Went straight up at the last slopes instead of following Aladdin's Couloir. Awful powder snow at the cornice.
efetunc - Lead O/S - 31/Mar/13 with Pinar
isi_o - Solo - 05/Mar/13 with Natalie Wilson
Went up to have a look at Mirror Direct Route.
Avoiding it to the right, continued straight up, trending right, then left
Mayaculpa - 25/Feb/13 with Jason
BallsOfSteel - Solo - 20/Feb/13
bgreen3761 - Solo O/S - 20/Feb/13
Nick F Smith - AltLd O/S - 08/Feb/13
Used in descent. Mix of good solid snow and powder.
waiting for snow - Solo - 06/Feb/13 with Matt
Andy Moles - Solo - 02/Feb/13 with Ferdia
mctinkno - Solo O/S - 02/Feb/13 with Andy
jayyaj - Solo - Feb/13
Not complete. Soft snow.
waiting for snow - Solo - 05/Jan/13
henbot - 2nd - 03/Jan/13 with Ben Bradford
Hidden - Solo - 03/Jan/13
Moved togeather as everything else was melting. The wind created upwards melt water rain!!!
Spence22 - Lead O/S - 02/Jan/13 with Charlie
Done it with Tom Hall and Sarah in good condition.Plenty of features to place nuts and hexs.
stanleynkk - Lead O/S - 01/Jan/13
wheelsucker - 2013
Ross.Cooper - Solo O/S - 30/Dec/12 with Mark Chevassut
annak - Solo O/S - 30/Dec/12 with Zaheer Durrani
Hidden - Solo O/S - 29/Dec/12
Spent 4 hours staring at Aladdin's Mirror Direct. After watching a heroic attemped by Rich Jones to climb the route we decided it was best to run up the snow slope instead.
RUDIN.J.D.H - Solo O/S - 18/Dec/12 with Mike Mason
lcullum7 - Lead O/S - 18/Dec/12 with Tom B-M
Rich's bloody lost ice screw!
SarahA - AltLd - Dec/12
Went for pygmy ridge, found a queue and ended up going up some nice II ground at the top of central left hand
Thoms6974 - AltLd O/S - 03/Nov/12 with Matt
davidrj1 - Lead - Apr/12
To get to the base of Pygmy Ridge, had a small step which warranted grade II but wasn't to bad to solo.
joe.91 - Solo O/S - 05/Feb/12 with Thomas Reid
Started on this, then ended up in central gully, superb! Lean conditions.
Sam Marks - 05/Feb/12 with Matt Capsey
Hidden - Solo rpt - 04/Feb/12
Hidden - Solo - 02/Feb/12
Luke Davies - Solo - 02/Feb/12
Craig Holden - Solo O/S - Feb/12
Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/12
Nice route good conditions
chrisdajenk - 2nd - 25/Jan/12
Couple of short icy sections at grade II, had a look at the direct grade IV, practised axe/crampon skills.
sarah hawker - 08/Jan/12 with Tim Hakim, Lucian, Adrian W
Adrianw - 08/Jan/12 with Lucien Peterca, Tim Hakim, Sarah Hawker
Went slightly off route up a narrow, steep, rocky gully, but mostly climbed the whole actual route!
Solo'd all but the last pitch.
Louise Hall - 03/Jan/12 with Mauricio
mcglenr25 - Solo O/S - 02/Jan/12 with Tom Kennedy, Tom Kirby, Remy Bertlin, Mike Smith
When everything else is out of condition...
olekemi - Solo O/S - 02/Jan/12 with James C
tk1991 - Solo - 02/Jan/12 with Smithy, Remy Bertlin, Ryan McGlen, Tom Kirby
not much snow
rem12112122 - Solo - 02/Jan/12 with tom kennedy, tom kirby, Smithy, Ryan McGlen flasher
Smithy Smith - Solo O/S - 02/Jan/12
Harry Thorpe - Solo O/S - 02/Jan/12 with Roxy
cwhitty - AltLd - 2012
Callum Anderson - 2012
Hidden - 2012
Ski descent
hcreber - 2012
buzby78 - Lead - 16/Dec/11 with Cheryl
Not in great condition but good to get back into it. Grade II in those conditions.
glaramara - 10/Dec/11 with prof Tim, james
Hidden - Solo O/S - 01/Apr/11
mark v - 2nd - 28/Mar/11 with Mike Norbury
Hidden - 2nd - 24/Mar/11
Used as descent to get to Aladdins Direct. Scary unroped downclimbing me no like.
ksneds - Solo - 07/Mar/11 with stevo
Hidden - 03/Mar/11
Jon&anne-marie - 2nd - 01/Mar/11
Gumery - 2nd - Mar/11 with Hannah Francis, Tom Chilcot, alex reid
CRiddiford - AltLd O/S - 27/Feb/11 with Steve J
Hidden - Solo - 27/Feb/11
Lead a pitch and then decided to move together.
