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Invernesshire > Coire an t'Sneachda >

Fingers Ridge

IV 4

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Ticklists: Cairngorm Winter Climbs.

Photo: E Macdonald on Fingers Ridge © Sandy Allan
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PUBLIC LOGBOOKS

This climb is in 324 logbooks, and on 77 wishlists.

Might be the last one of the season?
John Workman - AltLd - 13/Apr/13 with Lex

Timothy Miller - 2nd O/S - Apr/13

Horrible weather but great fun and great route.
Gibson27 - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/13

PeteLoveless - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/13 with Ben Gibson

Hidden - 26/Feb/13

DaveJ 11 - 2nd O/S - 26/Feb/13

Led 2 and 4
abbeywall - AltLd - 25/Feb/13 with K

All pitches!
ollyroberts - Lead O/S - 24/Feb/13 with Piers Newton

piersnewton - 2nd O/S - 24/Feb/13 with Olly Roberts

Done before so let Mark have the fun.
michael83 - 2nd rpt - 23/Feb/13 with Mark Mosgrove

Thoms6974 - Lead O/S - 23/Feb/13 with Claire

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Feb/13

Hidden - Lead - 19/Feb/13

Stunning route in amazing weather. Learned some interesting new Polish words from Andzrej while he heroically tackled the headwall.
iksander - 2nd - 18/Feb/13

Lead all the pitches. Had epic on head wall, but did it without a fall. Did it in Feb last year with big boots on wet rock as summer D, hence "clean with beta" style of ascent. Perfect winter conditions this year!
andrzej kierzek - Lead β - 18/Feb/13

peter neden - Lead - 18/Feb/13

Stewart Armstrong - AltLd - 18/Feb/13 with david wall, Peter Neden

variation to help Darren followed by an escape up chossy snowslopes to the right and a 19 minute run down the goat track and back to the car park to pick people up in the bus.
benkelsey - Lead O/S - 17/Feb/13 with Pete Briggs

A fantastic route in brilliant conditions!
SPD224 - 2nd - 10/Feb/13 with Becky Lee, Martin Smith

Jobbo - 2nd O/S - 07/Feb/13 with Matt Carwardine

Finn Curry - 2nd - 05/Feb/13

Good route as always, great nick today
a pedley - Lead - 02/Feb/13 with Marc Williams

Fantastic day out and awesome climb, although lots of digging for gear required!
Elsier - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/13 with Koon

Great day out. Climbing conditions were quite good but quite a lot of powder. Lead pitches 1, 3 and 5. True classic climb!!
Koon - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/13 with Elsie

JamesMortimer4 - 2nd - 02/Feb/13 with Rosie Goolden, Tim Miller

Charlie Zephyr Booth - Lead O/S - Feb/13 with michael kirby

top two pitches are fantastic and threading the fingers a great ending!
Steven Andrews - AltLd O/S - 26/Jan/13 with Pete

Hands and knees probably more use than axes. First pitch was interesting!
peter.herd - AltLd - 26/Jan/13 with Steven A

Finished in the dark!! ooops!!
Aufton - Lead O/S - 24/Jan/13 with Sam Crabb

wheelsucker - 2013

Great route, led the crux
Jay C - AltLd O/S - 29/Dec/12 with Mark C

finnaly finnished the route, 3rd time lucky, stunning weather and great conditions, although had to dig through 1ft thick rime to find belays and pro making the route feel harder than last time.
Webster - Lead rpt - 18/Dec/12

alan r b - AltLd - 18/Dec/12

maddy92 - 2nd - 18/Dec/12

Started a bit too far left, ended too far right. All round cock-up. I lead P1, Ben lead a pitch of FR Direct, Kip lead a pitch of Red Gully.
tomwheeler - AltLd - 16/Dec/12 with bencoope

konacol - AltLd O/S - 12/Dec/12 with Gav Swinton

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 11/Dec/12

peter fetlar - AltLd O/S - 11/Dec/12 with stewart

Crag was plastered with this thick useless shit that took ages to clear to get at the features. Went a bit skiwif on the first pitch (followed some insitu gear steeply into a bay, that continued to sketchy slabs) so bailed on that and went out left. Top pitches spectacular - glorious weather!
allyrocke - Lead O/S - 02/Dec/12 with Matt King

