Wet snow and little usable neve made for more taxing going than expected. Led Tower Gap this time which was a fine virgin snow-arete.
niallk - AltLd rpt - 27/Apr/13 with Willie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Apr/13

PeteLoveless - AltLd O/S - 12/Apr/13 with Ben Gibson

Amazing day out. Warm and low cloud.
Gibson27 - AltLd O/S - 12/Apr/13

Continued up Tower Ridge after Vanishing Gully.
Clay C - AltLd rpt - 07/Apr/13 with Nick R

Dougbart - 06/Apr/13 with TIm

naffan - Solo O/S - 05/Apr/13

Blue sky day
davebrox - Lead - 05/Apr/13 with Fiona

Moving together most of the way in brilliant sun; an Alpine day. Glorious.
Andy Syme - AltLd O/S - 05/Apr/13 with Al Goodridge

alan r b - 03/Apr/13 with cam fowler, luke

Done in 4 and a bit hours despite being held up by the only other party ahead - on Easter saturday, no less!
LJKing - Lead O/S - 30/Mar/13 with Paul Clarkson

Got up late to try to avoid the ques but there was no one on the mountain. 3 hrs 15. Bomb proof neve from start to finish
team fat belly - 30/Mar/13 with Euan

Moved together the whole way. 4.5h.
Stuart Johnston - Lead O/S - 28/Mar/13 with Adam Ryan, Dave Cowell

Stunning conditions but we probably pitched more than we needed to. It got dark for the eastern traverse and we climbed the tower by head torches. Cold Bivouac at the top of the tower and escaped in the morning by down climbing to the traverse.
mrterrynelson - Lead dnf - 28/Mar/13 with Brian

Roberttaylor - Lead rpt - 17/Mar/13 with Thijs Lubbers

Roped up from the Eastern traverse. White out on the way down.
Craig Holden - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/13

parts pitched - including eastern traverse and the gap, parts soloed,including first mixed pitch, and moved together in parts.
alex toomey - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/13 with craig holden

paulmck - Lead - 16/Mar/13

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Mar/13

Hidden - 2nd - 12/Mar/13

middlemarker - AltLd - 11/Mar/13 with Dom

Hidden - Solo O/S - 10/Mar/13

Matthew Robinson - AltLd - 06/Mar/13 with Kevin

Fantastic! Long time coming :) Just under 6 hours, great conditions. Led Douglas Gap pitch, bits of icy Little Tower, Eastern Traverse, Tower Gap entry and top out.
Southern Man - AltLd O/S - 06/Mar/13 with Andy March

cwhitty - AltLd - 05/Mar/13

HIGHTOWER - Lead rpt - 05/Mar/13 with Jiffy

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Mar/13

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Mar/13

Unbelievable conditions. 4 hours on route despite very heavy traffic. tremendous day out.
rossn - AltLd - 04/Mar/13 with Nick Bryan

route in top condition
nicjbuk - AltLd - 04/Mar/13 with ross nicol esq

keithlambley - AltLd - 04/Mar/13 with Jim L

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Mar/13

Ross Young - AltLd O/S - 02/Mar/13 with Marnoch

mhamiltonj - 02/Mar/13 with Ross Y

Hidden - Lead - 02/Mar/13

finnally ticked off this route in winter, soloed it in summer in 99, conditions were good, snow was compact but plentiful, ice was thud solid, lead after the gap upto summit , run out. the gap and traverse were mega, not at all out my depth, if it was thin then different story, quite a few others on route, waited 45mins at the gap , a party came uoto it from the chinmy, this route is mega, long day, but worth it, other partys can make it longer beware of this ,
k2blow - AltLd - Mar/13 with john howes

finnally ticked off this route in winter, soloed it in summer in 99, conditions were good, snow was compact but plentiful, ice was thud solid, lead after the gap upto summit , run out. the gap and traverse were mega, not at all out my depth, if it was thin then different story, quite a few others on route, waited 45mins at the gap , a party came uoto it from the chinmy, this route is mega, long day, but worth it, other partys can make it longer beware of this ,there is plenty of protection too, in the right places, dont attempt route if visibilty is poor,
k2blow - AltLd - Mar/13 with john howes

mctinkno - AltLd O/S - 27/Feb/13 with Will Donaldson, Andrew Wielochowski

Great conditions and great route. Moved together for most of it.
Keenb - AltLd O/S - 27/Feb/13 with Duncan Bell

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Feb/13

Hidden - AltLd - 24/Feb/13

last of 4 blue sky days in a row !
simondunf - AltLd O/S - 24/Feb/13 with caspar

Soloed up to tower gap. http://www.masterplan-photography.co.uk/2013/02/tower-ridge
Foxy - Lead O/S - 23/Feb/13 with Steve Shenton, Nick Russell, Alex Winter

Alex Winter - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/13 with Nick, Alastair and Steve

Soloed up to Tower gap, passing a couple of parties. Great views from the top!
Nick Russell - 23/Feb/13 with Alex, Alastair, Steve

thedatastream - AltLd - 22/Feb/13 with J25

J25 - 22/Feb/13 with JP

Scott Rankin - AltLd - 21/Feb/13

A forgotten helmet (mine) led to an impromptu change of plan and a great save of a day. Superb route and mega neve made for a fast but relaxed ascent, and the bonus of an evening at home!
Bart Shaw - AltLd O/S - 21/Feb/13 with Sam

Awesome day with very alpine weather, the route was in perfect condition with good ice and hard neve.
jon59 - Lead - 21/Feb/13

great conditions today!
brianrunner - 21/Feb/13 with lisa kamphausen, mark robson

I led Eastern Traverse and half of gap. David took tower pitch. Fantastic day!
tsl42 - AltLd O/S - 21/Feb/13 with David Fountain

Gordon Lacey - AltLd - 21/Feb/13

sgl - AltLd - 20/Feb/13 with Bart

Great long alpine style route. Rapid weather change near summit.
stuey4444 - 2nd - 20/Feb/13

Wow - incredible conditions
Glen Burrows - 2nd rpt - 19/Feb/13 with Paddy Cave, Ed Luke

aujayeb - 2nd O/S - 18/Feb/13

perfect conditions and perfect weather!
luckyjim - AltLd - 18/Feb/13 with c roff

Soloed up to the wall. Si led the small wall, moved together to small tower, Si led small tower, moved together to Great Tower, Si led Eastern Traverse after much waiting. I led short wall up to ridge. Si descended into Gap, I led out of gap and we moved together to top. 7 hrs in all with around 2 hrs of waiting.
Lumbering Oaf - AltLd O/S - 18/Feb/13 with Simon Caldrick

Onsight... more like follow the yellow brick road. Perfect conditions, bomber neve, blue skies and practically no wind.
Hoyes - AltLd O/S - 18/Feb/13 with Rachel B

With Matt and Si. Wonderful sunshine, mostly good neve and ice. Started up Douglas Gully East solo, J lead out gap. Move together til wall then I lead. Moved together then alt-pitched little tower and moved to foot of great tower. Bit of a queue at the traverse due to hold ups ahead. I lead traverse, J lead wall, I lead down gap, J lead out then moved together. All good. 7 hours inc 2 hours queueing. Down to Clachaig dinner!
Batt - 18/Feb/13 with James Hoyes

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Feb/13

alpinebutterfly - 2nd - 18/Feb/13 with J Stalker

Fantastic route in bright sun and crystal visibility. A lot of bare rock and soft snow though so a bit harder than normal. Mainly moving together, pitched the traverses around the towers.
stevelismore - AltLd O/S - 17/Feb/13 with James L