Jimmy1976 - AltLd O/S - 26/Feb/11
JasonK - Lead - 26/Feb/11 with Euan Boyd
The Mountain Goat - Solo O/S - 26/Feb/11
Hidden - Solo O/S - 12/Feb/11
peter fetlar - Lead - 08/Feb/11 with ruby
Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Feb/11
downclimbed to go to aladdins mirror direct
pudding - Solo O/S - Feb/11 with alex peace
left turn is easy to miss in bad conditions!
kitP - AltLd O/S - 30/Jan/11 with Katerine, JamesB
Moved together. Felt a bit exposed for grade I. Probably didn't help that I couldn't see properly due to contact lens issues.
barney800 - 30/Jan/11 with Chris Paterson, Katherine Shaw
In decent
a13x - Solo O/S - 29/Jan/11 with Jordan Phethean
Jim Gaffney - Solo O/S - 29/Jan/11 with James Osborn
indigostarlight - Solo - 29/Jan/11 with Alex Peace
t_stork - Solo - 27/Jan/11
barney_edin - Solo - 22/Jan/11
Gwyd and I pitched this, mainly for the practice, being my first climb of the season, and we'd never winter climbed together before either!
mwicks1968 - AltLd - 21/Jan/11
Hidden - AltLd - 18/Jan/11
naffan - Solo rpt - 16/Jan/11 with Tom E
Hidden - Solo O/S - 11/Jan/11
shed_hed - Solo O/S - 11/Jan/11
on the way to a very shiny pygmy ridge that turned into CLH
Timo Austino - Lead - 08/Jan/11 with Nats
Phil Jennings - Lead O/S - 03/Jan/11 with Lizzy
Hidden - Solo O/S - 02/Jan/11
nick ferro - 02/Jan/11
After waiting for 90 minutes, getting cold, on the belay for Mirror Direct after plonkers kept falling off it, just decided to do this instead.
allyrocke - Solo O/S - 02/Jan/11 with Robbie
rcammack - Solo O/S - 02/Jan/11 with Alistair Rocke
Hidden - Solo - 02/Jan/11
gaffa - Solo O/S - 02/Jan/11
jonnybull - AltLd - Jan/11 with Kunal
Hidden - 2011
andy wa - 2011
adie84 - 2011
shugsan - Solo O/S - 2011 with Jason King
Hidden - 2011
Hidden - 2011
newtonmore - 2011
Hidden - 2011
David Sherratt - Lead O/S - 2011
keithru - 2011
Hidden - Solo O/S - 30/Dec/10
jakelodge - Solo O/S - 30/Dec/10 with Neil Mackie, Alice Manwaring
tobychild - 29/Dec/10
carl_123 - Lead O/S - 29/Dec/10
naffan - Solo O/S - 19/Dec/10
Hidden - Solo - 17/Dec/10
Hidden - Solo O/S - 15/Nov/10
Hidden - Solo O/S - 15/Nov/10
In the dark after putting the tent up :)
AMarchant - Solo - 15/Nov/10 with Frank Palmer, Ally Hurst
andrew.eastland - AltLd O/S - 26/Mar/10 with Keith Rutherford
andybrown114 - Lead - 20/Mar/10 with Tess Pestridge, David Pestridge, Tony Lancashire
bigbobbyking - Solo - 15/Mar/10 with Sesh
martin one - Solo - 15/Mar/10 with barry Hewitt
Hidden - Solo - 13/Mar/10
fda - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/10 with Carlos, Liz
jason - Solo - 13/Mar/10 with manmike
AmyLou87 - AltLd rpt - 11/Mar/10
Hidden - Mar/10
Soloed most of the route on approach to Pygmy Ridge
Cardi - Solo O/S - 21/Feb/10 with Luke
gordon henderson - 2nd O/S - 21/Feb/10 with MRT
Hidden - Solo O/S - 19/Feb/10
Adam1973 - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/10 with Ann S
rclarke - AltLd - 14/Feb/10 with Rose
Hidden - Solo rpt - 14/Feb/10
Hidden - AltLd - 14/Feb/10
Elsier - Solo - 13/Feb/10 with Cath FRCC
as descent
sneaks - Solo O/S - 11/Feb/10 with Andrew Innes
mistertees - Solo - 08/Feb/10
Hidden - Solo - 08/Feb/10
Moved Together
Whitty2012 - 07/Feb/10
Timo Austino - Solo - 01/Feb/10
No bloody gear and a little too much wind!