2nd grade IV, great route
mattking_109 - 2nd - 02/Dec/12 with Ally Rocke

P1 and 3. first route of the season. good to get back into the swing of things.
benkelsey - Lead β - 24/Nov/12 with Ben Silvestre

Hidden - 2nd - 02/Nov/12

Marcus 1st and 3rd sections, I led the middle.
LibS - AltLd O/S - 01/Nov/12 with Marcus Peabody

A good amount of snow and ice but melting fast. The wind increased as we ascended so the fingers were fun. The final headwall was excellent, looks blank but enough there when you get on it. Felt pretty comfortable with the climbing but struggled with some of the high step-ups due to my lack of flexibility.
Sutty22 - 2nd - 30/Oct/12 with Pat

Tomek S - AltLd O/S - 20/May/12 with Wojtek Polkowski

very dry tool:)
Wojttek - AltLd β - 20/May/12 with Tomek

Tom Davy - AltLd O/S - 12/May/12

Great day out. First grade IV.
Chris Ellyatt - AltLd O/S - 12/May/12 with Tom Davy

Hidden - AltLd - 20/Apr/12

Lead the first two pitches, was lovely, Alissa's first winter and couldn't do the mixed sections so chose to back off so not to freak her out. Really need to come complete this at some point.
Kyle Rance - Lead dnf - 12/Feb/12 with Alissa Bray

The Biochemist - 2nd dnf - 12/Feb/12 with Kyle Rance

great fun, bivvied in aviemore then managed to be first team on this. lead all pitches, including tech 5 bit at the top.
JamieSparkes - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/12 with Claire

llamaglama - 2nd - 12/Feb/12 with Jam

JRae - 11/Feb/12 with M Watson

mwatson - AltLd - 11/Feb/12 with johnny

First IV :D, fun route, did p2 and 4. Very powdery, with good turf and hooks
radioshed - 05/Feb/12 with Albert P

Nice route, but snow not consolidated at all.
palimer - AltLd - 05/Feb/12

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Feb/12

Snow was quite unconsolidated, so used rock hooks near enough all the way. Great route, and the top pitch (the steep wall beyond the fingers) is very good value!
Ken Applegate - Lead - 03/Feb/12 with Vic

John led. Awesome climbing throughout. First pitch (traverse) was very tenuous. First IV and loving it.
lewiz - 2nd O/S - 02/Feb/12 with Owen John

John Pickles - Lead rpt - 02/Feb/12 with Owen John, Lewis Thompson

Hidden - AltLd - Feb/12

henning82 - 2nd O/S - 28/Jan/12

johannes - Lead O/S - 28/Jan/12

mike.moss - AltLd O/S - 23/Jan/12

Hidden - 22/Jan/12

lead all 4 pitches, the middle 2 twice. had to back off about 3 meters short of the top on the final pitch due to storm force winds,
Webster - Lead - 05/Jan/12

steve-grigg - AltLd O/S - 05/Jan/12

willoates - AltLd O/S - 02/Jan/12 with Steve

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jan/12

Lead P1 and P3. Didnt do top pitch as it was getting late and tom forgot his torch!
Liam Ingram - AltLd - 30/Dec/11 with Tom E

bailed from the top pitch when it got dark and weather turned
The Big Sender - AltLd - 30/Dec/11 with liam ingram

Lean and soft hoar.
brockers - AltLd O/S - 30/Dec/11 with Andy Stotesbury, Maggie Bass