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/13

clmbr - Lead O/S - 16/Feb/13 with mr g walters

joe_lancs - Lead - 16/Feb/13

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/13

yehti - AltLd - 12/Feb/13 with Iain Smith

andybrown114 - Lead - 09/Feb/13 with Jim Fisher

OwenF - Lead - 02/Feb/13 with John

Seconded most of the route with occasional leads. Well done Owen Flowers on some daring leads! Perfect conditions if a little hairy on the Eastern Traverse.
jeb3496 - AltLd rpt - 02/Feb/13

Stunning conditions, and so lots of people on the route.
planetmarshall - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/13 with Victor Manzanares

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/13

Hidden - AltLd - 02/Feb/13

First on route, climbed in just over 3hrs moving together. Fantastic conditions.
shed dweller - 02/Feb/13

Exciting conditions. Fairly lean and variable ice / snow quality. Poor ice and snow after Eastern traverse was a bit worrying.
Ched - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/13 with Simon

radioshed - AltLd O/S - 01/Feb/13 with dave s

David Stevens - AltLd rpt - 01/Feb/13 with Matt Craig

GaryK - AltLd O/S - 01/Feb/13 with Andy Cave

Hidden - Lead O/S - Feb/13

johniebriggs - Feb/13

moved together a lot, all done in 3.50 mins!
Tom Campbell - Lead O/S - Feb/13

tatz45 - AltLd O/S - Feb/13 with Mark Boden

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Jan/13

Fantastic route! Did the "directissima" up the steep ground before the little tower (probably IV 4) and went out too far right before going up the little tower (IV 4).
James_L88 - AltLd O/S - 24/Jan/13 with Tom Furey

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 19/Jan/13

Hidden - AltLd - 19/Jan/13

shipton47 - 17/Jan/13

lots of powder after a fresh dump.
johnrich - 2nd - 14/Jan/13 with Mike Pescod

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Jan/13

Rock till the little tower then lots of rime and old neve. Route finding very easy!
arose - Lead - 10/Jan/13 with Miles Mconville

Blurgy319 - AltLd rpt - Jan/13 with Matt Hughes

aujayeb - 2013

a bit lean at the time
AndrewJamesCherry - AltLd - 2013 with stef morris

firthy1234 - AltLd O/S - 21/Dec/12 with Col

Top day out. Loads of powder and rime, no tracks 5 1/2hrs :-)
Col Kingshott - AltLd O/S - 21/Dec/12

Stefan_Morris - AltLd O/S - 10/Dec/12 with AndrewJamesCherry

Long day, with lots of powder!
Adamski1986 - Lead - 02/Dec/12 with Eamon Hanlon

Epic, very powdery, ended up climbing up onto the traverse
design crisis - Solo O/S - 03/Nov/12

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 28/Oct/12

My Birthday climb up Ben Nevis
pete_naylor - 02/Sep/12 with Jake Rumsey, David Humm

luckyjim - Solo - 22/Apr/12

Unconsoledated snow, on the route so a wee bit slow going the second half of the route but very a very nice day out almost alpine looking.....
easers - AltLd - 14/Apr/12 with Doug Aitken

Hidden - 2nd - 26/Mar/12

bottom half clean, some snow from eastern traverse. final pitch snow gully complete
nicjbuk - AltLd - 22/Mar/12 with ross nicol esq

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Mar/12

richardshoes - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/12

williamsd79 - 2nd - 05/Mar/12

Beautiful day on the Ben!
Ken Applegate - Lead - 05/Mar/12 with Alan

Blurgy319 - AltLd O/S - 05/Mar/12

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Mar/12

mostly seconded, snow v loose
LozM - 05/Mar/12 with Steve Scott, Mark J

Route was quite tricky with the conditions. Part of a weekend being guided.
colin fagan - 2nd - 04/Mar/12

hydraulicwave - 2nd O/S - Mar/12

wee hippy - AltLd - Mar/12 with john jones

Great climb with endless and varied climbing surrounded by the walls of Ben Nevis - Classic
Steven Andrews - Lead O/S - 19/Feb/12 with Rich Garside

JYates - AltLd - 19/Feb/12 with Paul Coxon

epic time on my 3rd ever winter route !
TM_Horton - AltLd O/S - 14/Feb/12 with ronnie

ronniemarshall - AltLd O/S - 14/Feb/12 with Tom Horton

Pete23 - AltLd - 09/Feb/12 with Davie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Feb/12

freudy_love - AltLd O/S - 06/Feb/12 with Dave Douglas

Awesome day out. Could have done with an earlier start, but there's nothing like topping out in the dark. Had to miss some off the easier bits due to deep unstable snow.
Dave Douglas - AltLd O/S - 06/Feb/12 with Paul Freudenthal

Hidden - 02/Feb/12

richiegarside - Feb/12

gowla - AltLd - Feb/12 with Alex Burns

Hidden - Feb/12

JonnoP - AltLd O/S - 29/Jan/12 with Jess

Little AndyH - AltLd O/S - 28/Jan/12 with Rob Reglinski

A few delays so we didn't get on the route until ten but it all went fine and were finished by 3. Bobby led it all and I did a stirling job seconding. Sociable event with other parties including Bill and Lloydy. Not ideal conditions but neve on the last bit but snow more solid than last time I did it and more of it. No pro on the traverse which made it exciting.
mikehenesy - 2nd O/S - 28/Jan/12 with Bobby Pearson

mark88 - AltLd - 27/Jan/12 with Alex Vaughan

vaughany - AltLd - 27/Jan/12 with mark patterson

Hidden - AltLd - 26/Jan/12

Hidden - 24/Jan/12

Hannah Evans - AltLd - 23/Jan/12 with Martyn Stott

mjsmith1973 - 2nd - 23/Jan/12 with Mike Pescod, Mick Howie

benighted!
andy wa - AltLd O/S - 16/Jan/12 with isi

Gibbo - AltLd - 14/Jan/12 with Rich Abell

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 14/Jan/12

great climb. we did it mountaineering style on our course with paddy cave. cracking day!!!
JanBella - 2nd rpt - 13/Jan/12

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Jan/12

saffy - 2nd - 13/Jan/12

climbtim - AltLd β - 10/Jan/12 with Tom Thorne

Briliant conditions, briliant neve, briliant banter what more could you want from a day on the hill!
Tom Thorne - AltLd O/S - 09/Jan/12 with Tim

R0bbie - Lead O/S - 09/Jan/12 with Taba

Not much ice. After the down climb probably went the wrong way as we followed som steps to the left to a piton in a not icy at all slab. Quite tecnical move there. Soloed the route from the begining to the 1st tower, then one pitch to leave space in betewen us and the people in front. Then moving together to the top. Nice ridge! 5h. Acceptable to nice weather
palimer - AltLd - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Narked4fun - 2012

kenneM - AltLd - 2012

Tony Kartawick - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Hidden - 2012

Dave Hill - 2012

Guy Wilson - 2012

Soloed all exept,the gap,
neil9216 - Solo - 07/Aug/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Mar/11

Hidden - 26/Mar/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Mar/11

Hidden - AltLd - 26/Mar/11

Sam Warby - 2nd O/S - 26/Mar/11

dannymoo99 - AltLd - 25/Mar/11 with John Gupta, Tom Shooter

Hidden - AltLd - 25/Mar/11

Done in under 3 hours. Fantastic conditions. Hard snow and mostly dry rock.
joeydurkin - 24/Mar/11 with MarkFalcus