Oh - and don't body belay doubles if you want the ropes to detangle afterwards.
lindsam - AltLd - 31/Jan/10 with Jos Style
Hidden - 2nd - 31/Jan/10
Hidden - Solo - 28/Jan/10
cbonner - 2nd O/S - 27/Jan/10 with David Noke
JamieGreig - Solo O/S - 26/Jan/10 with Tom Dudley, Tom Webber
tdudley - Solo O/S - 26/Jan/10 with Jamie Greig, Tom Webber
TomWebber - Solo - 26/Jan/10
Goodstuff - Solo rpt - 25/Jan/10
Hidden - Lead - 24/Jan/10
Hidden - Solo O/S - 24/Jan/10
Hidden - Solo - Jan/10
JGW - Solo - Jan/10 with Matt Tilley
Hidden - 2010
Hidden - 2010
Hidden - 2010
colinthrelfall - 2010
Hidden - 2010
declanj - Lead O/S - 2010
philw - 2010
Hidden - 2010
Hidden - Solo - 14/Dec/09
Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Dec/09
Timo Austino - Solo - 12/Dec/09
Liam Ingram - Solo O/S - 12/Dec/09 with Fergus Cuthill
Fergus Cuthill - Solo O/S - 12/Dec/09 with Liam Ingram
Caspar - Solo - 12/Dec/09 with Simon Reynolds
scorpia97 - Solo O/S - 12/Dec/09
TomPollock - 2nd O/S - 12/Dec/09 with Pat Cook
smcw - Dec/09
ZA - Dec/09 with Ian Robinson, smcw
ZA - 2nd - Dec/09 with Ian Robinson, smcw
Hidden - 2nd - 27/Nov/09
ebastock - Solo - 14/Mar/09
Hidden - Solo - 28/Feb/09
Not fully in condition so a rocky mixed section in the middle added some interest
Caralynh - Solo O/S - 28/Feb/09
Hidden - Solo - 25/Feb/09
Shezzer - 20/Feb/09 with Simon Brown
Very tricky crossing over the rocks to the upper gully
andy tetsill - Solo - 20/Feb/09
Climbed the buttress between Mirror and Direct
Sam Ash - 2nd O/S - 19/Feb/09 with Chris Bainbridge, Chris Pope
Hidden - Solo O/S - 17/Feb/09
Hidden - Solo - 17/Feb/09
Callum T - Solo - 01/Feb/09 with Cora, Sian
SianR - Solo - 01/Feb/09 with Callum & Cora
Hidden - Solo - 01/Feb/09
Hidden - 2nd O/S - Feb/09
bigfatbassist - Lead - Feb/09 with Chris Laws
dave_tomlin - Feb/09 with Tom Evans
joeflan - AltLd O/S - Feb/09
lewk_c - Lead O/S - 12/Jan/09 with Jack Lewin
Roped Solo
Jack_Lewin - Solo O/S - 12/Jan/09 with lewk_c
njlyons - Lead O/S - 12/Jan/09 with martin l
Great conditions, windy on top. Walk back in moonlight as bright as any streetlights.
rmc - 2nd O/S - 10/Jan/09 with Sheena, Alex
Not too bad at all. First winter route. Very straight forward apart from a bit lean on the dog leg section around the grade 4 direct bit. Well recommended for other first ascentionists.
vinders - AltLd - 05/Jan/09 with Jamie
good condition with fat ice
jaybob - AltLd O/S - 05/Jan/09 with gareth
Hidden - Solo - 04/Jan/09
nukebat - Solo O/S - 04/Jan/09 with Colin
Blurgy319 - 2nd - 03/Jan/09 with Marcus Littler
alimckay - AltLd - Jan/09
didn't top out on account of the high winds- went down alladins coulour.great fun, can't wait to do the direct though.