Hidden - 2nd - 30/Dec/11

Steve Woollard - 2nd - 29/Dec/11 with Mark Chadwick

An outstanding line! Great fun climbing around the fingers and then a bit of technical work getting up a short cracked wall before topping out.
benclimbing - AltLd O/S - 23/Dec/11 with Dave Latimer

andysroom - AltLd O/S - 20/Dec/11 with Kilian, Dave Gent

Very strong wind
kiks - AltLd O/S - 20/Dec/11

Alan Dixon - 19/Dec/11

Excellent route, first time on a IV, some great leading by Rob in pretty full on conditions
MrRiley - 2nd O/S - 17/Dec/11 with Rob Reglinski

Hannah Evans - AltLd - 15/Dec/11 with Max Hunter

Ran the last two pitches into one rope stretcher. The drags was horrendous and I had to solo the fingers and the tech 5 wall to avoid placing gear and making it worse!
conorcussell - AltLd O/S - 11/Dec/11

Simply fantastic. Lead 3rd pitch.
samwillo - AltLd - 11/Dec/11 with Rory Brown

Hidden - AltLd - 11/Dec/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - 11/Dec/11

Mowglee - AltLd O/S - 11/Dec/11 with Conor

luckyjim - AltLd - 11/Dec/11 with D Helm

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Dec/11

Nice climb, a bit windy on the ridge!
shugsan - AltLd O/S - 27/Feb/11 with Jason King

Was nice to get on the proper route after Euan got halfway up the Direct...
JasonK - AltLd - 27/Feb/11 with Euan Boyd

Spence22 - AltLd O/S - 26/Feb/11 with Guy

All the snow and ice melting fast. Not much fun. Climbed badly.
davefount - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/11 with Will K

Led P1 and P3. Top pitch was quite black, but quite a lot of iced up cracks.
stuaart - AltLd O/S - 06/Feb/11 with Thomas Smith

thomasaneurinsmith - AltLd O/S - 06/Feb/11 with Stuart Reeves

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Feb/11

naffan - Solo O/S - 29/Jan/11

Brilliant!
theotherpetehill - AltLd O/S - 29/Jan/11 with jacob davies

Briwi - 2nd O/S - 28/Jan/11 with phil gibb, Garry Smith

Did in 3 pitches. Led 1st and 3rd pitch
Kirill - AltLd O/S - 28/Jan/11 with Igor Gotlibovych