RKernan - AltLd O/S - 22/Mar/11 with Alek Zholobenko

Lots of hard ice and snow on the ridge, got views around the Great Tower.
Sankey - 2nd - 22/Mar/11 with Simon Oxley, Adam Hughes

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 22/Mar/11

Hidden - 19/Mar/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/11

Great climb good winter conditions on Ridge led all pitches
Palomino1hills - Lead - 13/Mar/11 with Andy

Beautiful day - blue sky and sunshine, fantastic. Finished in the dark, quite tired
NoelleG - 2nd - 06/Mar/11 with Adele Pennington, Claire Molloy

Claire Molloy - 2nd - 06/Mar/11 with Adele Pennington, Noelle

glad for early start, first on route got it to our self, blue sky's great day!!
J1PEF - AltLd - 05/Mar/11

Did it reasonably quickly, good conditions no troubles
beds74 - AltLd - 05/Mar/11 with Jon Peffer

tim newton - AltLd rpt - 04/Mar/11 with shaun dance

jamesh - AltLd - 04/Mar/11 with Jim Unwin

Guiding day. Spring like conditions, with plenty of snow melt happening. Nice day though!
Ken Applegate - Lead - 03/Mar/11 with Matt

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Mar/11

epic day out!rather damp and little mixed in character low down.traversed in,moving together, from observatory gully to avoid douglas gap.eastern traverse,wow!crux gaining top of great tower.ascended from tower gap on the left.fantastic!!
tomshanti - 2nd β - 03/Mar/11 with nigel hooker

sacdenouilles - AltLd - 02/Mar/11 with J F Philippe, D Pemble

Hidden - Solo dnf - 28/Feb/11

Brilliant weather and amazing route. We were up in just over 4 hours (thanks Donald)! and had time to come down no.4 and do another route.
alifin - 2nd - 28/Feb/11 with Guide (Donald King) + Aidan Roe, Aidan Roe

Absolutely Stunning! The weather was some of the best I've ever seen in Scotland and the route was really good fun!
Erik_M - 2nd O/S - 28/Feb/11 with Kenny Grant, Alex Tuck

Turned out to be a long day - reached Tower Gap about 6pm but didn't top-out until after 9!
Peter Metcalfe - Lead - 27/Feb/11 with Amanda Turner

Got stuck behind a slower party in front but the late finish gave fantastic views at sunset
Conan - AltLd - 27/Feb/11 with Philippa Reader, Loz

Ed Feldman - AltLd O/S - 26/Feb/11 with Drew

Done as part of a mass Carlisle Club ascent, in the care of Steve McDonnel and Ray Cassidy. First pitch behind the Douglas boulder rather thin on ice, but thereafter good snow and ice for most of the route with the odd bit of mixed here and there. Eastern traverse...Wow! Tower gap, very hard, did ice ramp on the left rather than climbing direct out of the gap, which looked desparate. Thanks boys.
curley - 2nd rpt - 26/Feb/11

Caspar - Lead O/S - 17/Feb/11 with Mike Kann

Haytor_Haggis - AltLd O/S - 17/Feb/11 with Jeremy van Riemsdyke, Joe Bellows

johannes - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/11

henning82 - AltLd O/S - 12/Feb/11

Lots of fresh snow and far from the perfect conditions to be soloing the route but a great outing and first across Tower Gap. Ascended the Douglas Gap West Gully to avoid the crowds. 1pm top-out and climbed in under 3 hours from Douglas Gap.
Big Lee - Solo O/S - 12/Feb/11

11 years after my first ascent wi little simon, where we fell asleep on tower gap:) Nat provided the highlights this time by gettin' stuck upside down...plugged the gap so she did:)
Timo Austino - 12/Feb/11 with Nats

Outstanding but long.
andybrown114 - Lead - 12/Feb/11 with Rick Brown, Tony Lancashire

gordon henderson - AltLd O/S - 11/Feb/11 with MRT

Conditions good, but the cloud came in half way up the ridge so made route finding hard from then on. The pitch up onto the ridge from Douglas gap was interesting. Got lost on the second tower, went off left, not a good idea! Eastern traverse was sporting and the gap was hairy! (Slight cross winds and a 30m run out from the belay into the gap). Good day despite all that :)
Byakkonick - AltLd - 11/Feb/11

unbelivable conditions, route worth 4* !!!!!!
connor - AltLd O/S - 10/Feb/11 with mike scott

robcrowther - 2nd - 08/Feb/11

Johann - AltLd O/S - 07/Feb/11 with Tony Shepherd

Went wrong a bit, muddled about (should have read the guidebook properly) but did the accepted route most of the way, with the original western traverse option. Best day of climbing I've had! Beautiful weather.
jacobjlloyd - Solo O/S - 05/Feb/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Feb/11

csw - Lead rpt - Feb/11 with Avalanche Nick

Drew M - AltLd - Feb/11 with Ed Feldman

excellent easy climbing all the way to the top!
Charlie Zephyr Booth - Feb/11

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Jan/11

5 hour trip, 6 pitches, finishing for lunch in fine weather on the summit
Thoms6974 - Lead O/S - 29/Jan/11 with Dave S

It is actually really straightforward if you bother to study the guidebook properly beforehand, haha
JdotP - Lead β - 26/Jan/11 with Tom Eadington

Hidden - AltLd - 23/Jan/11

Lead pitch up Great Tower and out of Tower Gap. RR lead E. Traverse, into gap and top pitch. Moved together on remainder. Gap was congested and awkward. RR on hanging belay off slings and several parties coming up Glovers Chimney. Fell a couple of metres into the gap on descent when axe pulled out! Fortunately no injuries except a slashed jacket arm! Fantastic route.
DavPk - AltLd - 22/Jan/11 with Romain Rebut

MoWalker3 - 22/Jan/11

Hidden - 21/Jan/11

chrissy - 2nd - 08/Jan/11 with Rich, Cormac, Mo

Quite a lot of deep powdery snow, but still superb nonetheless
andy mcc - AltLd O/S - 08/Jan/11 with Jason King

What an awesome day, 8 hours on the ridge and only 5 others on it. Perfect conditions, temp dropping to -12 on summit.
Chris Toward - 2nd O/S - 02/Jan/11

Clay C - AltLd O/S - 02/Jan/11 with Will A

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

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

In under 3 Hours.
colenn - AltLd β - 02/Jan/11 with Peter Britton

2.5 hours from top of gully
liamo333 - AltLd O/S - 02/Jan/11 with Rob Noone

rob87n - AltLd - 02/Jan/11 with Liam Brophy

Hobojim - AltLd O/S - 02/Jan/11

Harry Kingston - 2nd - 02/Jan/11

MonkeyDawson - AltLd - Jan/11 with Pete Reynolds

moved together except for the gap.
The Big Sender - AltLd O/S - Jan/11

Hidden - 2011

R2D2 - 2011

adie84 - 2011

Luke Brooks - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Timo Austino - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Paul Boggis - AltLd - 2011

Hidden - Solo - 2011

mschmude - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Tenko - 2011

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2011

Hidden - Lead - 31/Dec/10

Shuttsie - 2nd - 31/Dec/10 with tim, Andrea Sales

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

Hidden - 30/Dec/10

4.30 hours, CIC hut to summit. soloed until traverse.
james.peter - AltLd - 29/Dec/10 with lewis fraser

jack_eadie - AltLd - 14/Dec/10

Greeted by Brocken Spectres, cloud inversion and magic light as we topped out, stunning.
mikemartin - AltLd - 14/Dec/10

mainly soloed except for that tricky step. gorgeous clear day. ended up climbing it in 1h 50mins.
samrad - Dec/10 with tom livingston