w.pettet-smith - Lead - Jan/09 with duncan the quiet american
Hidden - Jan/09
Kayan - Jan/09
CT6419 - Lead - 2009
andrewb - 2009
rossn - 2009
Ish. Very lean where the route bends left, and we went wrong, crossing two mixed areas and finishing above Spiral Gully. A misjudgement, and an alarming solo as our second ever winter climb. Lesson learnt: route may not be in the conditions that give it its grade.
cmsg - Solo O/S - 29/Dec/08
Hidden - Solo O/S - 18/Dec/08
Hidden - Solo O/S - 18/Dec/08
jl - Solo O/S - 17/Dec/08 with No Partner
Pretty thin, kept going right into Central Left-Hand.
Fultonius - AltLd - 28/Nov/08 with Paul Crowther
Got thin so came back down
Neilm18 - Solo dnf - 28/Nov/08 with Dan Peach
dp1 - Solo dnf - 28/Nov/08 with neil mosgrove
descent
Neil Mackenzie - Solo - 02/Nov/08 with Warren
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Nov/08
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Nov/08
Ascent to pygmy ridge
frecro - Solo - 04/Oct/08 with Iain Munro
markvader - AltLd O/S - 26/Mar/08 with Andy G
jimdanson - Solo - 16/Mar/08 with dan middleton
Jim Slater - Solo O/S - 09/Mar/08 with Phil Lee
Good quick down climb to avoid the cliff top, watch out for crowds coming up though! Would be a cool ski descent....
Chad123 - AltLd O/S - 02/Mar/08 with Emily
Hidden - AltLd - 25/Feb/08
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Feb/08
djking1983 - Solo - 17/Feb/08
FrankW - Solo O/S - 13/Feb/08 with None
Moved together.
dave657 - 2nd O/S - 02/Feb/08 with Steve
Hidden - Solo O/S - Feb/08
First winter lead. Lots of powder in bottom section. Moving together
alexsharp - Lead O/S - 06/Jan/08 with Steve Beckwith
fritz_in_aotearoa - 2008
Hidden - 2008
Hidden - Solo O/S - 10/Dec/07
jonnie3430 - Solo - 08/Dec/07
Sophie Nunn - AltLd - 06/Dec/07
Mark Walter - AltLd O/S - Dec/07 with Al and Mike
Eccentric - Lead O/S - Dec/07 with Sarah (Crumbly Rubbish)
Hidden - AltLd - Dec/07
ShaneHoubart - AltLd O/S - Dec/07
first route of the season, wild day, powdery snow most of the way up, no gear and Warrens first winter route.
Neil Mackenzie - AltLd O/S - 24/Nov/07 with Warren
crusted powder with a bit of good nevie and ice mixed in. A the rock gear was buried and had to be dug out. 60-70 mph or so at the top. Mark first winter route.
andymoin - AltLd O/S - 24/Nov/07 with Mark Jarvie
First winter route, alternative finish, crap weather
adw07 - AltLd - 24/Nov/07 with Neil Mackenzie
Had a look at the direct, but decided against it, too thin for us.
Bokonon - AltLd O/S - 31/Mar/07 with Dave
smiler - AltLd - 31/Mar/07 with Bokonon
Hidden - Lead O/S - Mar/07
swmackey - Lead O/S - Mar/07
Direct Start, IV,4.
gripped01 - AltLd O/S - Mar/07 with Si Moore, Jules Turner
Hidden - Solo O/S - Feb/07
Hidden - Lead - Feb/07
Hidden - 2nd O/S - 10/Jan/07
mulletcocktail2000 - Solo O/S - 01/Jan/07 with joe and bev
andysroom - AltLd - Jan/07
Richard White - 2007
Hidden - 2007
timmy-ts - 2007
Hidden - 2007
Hidden - 2007
CurlyStevo - Solo - 2007
Hidden - Solo - 17/Dec/06
Captain Solo - Solo - 02/Apr/06
PanzerHanzler - Solo O/S - 09/Mar/06 with Adrian Fagg
Grade II-III? 50m icey snow gully (poor belay), then 20m technical turf + 30m easy turf (OK spike), 50m rising turf traverse (OK spike), 75 m water ice - had to simul climb - ice dinnerplating - 2 screws for psychology to spike, then 40 m to top. Jos' first route with bendy boots and 8 point crampons...
kevinknights - Lead O/S - 11/Feb/06 with Jos Style
John Pickles - Solo O/S - Feb/06 with Neil Mackay
ryan_naked24 - Feb/06
SteveM - Solo - 07/Jan/06 with Keith
andy wa - AltLd O/S - Jan/06 with Windy
Neil Adams - Solo O/S - 2006
mikecopp - Solo - 17/Dec/05
Hidden - 04/Dec/05
Hidden - AltLd - Feb/05
Lean conditions, made it closer to Grage II.