ig248 - AltLd - 28/Jan/11 with Kirill

LRB - 2nd O/S - 28/Jan/11 with Garry Smith, Mike Gray

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Jan/11

mistertees - 2nd - 25/Jan/11

Adam Booth - AltLd O/S - 22/Jan/11 with Steve Seale

gowla - AltLd O/S - 22/Jan/11 with adam booth

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Jan/11

Hidden - Lead - 08/Jan/11

edmund94 - 2nd β - 08/Jan/11

Ed Feldman - AltLd O/S - 07/Jan/11 with Drew

Glyn - AltLd O/S - 05/Jan/11 with Tom Skelhon, Chris Davis

Betha. - 2nd O/S - 05/Jan/11 with Neil D

tskelhon - AltLd O/S - 05/Jan/11 with glyn hudson, chris davis

Neil D - Lead O/S - 05/Jan/11 with Beth Hodgett

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 05/Jan/11

inuklm - AltLd O/S - 04/Jan/11 with Fiona, Jonny Bull

Hidden - Lead O/S - 02/Jan/11

jonnybull - AltLd - Jan/11 with Kunal

Hidden - AltLd - Jan/11

Drew M - AltLd - Jan/11 with Ed Feldman

Hidden - 2011

alkira - 2011

Hidden - 2011

newtonmore - 2011

mwatson - Lead dnf - 2011

Hidden - 2011

David Sherratt - Lead O/S - 2011

Hidden - 30/Dec/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 30/Dec/10

Hidden - 2nd - 20/Dec/10

Hidden - Lead - 18/Dec/10

tech - AltLd O/S - 18/Dec/10 with Conan Harrod

Conan - AltLd - 18/Dec/10 with Alan Thorpe

Hidden - 2nd - 18/Dec/10

chapmand - AltLd - 18/Dec/10 with Scott Webster

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 17/Dec/10

peter fetlar - AltLd - 14/Dec/10 with Ross I Jones

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Nov/10

Chris L Hill - Lead O/S - 21/Nov/10 with David Marshall

david0811 - 2nd - 21/Nov/10 with Chris Hill

EPIC; claire dropped and lost her belay device before starting pitch 2.bit thin in places and a fair amount loose unusable snow.lucky to get off intact.
melville18 - Lead O/S - 21/Nov/10 with claire melville

Merlin P1 and P3, Me P2 and P4
mark88 - AltLd - 20/Nov/10 with Merlin Andrew

Slow under powder with some nice gnarly bits.
Merlin - AltLd O/S - 20/Nov/10 with Grayham Stephenson

jamestheyip - AltLd rpt - 16/Nov/10 with Suzana El-Massri

Forgot the guidebook and got lured onto the direct by an in situ peg, backed off after some hard climbing.
mikemartin - AltLd dnf - 15/Nov/10

jack_eadie - AltLd dnf - 15/Nov/10

sgl - Lead - 14/Nov/10 with will

Nice and snowy, when everything else in the coire was bare and thin.
Smelly Fox - AltLd O/S - 07/Nov/10 with Mike McGhie

good fun finish through the fingers
michael83 - AltLd O/S - 07/Nov/10 with Tris

Sunny and dry. Did half of the route in bare hands!
jamestheyip - AltLd rpt - 10/Apr/10 with Ben Taylor

Hidden - AltLd - 02/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 13/Mar/10

daWalt - 2nd O/S - 13/Mar/10 with Nigel, dwhaley

Superb route. Very well protected and the exit was great fun.
jamestheyip - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/10 with Alejandro Garcia

el cholo - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/10 with jamestheyip

pmurdy - 2nd - 06/Mar/10

Fantastic day out! Leading through the fingers and up the iced wall beyond was absolutely brilliant.
Monkey_Alan - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/10 with Steve Wales

Kyle Rance - 2nd O/S - 23/Feb/10 with Mark Coupland

Adam1973 - AltLd O/S - 21/Feb/10 with Alex

ewen - Lead - 21/Feb/10 with james swann, clare-dev

Lots of fun. Got a bit scared by the exposure stepping past the finger.
clare-deV - 2nd - 21/Feb/10 with swann, ewen

Rad
Roch - 2nd O/S - 21/Feb/10 with MRT

awesome climb
alanramsay - AltLd O/S - 20/Feb/10 with Alastair Ferguson

Lead first pitch and final pitch over pinnacles and top wall.
DavPk - AltLd O/S - 20/Feb/10 with Romain Rebut

Alastair MacSween - AltLd - 19/Feb/10 with Phil Warriner

Hidden - AltLd - 17/Feb/10

Great route in very snowy condition
LostinLondon - 14/Feb/10

This route is well good!
robertmichaeladams - AltLd - 04/Feb/10 with Joe

Hidden - Lead O/S - 04/Feb/10

Hidden - Lead - 01/Feb/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Jan/10

John Pickles - 2nd - 30/Jan/10 with Chris Harling, Mark Davies

Andrew.Davies - AltLd O/S - 26/Jan/10 with chris

MarkDavies36 - Lead O/S - Jan/10 with John Pickles, Chris Harling

Climbed in tricky powder snow very slow party in front
rossn - AltLd O/S - Jan/10 with Nick Bryan

MouseHunter - 2010

Hidden - AltLd - 2010

Hidden - 2010

mike.moss - AltLd O/S - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Lots of ice - crux totally buried!
Peter Metcalfe - AltLd - 22/Dec/09 with Jonathan Yates