Hidden - 28/Nov/10

Quite a good day out. The snow was mega soft and made it a long day out
chmckay - 24/Nov/10 with Graham Boistelle

I had the entire face to myself, superb early season nick.
mikemartin - Solo - 22/Nov/10

Pitched the first chimney, top of the great tower & the gap, soloed the rest. Great day out, surprisingly good conditions with snow starting to consolidate in places and the through route at the chock stone on the great tower still passable.
isi_o - 21/Nov/10 with Rich Parker, Graham Stuchbury

lead 1st chimney ptich and the gap, rich lead pitch onto the top of the great tower. soloed the rest. Great day with great conditions for the time of year!
Stuzz - AltLd O/S - 21/Nov/10 with Isi, Rich Parker

Lester - Lead rpt - 20/Nov/10 with Tom Passmore

the rock was icy but snow free up until just below the eastern traverse. thereafter snow and ice all the way. we continued too far on the traverse and climbed directly up into tower gap.
goatee - Lead O/S - 10/Nov/10 with Francis Jan Kluzniac

thebat - 18/Apr/10 with Ontour

Rain then snow then sun and hard neve - good
John Workman - AltLd - 18/Apr/10 with Apprentice

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Apr/10

Hidden - Solo - 14/Apr/10

Hidden - AltLd - 13/Apr/10

BallsOfSteel - AltLd O/S - 13/Apr/10 with IainMunro

got to gap and decided to abseil down into tower gully rather than top out due to snow conditions
nicjbuk - AltLd - 13/Apr/10

perfect alpine conditions. soloed up to little tower then pitched/moved together
abbeywall - AltLd - 12/Apr/10 with AC

sh*t myself a little. Apart from that utterly fantastic and unbelievable weather. Could see how it would be so much harder in bad conditions.
Ben Sharp - 2nd - 11/Apr/10 with Tilo

3 hrs.
Martin Haworth - AltLd rpt - 09/Apr/10 with Andy

Callum T - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/10 with Alistair Macey

Snatched from the jaws of spring. Snow was definitely a bit mushy. Pitched the pitchy bits and moved together on the rest.
DundeeDave - 2nd - 09/Apr/10 with Ewan Gourlay

Too warm to climb any grade 5's so opted to climb tower ridge moving together.Finished in 3 hours.At tower gap snow collapsed beneath me and fell 20ft before rope went tight, pulling Martin off; fortunately plenty of gear between us!Exciting!!!!
Andrew Sloan - AltLd - 09/Apr/10

Absolutely loved this climb. It had a bit of everything. Unfortunately the clag was down so didn't get the full sense of exposure.
Sutty22 - 2nd - 08/Apr/10 with Dan Carroll

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Apr/10

Steve Woollard - AltLd - 08/Apr/10 with Kenny Grant

Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Apr/10

Hidden - Lead - 04/Apr/10

Lot of snow, started the walk in ranning, turned to snow above forest, and the sun came out as we started the ridge, all the snow and being genrally slow meant it took a long time, darkness fell as we reached the top of the great tower, topped out at half past midnight into a white out, spent the night in the summit shelter, walked out in the rain the next morning. 16hrs on the ridge, 26 and a half hour round trip. Annettes second winter route. Awsome experience.
Brannock - Lead O/S - 04/Apr/10 with Annette

Hidden - 2nd - 04/Apr/10

Great days climbing with great snow conditions..
Christian Beck - AltLd O/S - 03/Apr/10

Hidden - 2nd - 03/Apr/10

Mike led the E Traverse & Gap. Stuck behind a rope of 3, had to nav off in the dark & cloud.
KeithW - AltLd O/S - 03/Apr/10 with Mike Nuttall

MD - AltLd O/S - 02/Apr/10 with Nick B

Standard of route matched the weather - quality day
Phil Emerson - Lead - Apr/10

Magic :) first time on Ben Nevis. Perfect conditions, but a lot of people on the route, so really slow. 11 hrs from leaving the car to getting back to it!
Nick Smith - UKC - 2nd O/S - 29/Mar/10 with Ed Chard

Hidden - 2nd - 29/Mar/10

irish paul - AltLd O/S - 27/Mar/10 with Sarah Joyce

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

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Mar/10

Ben1983 - AltLd O/S - 21/Mar/10

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 21/Mar/10

mark88 - 2nd - 17/Mar/10 with Jocky and Matt Barker

Great day out. Descended via No 4 Gully
John Roe - Lead - 16/Mar/10 with Will Marshall

A cold night had firmed up the snow nicely. Pitched most of the mixed parts of the route, but moved together on the longer snow sections. Found the Eastern Traverse easy, although gaining the tower on the next pitch was rather bold. Led the gap, finding it quite awkward to committ my weight to the small ledge on the other side - maybe I was doing it wrong. Great day out, would do it again in an instant.
Karlos - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/10 with Mark B

chalk monster - AltLd - 16/Mar/10 with Karlos

Hidden - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/10

Chris led any technical pitches, we moved together on easier ground.
Roberttaylor - 2nd O/S - 13/Mar/10 with Crazy Chris

glad i wasn't leading it. the cruxes were scary especially considering the short amount of daylight left and the clouds surrounding us. Walk down was long and boring
THardSevere - 2nd O/S - 13/Mar/10 with jamie foxen

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

Awesome route, shame about the weather!
allyrocke - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/10 with Fiona Mellor, Rachel Wilkie

Started too far left so the first pitch (mine) was quite a bit harder than expected! Final pitch in dark made for an exciting finish.
guyscott - AltLd O/S - 13/Mar/10 with Tommy, Klas

jamiefoxen - Lead O/S - 12/Mar/10

Awesome. Soloed the start gully, pitched the chimney, Eastern Traverse and Tower Gap otherwise moving together roped.
PanzerHanzler - AltLd O/S - 10/Mar/10 with Adrian Fagg

Lawrie Brand - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/10 with Pete Hart, Jamie Wilson

jaybob - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/10 with Pete Heart, Lawrie Brand

francois - AltLd - 07/Mar/10 with Gunnar

PeteH - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/10 with Jamie Wilson, Lawrie Brand

tim newton - AltLd O/S - 02/Mar/10 with ewan buckingham

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Mar/10

Ally lead the few pitches we did. Soloed the rest. Awesome, but knackering.
confusicating - Mar/10 with Ally, Fi

mark_jc - 2nd O/S - Mar/10

Hidden - AltLd - Mar/10

simonward - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/10

Hidden - 22/Feb/10

perfect conditions!
Piers Harley - AltLd β - 22/Feb/10 with Rob King

rob k - AltLd O/S - 22/Feb/10 with P Harley

Joined from the top of Vanishing Gully/1934 route.
niallk - AltLd rpt - 20/Feb/10 with Willie

glorious day, great conditions, lunch on the summit. took a bit over 5 hours from the hut I think. had to queue at the gap, but a good opportunity to take in the views.
KeithAlexander - AltLd - 20/Feb/10 with Jelle Muylle

Hidden - AltLd - 20/Feb/10

Clear blue sky, firm squeaky neve and styrofoam ice. Took about 4 hours. Best day out in Scotland?
ollythomas - AltLd - 20/Feb/10 with Chris Hendron

4.30 alarm, 6 - 8walk in, topped out 1.30, lunch and back inthe pub for 3.30. Blue skies, 3rd team on the ridge so no delays, pitched and moving together, tower gap tricky
krusty23 - 20/Feb/10 with Jaz, Paul Knowles

