a few repeats?
My second observation would be about grades. What kind of classics are we talking about? A classic grade II snow plod is unlikely to get me in my car and drive south from Inverness. Simply because I am time-starved and that makes me a grade snob.
Thirdly, feeling of remoteness is something I try to achieve in winter climbing. I don't see it as cragging (which I enjoy too). I hate queuing, which is why I tend to avoid the Northern Coires up here, whenever I can.
I sampled the great rock climbing of the lakes, but always thought it was overcrowded.
So i'd like poeple to tell me:
What "classics" are to be sought at grade VI and above?
What areas are reliable?
What areas will provide me with a remote feeling?
It sounds like I am already convinced that you can't provide that. May be I am a bit, but I am a fairly open-minded person and could conceive of driving down for a couple of very special routes. It'd need to be accepted classics with all the above criteria.