Second Scottish winter climb. Gear very hard to find as cracks iced up / buried, so quite bold (even on P3, which is meant to have good gear). Led P1 and P3.
Misha - AltLd O/S - 21/Dec/09 with Simon from Leeds

Rob84 - Lead O/S - 18/Dec/09 with Mark Walter

Hidden - 15/Dec/09

d_meacher - Lead O/S - 14/Dec/09 with Hazel

westaway - Lead O/S - 13/Dec/09 with Imelda Neale

t_stork - AltLd O/S - 12/Dec/09 with Marcus Brown

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Dec/09

nicjbuk - AltLd - 10/Dec/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Dec/09

joe larner - AltLd rpt - 09/Dec/09 with Adam Russell

gregor - 09/Dec/09

calumalien - AltLd - Dec/09 with Nath

class
Alco-nomic - AltLd - Dec/09 with marek, Andy Wardle

Led pitches 1-3, particularly liked the 3rd. Lots of snow, no ice. Bailed up Broken Gully as weather was crapping out.
niallk - Lead dnf - 29/Nov/09 with Drew Connelly

Excellent route with plenty of interest, and gets better as it gets higher - a tricky move past the fingers and a lovely direct move to finish. Made extra exciting by the wild, windy weather!
Chad123 - Lead O/S - 29/Nov/09 with Emily

Lawrie Brand - 2nd O/S - 28/Nov/09 with Al Goodridge

lawrenceK - Lead - 11/Nov/09

Direct Finnish (tec 5). Really enjoyable second route except for the thawing ice/snow around me!
benbers - 2nd - 30/Mar/09 with Iain Munro

Hidden - Lead - 30/Mar/09

Skipped the fingers (more's the pity), since Steve was dying!
andybuckley - Lead O/S - 07/Mar/09 with Steve Fitzgerald

Direct Finish(5)
Mike - 2nd - 06/Mar/09 with 'Rusty' Bale

jam_rich - AltLd - 01/Mar/09

barophobe - 2nd - Mar/09

Bokonon - AltLd O/S - 15/Feb/09 with Nev

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Feb/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Jan/09

adamscottthomas - AltLd - 28/Jan/09 with Gwilym Starks

Led pitches 2 and 4, finishing direct.
Andy Moles - AltLd O/S - 14/Jan/09 with Calum

led pitches 1 and 3
CalumC - AltLd O/S - 14/Jan/09 with Andy Moles

chrislycett87 - Jan/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jan/09

Hidden - Solo - Jan/09

k2scott - 2009

Alex Hofmann - 2009

rossn - 2009

jonnie3430 - AltLd O/S - 17/Dec/08 with Nikki and Flash

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Dec/08

nikkimac - 2nd - 17/Dec/08 with Jonnie and Flash

Spade - AltLd - 11/Dec/08 with Tom Pearson

SWalls - AltLd - 10/Dec/08 with Andy Ruck

Hidden - Lead - 10/Dec/08

mshorter - Lead - 08/Dec/08 with ross!

BallsOfSteel - Lead rpt - 06/Dec/08 with steve peatfield

most ridiculous muck up ever, my helmet blew away on the first pitch
Mark Walter - AltLd dnf - Dec/08 with Duncan Meacher

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Dec/08

Hidden - Dec/08

good interesting climbing throughout
mulletcocktail2000 - Lead O/S - 29/Nov/08 with adam

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Nov/08

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/Nov/08

Alexander123 - AltLd - 03/Nov/08 with scotty webster

Hidden - 02/Nov/08

joe larner - AltLd O/S - 01/Nov/08 with John P

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Nov/08

A good early start to the winter season! Snow down to the A9 (if I remember rightly). Joe led crux headwall, I led the fingers.
JdotP - AltLd O/S - 01/Nov/08 with Joe Larner

Captain Solo - AltLd - 27/Mar/08 with Gary

bullwinkle - AltLd O/S - 18/Mar/08 with Sam

With direct finish.
alaan - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/08 with Jim