7 Hours from CIC to plateau, brilliant.
oliverk - AltLd - 20/Feb/10 with Tim Clarke

malc - 2nd O/S - 19/Feb/10 with Janes C, Dave K

2hr 15mins, CIC to summit ;-)
Phil Jennings - Solo O/S - 19/Feb/10 with Kieran Leary

Totally class route done with the ben plastered in snow on a glorious sunny day. Topped out at sunset after being delayed by slow groups on th traverse and gap and a dangerous " guide" dragging a couple of incompetents and trying 2 climb over everyone
jandyd05 - 2nd O/S - 19/Feb/10 with Andy Owen

Andre Clarke - AltLd O/S - 19/Feb/10 with jamster

Fantastic sunny, cold day. Busy route, 11 hours car to car via first platform of NE buttress, before going to Tower. Spike following us with clients.
Moonstone Hippy - 2nd - 19/Feb/10 with Robin

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 17/Feb/10

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 15/Feb/10

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 15/Feb/10

Another great trip up this classic. 5 times up in winter now I think. Will never get bored of this route.
Conan - Lead - 13/Feb/10 with Paul Arkless, Ian Grey

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Feb/10

nickcanute - AltLd - 12/Feb/10

Mr Powly - AltLd - 06/Feb/10 with Tom Everett

Lots of snow but well consolidated, had to dig all the placements out. Thin but solid ice on the upper half. Heavy avalanch risk, we heard several releases in the morning, so descended the zigzag.
Alexandre Buisse - AltLd - 06/Feb/10 with Dave E. Brown

tom.e - AltLd rpt - 06/Feb/10 with Tom Powell

a snorkel would have been more appropriate than crampons!, but managed it in under 3 hours
Ginger McGrath - Solo O/S - 02/Feb/10

johnmctighe - 2nd - Feb/10 with Andy

Hidden - Solo O/S - Feb/10

Mr Wild - Feb/10 with Simon Ward

simulclimbed in perfect nick. First on and off the route.
mickd - Lead O/S - Feb/10

WilliamBurnside - AltLd - 28/Jan/10 with R Bentley

Hidden - 27/Jan/10

Snow conditions not brilliant, some horrendous insecure loose 'cruddy' snow sections making some of the easier 'moving together' type ground much harder and more serious (for us necessitating some extra pitching). Lots of rime higher up and somewhat better although still not brilliant snow conditions. Starting chimney poorly iced and really rather difficult. Good day out though - we completed the route in around 6 hours.
groovy_nut - AltLd O/S - 25/Jan/10 with Patrick

Clear day, bitterly cold, early start, late finish. Slow going in deep snow. The dicey snow meant we were forced to tackle the rock buttresses direct instead of out flanking them. I personally think the route is overated.
Merlin - AltLd O/S - 24/Jan/10 with Alex Kelly

Good nick!
dj_brigham05 - AltLd - 17/Jan/10 with Rich Clarke

tower gap!
rclarke - AltLd - 17/Jan/10 with Dave Brigham

Spence22 - AltLd O/S - 16/Jan/10 with Ed

Perfect Condition!
calumalien - AltLd - 09/Jan/10 with Nath

Brilliant. The route was in great condition, and lived up to my high expectations. We moved together over the easier ground - and I lead from the end of the Eastern Traverse up to the Great Tower, and into Tower Gap. A long, but thoroughly enjoyable day.
J Brown - AltLd O/S - 09/Jan/10 with RK

Hidden - AltLd - 09/Jan/10

Hidden - AltLd - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - 2010

Hidden - 2010

colinthrelfall - 2010

chmckay - 2nd - 2010

R2D2 - 2010

james.peter - AltLd - 28/Dec/09 with Richard Lydiatt

Slow going in soft snow. Took the summer line.
robinsi197 - Lead - 28/Dec/09 with Ben

chapmand - AltLd - 14/Dec/09 with Scott Webster

Hidden - AltLd - 05/Dec/09

Chris L Hill - AltLd O/S - 05/Dec/09 with Simon Pearce, Graham

gforce - AltLd - 05/Dec/09 with Chris, Simon

Hidden - 18/Nov/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Nov/09

15 hrs from car park to car park in bad condition and thick cloud. eastern traverse onwards in dark. great feeling to top out.
tjmillen - Lead - 14/Nov/09 with trevor marrs, simon hall

tubby two - AltLd - Nov/09 with Jimbo

Hidden - Lead dnf - Nov/09

jonnie3430 - Lead O/S - 15/Apr/09 with Nikki and Cora

SWalls - AltLd - 15/Apr/09 with Mike Coppock, Alex Moran

soloed up to TG. pitched the gap (masa leads) then solo to the top out. joined the ridge from the west past douglas gap as eastern gully was not in. took 3 hrs from the ridge. best mountain route ive done.heart in throat on the eastern traverse!
gb83 - Solo O/S - 12/Apr/09 with masa

First time up Ben Nevis- Fab! The lower part was in summer condition, but the upper part was wintry.
Elsier - Lead O/S - 12/Apr/09 with Stuart

great day out, moved together, soloed and lead various bits. Dusting of snow lower section and bits of water ice getting out of Douglas Gap. Led Eastern Traverse, Tower Gap and top out which was all fun
lithos - AltLd - 11/Apr/09 with Toreador

Absolutely amazing day. Overnight the snow had refrozen and most of the ridge had a light cover of fresh snow. Quite sunny for the bottom half so felt very alpine. We roped up near the little tower and moved together or pitched the rest of the route. Started snowing at the eastern traverse so the end felt quite epic. I led tower gap which was rather exciting and the final snow slopes were a bit unnerving on loose snow. Took about 8.5 hours in total. We finished off by leading two groups of walkers off the plateau who were lost in the mist.
Will Smith - AltLd O/S - 11/Apr/09 with Matt and Andy

Started up Eastern Gully. Rock with a little ice to below Little Tower then proper winter conditions above that. Pitched 3 sections, moved together or soloed the rest. A fantastic day. Descent via No 4.
Toreador - AltLd - 11/Apr/09 with Carmen and Rob

Ross L - 2nd - 10/Apr/09

machars - 2nd - 05/Apr/09 with donald

adw07 - AltLd O/S - 01/Apr/09 with Scott Becker

Hidden - AltLd - Apr/09

Perfect weather, perfect climb. Very varied - loose powder, hard neve, thin ice, scramble, - conditions meant trickiest bit was just getting round the corner after Tower Gap - pretty vertical, no footholds, trust picks on thinish ice as you crab across...
oldgrey - 28/Mar/09 with Virgil Scott

Plastered with snow and rime. Moved together with the odd pitch thrown in, up to the Eastern traverse in 1.5hrs. Pitched the next bits - tricky move up the rime covered wall (harder than III) after the buried fallen boulder. Waited 2.5hrs at Tower Gap due to congestion. Thought most would have cleared it as we had started so late...
niallk - AltLd O/S - 28/Mar/09 with Drew Connelly

Brillant route - loved it. The crux for me was getting out of Tower Gap. The Little Tower and Eastern Traverse were fine. Heading out into a worsening forecast meant we left the car park at 3.30am, on the route by 7 after abit of faffing around and topped out about midday with the wind picking up and vis dropping. Couldn't ab down 4 gully due to conditions so a long wet walk down the tourist track ensued.
markfairbank - Lead O/S - 24/Mar/09 with SteveyM

3.00am start, topped out in a gale. Nice :)
SteveMyatt - 2nd - 24/Mar/09 with Mark Fairbank