Jon Wickham - 2nd O/S - 15/Jan/05 with Alison Stockwell and Oliver Bennet
andyinglis - AltLd - 2005
Dangerous Dave - Lead O/S - 2005
Tim W - Lead O/S - 28/Dec/04 with Janna's mum Sue, Janna Trevorrow
Mark Collins - Solo O/S - 06/Mar/04 with Neil Henson
Mark Collins - Solo O/S - 06/Mar/04 with Neil Henson
Hidden - Solo - 06/Mar/04
icescrew - Lead - Feb/04 with Trevor
Solo first pitch to look at Mirror Direct but decide to downclimb
Marq - Solo dnf - 26/Jan/04 with Martin P
Sankey - Solo - 17/Jan/04 with Andy B
Will Gordon - AltLd O/S - 01/Jan/04 with Rob Gleeson
Hidden - Solo - Jan/04
peteetheridge - Solo - Jan/04
Jamie Simpson - AltLd O/S - Jan/04 with Numerous
James's first winter route.
charlesmfrench - Lead O/S - 12/Jan/03 with James Menzies
steev - Jan/03 with Kimball
Neil Henson - Solo - 2003 with Mark Collins
akhughes - Solo O/S - 2003
tubby two - AltLd - 2003 with Softie P
mike.moss - Solo O/S - 2003
jamie ward - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/02 with John Howes
James W - Feb/02
Hidden - 22/Jan/02
timharrison - Lead O/S - 2002 with Jamie, Matt, John
FrankW - Lead O/S - 31/Dec/01 with Laura
Hidden - 14/Apr/01
Gman - Solo O/S - Feb/01 with Carl, Rich
The Bad Cough - AltLd O/S - 20/Jan/01 with Christian Minett
Hidden - 2001
Hidden - Solo - 04/Mar/00
Hidden - AltLd O/S - Feb/00
Hidden - Solo - Feb/00
Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jan/00
Jamie B - Solo - Dec/98
Hidden - AltLd - 03/Feb/98
wadey1973 - Solo - 01/Feb/98 with Gordon Hutchinson
tallthinmonkey - 2nd - Feb/98 with Ewan Paterson
niall_mac - Solo - Jan/98
dangates - Solo - 1998 with Kat Jones
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 1998
peebles boy - 1998
phardman - Solo - 04/Feb/96 with Guy Maddox
Hidden - Solo O/S - 16/Apr/94
Andy Say - Solo - 01/Apr/94
iskra2000 - 2nd - 10/Mar/94 with Terry and Janet Bowler
Yourlead - Solo - 21/Apr/91 with Graham Penny
Part of Winter Skills course at Glenmore Lodge
Yourlead - AltLd - 30/Jan/91
Hidden - Lead - 07/Dec/90
In descent
Yourlead - Solo - 27/Mar/90 with Graham Penny
Mickdenali - Solo O/S - Mar/90
Neil Henderson - 2nd - Feb/90 with Iain Henderson
started out with Neil
stevieb - Solo O/S - Jan/90
Yourlead - AltLd - 05/Dec/89 with Graham Penny
Ghastly Rubberfeet - Solo - 1989
mark-abz - Solo - 20/Feb/88 with Andy W
Tony Prendergast - Feb/84 with Chris Foster
Hidden - Feb/83
Hidden - Solo - 1983
Actually down climbed it.
Bob - Solo O/S - 29/Dec/82 with D. Geere
John Marsland - Solo - 28/Mar/82
sacdenouilles - Solo - Mar/81
Mike C - Solo - 29/Dec/78 with Mike Penn
munro109 - Lead - 30/Nov/72 with Glenmore Lodge
auldscotal - AltLd O/S - 1972 with folk from Bangor OE postgrad
David Smith - Feb/63