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/Mar/08

adw07 - AltLd O/S - 01/Mar/08

Hidden - AltLd - 12/Jan/08

alex and ian munro
smcw - Jan/08

Sean Kelly - 2008

Alco-nomic - AltLd - 2008

CurlyStevo - AltLd - 2008

guided
wee hippy - 2nd - 2008

Early season mixed conditions. Torquing a plenty and no ice. Blue sky day. More please.
jazzyjackson - AltLd O/S - 11/Dec/07 with Jimbob

Covered in powder and rime so took a while, blizzard didn't help any either. No much consolidated snow on the bottom, but turf was good on the second pitch.
andymoin - AltLd O/S - 09/Dec/07 with Neil Mackenzie

Awesome route! feelin a little ill, the knarly weather didnt help but still loved it! fingers felt a bit more tenuous than in summer!
Neil Mackenzie - AltLd O/S - 09/Dec/07 with Andy

Wild and wintery, excellent!!
Ross Barnes - AltLd - 25/Nov/07 with Malcolm

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Nov/07

Hidden - Solo - Apr/07

dan cowley - AltLd O/S - 08/Mar/07 with Euan

Hidden - AltLd - 07/Mar/07

kevburr - 2nd O/S - 01/Mar/07 with Sandy Allan

tom.e - AltLd O/S - 24/Feb/07 with Chris Wall, Tom Powell

Greg Boswell - AltLd - 13/Feb/07 with peter bosewll (dad)

Mr Powly - AltLd O/S - Feb/07 with Tom Everett, Chris Wall

Rjukan - AltLd - Feb/07 with Tom E, and Tom P

easers - AltLd - Jan/07 with Doug Aitken

john irving - 2007

Richard White - 2007

timmy-ts - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Cardi - 2nd - 21/Dec/06 with Mike D

dave657 - Lead O/S - 19/Dec/06 with Steve

Led pitches 2 and 4 (the fingers). Mind the ropedrag on the last pitch.
francois - AltLd - 17/Dec/06 with Gunnar

Brown - AltLd O/S - 06/Dec/06 with John

david morse - Lead - Nov/06 with james collingwood

mulletcocktail2000 - AltLd O/S - 10/Jun/06 with joe

Hidden - Lead O/S - Apr/06

Jim Haydock - 2nd - 10/Mar/06 with G. Ettle & Owen Samuels

On a course at Glenmore
easers - 2nd - Mar/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Feb/06

climbed 3 times
oor wullie - Feb/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Feb/06

Sandy P - AltLd O/S - Jan/06 with Chris Plant

al99 - AltLd O/S - Jan/06 with Joe Spoor

Hidden - AltLd - 2006

Went a bit off route in the white-out.
Neil Adams - 2006 with Andy N

Worst hot-aches ever!
steev - AltLd O/S - 19/Nov/05 with Gaz

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Nov/05

gaz.marshall - AltLd O/S - Nov/05 with Steev, JoB

Did this as a rock route as all the ice had melted a few days prior to our arrival - bah! Goes at VDiff, but still a pleasant excursion.
My Gravity - AltLd O/S - 24/Jan/05 with Roy D

Dangerous Dave - Lead O/S - 2005

Hidden - AltLd - 2005

akhughes - Lead O/S - Dec/04

Gman - AltLd O/S - Feb/04 with Carl, James

PenJD - AltLd O/S - 31/Jan/04 with Jon Ascroft

dunx55 - 2004

Hidden - Lead - 2004

First time unconsolidated snow, second time buried in powder, both really fantastic days.
Jamie Simpson - AltLd O/S - 2004 with Andy Munro

Dave Kerr - AltLd - 30/Nov/03 with Steve Wells, Erick Baillot

French Erick - AltLd O/S - 16/Nov/03 with Dave Kerr, Steve Wells

reg_measures - 2nd - 15/Feb/03 with pete and hugh

kato'sdad - 2nd - 21/Dec/02 with Giles Trussel