Soloed most of the route, moved together over Tower Gap. Fantastic route!
Ken Applegate - Solo - 21/Mar/09 with Nigel Wombell, Scott Kirkhope

SWalls - 21/Mar/09 with Tom Stork, Johannes

t_stork - AltLd O/S - 21/Mar/09 with Steve Walls and Johannes

Hidden - 2nd - 21/Mar/09

Hidden - AltLd - 21/Mar/09

Mist, rain, snow and wind. Oh and soft crumbling snow. Missed the start got back on it though, up the left side. Couldn't see the drops fortunately. Shitty soft snow but done in good time and style!
mikehenesy - AltLd O/S - 20/Mar/09 with Chris Lodge

Brilliant weather, but route could have benefitted from more snow/ice. Eastern Traverse was helped by a large path. A bit windy in Tower Gap. Caught up with another team. From the Douglas Gap to the summit in 3hr 45mins.
eldre070 - 2nd O/S - 19/Mar/09 with Mark Stevenson

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 18/Mar/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/09

http://blog.coopersphotos.co.uk/mountaineering/epic-north-face-of-ben-nevis-via-tower-ridge
hcooper - Lead - 12/Mar/09 with Jennifer Slack

Kyuzo - Mar/09 with Richard Scott

glaramara - AltLd O/S - Mar/09 with dr marten

Jen80 - 2nd - Mar/09 with Cooper

Hidden - Mar/09

2.5 hours from CIC hut. Moved together whole route. Could have been more wintery but still awesome :)
JonHarvey - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/09 with Jay Jackson

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/09

Superb winter conditions with rime and verglas higher up, good consolidated snow on the eastern traverse. Only three other parties seen on the rigde. A real pleasure to climb.
John Carney - 2nd O/S - 19/Feb/09 with Rob Jarvis

Thin & icy. Incomparable!
colinakmc - 2nd - 14/Feb/09

asmith37 - AltLd - 13/Feb/09 with Matt Todd & Donald King

Hidden - AltLd β - 13/Feb/09

Great route, goes without saying. Managed to walk to the gap rather than crawling! ET was thin and scary! The final top snow field was an exillerating romp to the top.
blanchie14c - AltLd O/S - 11/Feb/09 with Dave Clarke

Snow down to Fort William. Quite powdery. Ended up avoiding Tower Gap (thankfully) by going further along the traverse (following footprints) than expected. Topped out in moonlight at 7.30pm (8h on ridge!)
Cardi - AltLd O/S - 09/Feb/09 with Collin (Sarah's dad)

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 08/Feb/09

Lot of powder but not so bad. Beautiful day on the Ben. Led the Eastern Traverse to the cave and moving across the Gap.
adamscottthomas - AltLd - 08/Feb/09 with Gwilym Starks

Dunx - AltLd O/S - 08/Feb/09 with Joe M, Adam

Awesome stuff
heist182 - 2nd - Feb/09 with Ed Gladwyn

Templeton Adams - AltLd - Feb/09 with Dave G

A very, very, very long day and most of a night. not to be underestimated, but fantastic climbing
woodenwealth - 2nd dnf - 2009 with Mike Scott

Ross McGibbon - 2009

sheffieldchris - 2009

Alex Hofmann - 2009

cragmanuk - 2009 with Ian Lamb

I tremember this as being about the 18th time on the ridge. Weather was absolute perfection but the snow iffy. Ab off at the gap only to find out later that the last couple of hundred feet had the best snow of the day. Got some excellent pictures that day.
rossn - 2009

Happy Wanderer - AltLd O/S - 2009 with Ken T

Backed off on the little tower due to the huge ammount of powder snow making things very slow going. Will be back later in the seson when things have firmed up and you dont have to spend the day clearing powder to find pro placements!!
vincentvega - AltLd - 13/Dec/08 with danny robb

Billy Walker - Bad Seller - Lead rpt - 02/Nov/08 with my bestest bud

dj_brigham05 - Lead dnf - 01/Nov/08 with Anna Trenneman

Patrick803 - Lead - Sep/08 with Chris Clark

nigel pearson - Lead O/S - Jun/08 with Mark

Paulww - AltLd - 20/Apr/08 with Ryan

what a route! much better than in summer. eastern traverse and great tower being the best section of the route for me. a must.
mulletcocktail2000 - AltLd rpt - 19/Apr/08 with paul

Brilliant. 7 and a bit hours. In tricky IV 3 winter condition. Weather perfect though.
tommytuffa - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/08 with luketheape

Hidden - Lead - 14/Apr/08

Hidden - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/08

Somerset swede basher - AltLd O/S - 11/Apr/08 with George Taylor and Jim Keeley

First grade 3 winter climb. Fantastic conditions. Started at 10 o'clock and had the climb to our selves. More new snow overnight made it even better with all the previous days tracks completly covered. Finished about about half five. Previous day head light torches were seen at 11 o'clock at night from our tent behind the CIC hut.
steven - AltLd O/S - 10/Apr/08 with Matt Rushton

david0811 - AltLd - 05/Apr/08 with Mark Reid

Sam W - AltLd - 05/Apr/08 with Martin Lane

luckyjim - AltLd - Apr/08 with C Hossack

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Mar/08

Bristoldave - 23/Mar/08 with douglas

Hidden - 22/Mar/08

Adam Booth - AltLd O/S - 22/Mar/08 with Ed Booth

dan gibson - AltLd O/S - 17/Mar/08 with brian

Looong day, behind sloooow people! never follow, never follow, never follow etc etc.!
Fultonius - AltLd O/S - 16/Mar/08 with Ross Barnes

Ross Barnes - AltLd - 16/Mar/08 with Ally

Itchy Starfish - Lead O/S - 15/Mar/08 with Chris

Perfect weather and good conditions made it a memorable day. We soloed most of it just roping up for the harder pitches
Paula Hamilton-Gibson - AltLd O/S - 15/Mar/08 with Nigel Jenkins

gregor - Mar/08

Perfect conditions 2-4 inches of powder sitting on top of perfect ice and neve. Blue skies and amazing views. Took just over 5 hours, did it on a sunday and didn't encounter any parties on the actual ridge at all!
CurlyStevo - AltLd - Mar/08 with Ben

GScot38 - AltLd - Mar/08

Hannah Evans - 2nd - 17/Feb/08 with Max Hunter

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/08

Hidden - Lead - 14/Feb/08

Solo most of route
Simonfarfaraway - AltLd - 14/Feb/08 with Huw

cham749 - 2nd O/S - 06/Feb/08 with Henry Methold

mic_b - 02/Feb/08 with Chris Ensoll

Hidden - Solo - Feb/08

2 hrs, whole ridge to myself, perfect conditions.
Captain Solo - Solo - 22/Jan/08

lberry - Lead - 16/Jan/08

Two parties of two (other party Chris Burn & Cat Kilburn). Very windy but an awesome day out. 11 hours from leaving North Face car park to return.
HamishD - AltLd O/S - 02/Jan/08 with Jim

Diggler - Lead O/S - Jan/08

jam_rich - AltLd - Jan/08

smac - 2008

inuklm - 2008 with john chattaway

Hidden - Lead O/S - 2008

Charlie wp Hill - AltLd - 2008

ewan i - 2nd - Dec/07

Dinger - AltLd O/S - 25/Nov/07 with Pete Davies

Fantastically difficult as first winter accent, but huge sense of satisfaction after reaching the top.
David Revill - 2nd β - 21/Nov/07 with West Coast Mountain Guides

top route! moved alpine style for most of the route. piched the tricky sections due to adverse weather.
mulletcocktail2000 - AltLd O/S - 04/Aug/07 with joe

daprince - Jul/07

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 04/Apr/07

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 04/Apr/07

RobScotland - AltLd O/S - 02/Apr/07 with jonnyb

Perfect weather, awesome climb.
Luke Kelly - AltLd O/S - 01/Apr/07 with Rhian Evans and James Cross

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 01/Apr/07

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Apr/07

Hidden - 01/Apr/07

Beautiful day, great location and good company
mart rich - AltLd O/S - 01/Apr/07 with Steve Moody, Steve Cox

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/07

Awesome route. Perfect conditions and perfect weather. Started late so only queuing was for about a minute at tower gap and we topped out to an awesome sunset.
SWalls - AltLd - 25/Mar/07 with Andy Ruck

What a beaut!!! took us 11hrs, with plenty of queuing on a fine sunny day with loads of other parties on the route. managed to fall out of tower gap which was quite scary!
Neil Mackenzie - AltLd - 24/Mar/07 with Andy

Beautiful day with the ridge in great condition, pitched little tower; found the first pitch of this the the hardest bit with some interesting mixed moves. The eastern traverse and the gap were also pitched with the approach to the gap felling very exposed, I led out and got a belay on a hammered axe and a spike, Neil took a 10m fall when he tried to get out of the gap, very exciting. We toped out just as the sun went down. Took us 11 hours because of the queues, would say IV, 3 is an appropriated grade as its a very hard day, wow what a route.
andymoin - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/07 with Neil Mackenzie

stuartm555 - 2nd - 24/Mar/07 with Seb Rider

Hidden - AltLd - 23/Mar/07

Route in good condition, which unfortunately drew numerous parties to the ridge. Resulted in waits of up to two hours at the choke points of Eastern Traverse and Tower Gap. Topped out at 6 and descended in the dark in a blizzard.
CJE - AltLd O/S - 02/Mar/07 with Mark Anstey, Chris Haynes

crispy - 2nd β - 02/Mar/07

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Mar/07

Hidden - 26/Feb/07

aged_ape - Lead O/S - 18/Feb/07 with Simon Oliver

Plastikote - 18/Feb/07 with Tim O

jl - AltLd O/S - 17/Feb/07 with Brad

lazyhopkins - AltLd O/S - 17/Feb/07 with Jon Lynch

gregor - Feb/07

Julian Prieto - 2nd O/S - Feb/07 with Steve Wales

easers - AltLd - Feb/07 with Doug Aitken

Dave Searle - Lead O/S - 27/Jan/07 with sim

Hidden - AltLd - 21/Jan/07

Alexander123 - 2nd - 07/Jan/07 with John, Alan

Hidden - Jan/07

awesome
leigh - 2nd - Jan/07 with Martin

Hidden - Jan/07

timmy-ts - 2007

keith leonard - Lead - 2007 with wife

glenngordon - Lead - 2007

Hidden - 2007

Hidden - 19/Apr/06

after being spat out of .5 (heavy spindrifts) decided to do Tower Ridge. We roped up and move together from the eastern traverse. easy but magnificent. A real classic
French Erick - Solo - 14/Apr/06 with Tom Chamberlain

Hidden - Lead O/S - 03/Apr/06

NickBrown - AltLd O/S - Apr/06 with Tim

Hidden - AltLd - 25/Mar/06

Hidden - 22/Mar/06

Hidden - AltLd - 21/Mar/06

Hidden - AltLd - 18/Mar/06

great day but had to queue alot, good fun on the mixed bits!
smithaldo - AltLd O/S - 18/Mar/06 with Clegg

Peter Metcalfe - AltLd - 18/Mar/06 with Shaw Brown

Nicos - Lead O/S - 18/Mar/06 with keith leonard

An experience, some excellent climbing with a couple of scarey axe-dangling moments, took 5 and a half hours. Not sure how I would get across the gap without axes in the summer?!
Feeling bold - 2nd - 08/Mar/06 with Mike (UK), Andy

Lovely sunny day, great views. Could enjoy it more this time than last time when I was soloing!
nicholas Barrowclough - AltLd O/S - 07/Mar/06 with Tim Davies

My best winter day to date!
HIGHTOWER - AltLd β - 03/Mar/06 with Ali Beer, Chris Morrison

sacdenouilles - Lead - 03/Mar/06 with D Pemble

Hidden - Mar/06

Jon Pilling - 2nd O/S - Mar/06 with steve prescott

Awesome route, took 4hours 20mins with claire despite getting stuck behind someone doing three pitches on the eastern traverse - would have prefered to do as 1.
reg_measures - Lead O/S - 25/Feb/06 with claire salter

Hidden - AltLd - 24/Feb/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Feb/06

Covered in powder, very time consuming!
Ed Saint - 17/Feb/06

Spade - Lead - 17/Feb/06 with Ed Cooper

Hidden - 2nd - 13/Feb/06

Britains Longest route at 16 and with Andy Nisbet, can ney ask for more!!
Swain16 - Feb/06 with Andy Nisbet, Ian Swain

francis blunt - AltLd - Feb/06 with Joe Williams

DaleB - Feb/06 with GD

Hidden - AltLd - Feb/06

lawrenceK - Lead - Feb/06

Conan - Lead O/S - Feb/06 with Rachel

david morse - AltLd - Jan/06 with chris todd

John Kettle - AltLd - 2006

mike kann - AltLd - 2006 with Bill Naylor

Hidden - AltLd - 2006

Hidden - Solo - 2006

creag - 2006

centurion05 - 2006

dangates - 2006 with Cheese/ Tim Darlow

jamestheyip - AltLd O/S - 2006 with Miguel Ciriza

Led to Tower Gap with beta from DK. DK led from there.
Simon K - AltLd β - Nov/05 with JB,DK

Cracking day out - with views to match.
Kamikaze Badger - 2nd - Sep/05 with Dave Moseley

dave moseley - Lead - Sep/05 with nick

steveP - AltLd O/S - 24/Mar/05 with Simon Flower

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 14/Mar/05

mikecopp - Lead - 06/Mar/05 with Tom O Grady

Held up by slow party in front. V cold on belays. Use of bivvy shelter essential
RunningMan - Lead O/S - 05/Mar/05 with Keith Bevan

Hidden - Solo O/S - 05/Mar/05

Excellent
George Ormerod - AltLd O/S - 03/Mar/05 with Roger

Just romped along it with running belays staying ahead of the faster teams behind. A Good Friday Day completed in 3and half hours.
icescrew - AltLd - Mar/05 with The Fox

Camped overnight in an ice cave (not enough snow for a snow hole) - Devo'd
Jon Pilling - 2nd O/S - Mar/05 with steve prescott

In Winter! Not sure if I have selected the right one.
dan cowley - AltLd O/S - 06/Feb/05 with Colin Hastie

KeithW - AltLd O/S - Feb/05 with Andy Rice

Hidden - Lead O/S - Feb/05

A party of 2 had fall on Eastern Traverse and needed to reverse route, benighted, 27 hrs.
gripped01 - Lead dnf - Feb/05 with Bobby G

easers - AltLd - Feb/05 with Doug Aitken

oor wullie - 2005 with Matthew Croll

GPN - AltLd - 2005

JasonK - AltLd - 2005 with Alec Carr

mike.moss - AltLd O/S - 2005

hard in deep powder and verglass. some difficult mixed climbing to regain the ridge after the eastern traverse.
nicholas Barrowclough - Solo - 22/Dec/04

Excellent day out, faster than we anticipated. In the top three climbs I've done! Had a hariy start after going a bit far up the gully and then cut across on to the ridge on decidely dodgy snow.
Rob Oram - AltLd O/S - 11/Apr/04 with James Booth

James B - 11/Apr/04 with Rob

John Pickles - AltLd O/S - 30/Mar/04 with Zac Poulton

Hidden - AltLd - 30/Mar/04

Soloed up to the Eastern Traverse. Snow on all of it but felt like summer Alpine conditions.
Andrew Barker - Lead O/S - 30/Mar/04 with John Barker

Staying at CIC hut, so should have been first on route, but spent a couple of hours walking back down path looking for the axe Chris had lost on the walk-in in the dark. No joy. Now last on route, and had a long wait in queue at the Gap. But worked to our advantage: by the time we topped out, the all-day clag was breaking and we had the summit plateau to ourselves. I was greeted by a small twite (I think) looking at me quizzically: the only moving thing in all that white. Then back to CIC hut for whisky and philosophising deep into the night. A brilliant day.
Andy Clarke - Lead O/S - 13/Mar/04 with ChrisB

Following Guide
Ann S - 2nd - Mar/04 with Guide

tom.e - AltLd O/S - Feb/04 with Charlie Everett

cliffy - AltLd - Feb/04 with Paul Crowsley

Scotsken - Feb/04

dthomson - 2004 with JOHN BURNS

Moved togethre at night by full moon. Brill!
akhughes - Lead O/S - 2004 with Steptoe

chris warner - Sep/03 with matt saywer, james fulton

climbtim - 2nd - 06/Apr/03

five - AltLd O/S - Apr/03 with JT

Hidden - AltLd - 23/Mar/03

McGus - 2nd - 08/Mar/03 with Ruth and Donald

gripped01 - AltLd - Mar/03 with Jon Naylor

Tim W - AltLd O/S - 21/Feb/03 with Andrew Wilkinson

Hidden - AltLd rpt - Feb/03

stag do effort
James W - AltLd O/S - Feb/03 with john sanday

Technically not difficult but committing. Climbed in dreadfull conditions. Just remember we went straight up the face after the first levelling instead of the diagonal rising ramp to the right. That put us behind schedule on what was an awful day anyway.
rossn - AltLd O/S - Feb/03 with Nick Bryan

Gambit - Lead O/S - Feb/03 with Carl, Tim

NeilGriffiths - 01/Apr/02 with Tom Hubbard

Gman - AltLd O/S - Apr/02 with Carl, Rich

fell 8m at Tower Gap
Goody - 2nd dog - 02/Mar/02 with Conan Harrod

Dave fell into Tower Gap. Not helping himself by pulling the sling of the block as he went. I made the mistake of belaying him from the gap. No damage done though!
Conan - Lead - 02/Mar/02 with Dave Goodman

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Mar/02

Hidden - Mar/02

The Bad Cough - AltLd O/S - 15/Feb/02 with Christian Minett

PenJD - AltLd O/S - Feb/02 with Jon Ascroft

seanyt - Solo - Feb/02

Tarquin - 2002

Jamie B - AltLd - Apr/01 with Simon Franks

Hidden - AltLd - Apr/01

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Apr/01

crowberry gully - AltLd - 18/Feb/01 with Ross McGibbon

Hidden - 2nd - Jan/01

deep deep wet snow, took 8 hour for the ridge
niall_mac - 2nd - Nov/00 with am_bodach

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Apr/00

Hidden - Solo - 2000

Hidden - 2000

Tarquin - 2000

Top day 9 Hours on the route! Cos of the Traffic!!
wadey1973 - AltLd - 06/Mar/99 with Neild Waring

frost - Solo - Mar/99

Chad123 - Feb/99 with Muppet

fritz_in_aotearoa - 1999

kjbix - AltLd - 1999 with Rob Gray

Tarquin - 1999

Tarquin - 1999

Dave Almond - Solo - 1999

Hidden - AltLd - Feb/98

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 13/Jan/98

Hidden - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/97

Sunset & moon shining through on summit. No rush & great day out. Stayed at C.I.C. Hut.
iskra2000 - AltLd - 21/Jan/97 with Mark Smith

Neil Conway - AltLd O/S - 1997 with Steve Hardy

My 2nd scariest climbing moment ever when Tony tested a belay and pulled the block out of the wall resulting in a full rope length fall (150 feet) off the side of the ridge. To this day, I still can't work out how I held on with no other protection! Continued to the summit with 2 broken ribs and a knackered rope.
Conan - AltLd O/S - 29/Dec/96 with Tony Chaplin

Tim Bateman - Lead - 06/Apr/96

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Apr/96

Climbed on good neve, superb
michaelb1 - AltLd O/S - Mar/96

Good day on firm snow
michaelb1 - Lead - Mar/96

butteredfrog - Apr/95

Hidden - AltLd - 08/Feb/95

Classic day, down via CMD Arete.
TobyA - AltLd O/S - Apr/94 with Ed

tev - AltLd O/S - Apr/94 with Stuart McK

djmarko75 - AltLd O/S - Mar/93

cornishmackem - AltLd O/S - Feb/93 with Tim Bantam

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Apr/92

FrankW - AltLd O/S - Mar/92 with Unknown

marcoleptic - AltLd O/S - Feb/92 with Banjo

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Feb/92

Moved together for much of it. Neil's first winter climb.
Iain Thow - Lead - 23/Mar/91 with Liz Jolley, Neil Davis

Grezza - Solo - Feb/91

craig h - AltLd - 08/Jan/91 with Nick D

Yourlead - Lead - 22/Apr/90 with Iain

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rob from scotland - Lead O/S - 12/Mar/90 with Tom Shaw

surfbish - Lead O/S - Feb/88

gallonj - 1988

Hidden - AltLd - Apr/87

Richard Weller - AltLd - 02/Mar/87 with John Sanders, Nigel Thompson

Hidden - Lead - Feb/87

ChrisJD - Lead - 05/Jan/87

Hidden - AltLd - Jan/87

scree - AltLd - Feb/86

Stuck behind a very slow party, and consequently onto the plateau in the dark and truly wild weather. Another descent down Five Fingers Gully! All part of the full Scottish experience! An attempt with Paul Harding a couple of years later resulted in retreat from just below the Eastern Traverse with 20+ people in the queue ahead of us. Perfect neve too!
Sean Kelly - Jan/86 with Jim Symon

johnkeith - AltLd - 1986 with G. Callander

Hidden - AltLd - Mar/85

neil3965 - AltLd - Jan/85 with Pete McKenzie

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Solo - 1985

Perfect conditions. I only led the pitch past the tower
Pete Pozman - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/84 with Andy Bennett

Martin Haworth - AltLd O/S - 1984 with tim wright

Mark Kemball - AltLd - 21/Mar/83 with Paul "Curly" Williamson

GordonHart - AltLd O/S - Jan/82 with Dave Monteith

Hidden - Lead - 04/Aug/81

Hidden - AltLd - 06/Apr/80

Hidden - AltLd - 28/Jan/80

Hidden - AltLd - Mar/77

Al's diary records 'Done in a howling gale and whiteout'. It was a full-value Scottish day then!
Falko - AltLd O/S - 22/Feb/76 with Al W.

Jonathan Lagoe - UKC - 12/Apr/75 with Ken Taylor

Bobs 1st winter route I think. Done a number of times whilst living in Onich including one night ascent in deep powder.
David Smith - Lead - Jan/64 with bob Taplin