Led first pitch, second pitch from belay quite thin and getting detached
abbeywall - AltLd - 13/Apr/13 with K, FM
Pete23 - AltLd - 06/Apr/13 with Gregor
gregor - 06/Apr/13
el diablo - AltLd - 16/Mar/13 with Nick Bowen
Hidden - AltLd - 13/Mar/13
furbrow - AltLd - 13/Mar/13 with Roy H
Hidden - Lead - 12/Mar/13
Good conditions on main pitch but ice on short exit pitch (straight up) was hollow, holed and fragile, was worried a lot of it would fall down.
furbrow - AltLd - 05/Mar/13 with Ruth L
sann1458 - AltLd O/S - 03/Mar/13
Great ice formations, belayed in the snow fairy cave :) Top pitch a bit scary due to the thawing conditions on the top half of the climb.
petegunn - Lead - 28/Feb/13 with Davina
Hidden - 2nd O/S - 28/Feb/13
Really nice and interesting ice pitch. Make it as hard or easy as you want if the ice umbrellas make it so. They were fat when we did it and great fun. Although getting stepped out now. Walked to the summit to top off a great day :)
geoff.comley - Lead O/S - 27/Feb/13 with Vic Paterson
Hidden - 2nd O/S - 27/Feb/13
Two long pitches in 45 mins
akhughes - AltLd O/S - 25/Feb/13
Ben Sharp - AltLd - 25/Feb/13 with jon
Ice fat and in fantastic condition
andybrown114 - AltLd - 23/Feb/13 with Ade Mellor
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/13
Hidden - 23/Feb/13
lovely blue bird day, super conditions. well stepped
connor - AltLd O/S - 21/Feb/13 with willey
Hidden - AltLd - 21/Feb/13
great fun, particularily going through the ice cave on the main pitch
simondunf - AltLd O/S - 21/Feb/13 with caspar
Charlie Zephyr Booth - Lead - Feb/13 with michael kirby
The last climb of the winter season, a month earlier than last year!
Captain Solo - AltLd - 19/Feb/12 with Gary
Soloed to main pitch, rock belay on left. The main pitch was harder than it looked from below as it was only solid ice in places, with quite a lot of hollow ice and crystalline snow. A sustained pitch to another good rock belay 55m. Then a choice of exits to the plateau. We took a set of wires, (1-9), Rockcentrics, (3-7), and 6 short to medium ice screws. An excellent route.
GaryK - AltLd O/S - 19/Feb/12 with Ewan Lyons
Hidden - 2012
luckyjim - 2012
Hidden - 2012
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 26/Mar/11
machars - AltLd - 26/Mar/11 with Bjorn Verduijn
Simon K - 2nd - 08/Mar/11 with Mike Pescod, AB
Lead steep direct finish.
Liam Ingram - AltLd O/S - 06/Mar/11 with Ondrej Mandula
Hidden - 2nd - 06/Mar/11
Hidden - AltLd - 01/Mar/11
AB1965 - Mar/11
soloed up to ice pitch , fine sustained 50metres of ice , first grade 5 ice route found it easier than expected .
dizzyg - 2nd - 26/Feb/11 with kenny wright, aidy
Mushy snow on the approach but good conditions on the main pitch. Felt about as hard as Black Crag Icefall.
Northern Mountain Monkey - Lead - 26/Feb/11
luckyjim - AltLd - Feb/11 with D Helm
Short and sweet. Led 1st pitch, about 40m to a nook, and the 3rd. http://vimeo.com/19411213
niallk - AltLd O/S - 30/Jan/11 with Willie
Hidden - AltLd - 24/Jan/11
Hidden - Lead - 09/Jan/11
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Jan/11
adie84 - 2011
centurion05 - 2011
Hidden - 2011
Hidden - 2011
Hidden - 2011
Hidden - 2011
Hidden - 2011
Hidden - 2011
Probably the best, and certainly the most sustained ice route I've done. The initial 45m had very little in the way of steps or hooks, so the route had quite an adventurous feel. Went straight up, via some tricky ice steps to gain the plateau. Awesome route!
Ken Applegate - Lead - 13/Mar/10 with Hannah Evans
Hannah Evans - 2nd - 13/Mar/10 with Ken Applegate
Led crux, excellent ice, poor vis on the crag and had to nav off the top
John Roe - AltLd - 11/Mar/10 with Stu Joyce
One 'magic' pitch.
John Workman - AltLd - 07/Mar/10 with Mark II
morsy - AltLd - 07/Mar/10 with gerhard mors
Hay - AltLd O/S - Mar/10 with James Dunn
Hidden - 2nd - Mar/10
gripped01 - AltLd - Mar/10 with Mike Palmer
Hidden - 2nd - 23/Feb/10
Adam Booth - AltLd O/S - 20/Feb/10 with Roel
Route in good condition overall, but a bit fragile near the top of the second pitch. Great work by Rich, very confident lead.
Si Carter - 2nd O/S - 13/Feb/10
twoplates - 2nd O/S - 13/Feb/10 with dave sharpe
richardlong78 - AltLd O/S - 13/Feb/10 with Simon Carter
Hidden - AltLd - 10/Feb/10
Felt easy for a V
Big Lee - AltLd O/S - 10/Feb/10 with Dan Moore
Jamie B - AltLd - 07/Feb/10 with Pete Duggan
Lenny - 2nd O/S - 06/Feb/10 with Pete
plenty of ice gave fantastic conditions, well worth waiting for. main pitch was sustained and exposed, but plenty of bomber screws and good ice.
adw07 - AltLd O/S - 30/Jan/10 with Scott Becker
Hidden - AltLd - 22/Jan/10
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/Jan/10
colinthrelfall - 2010
mike.moss - Lead dog - 2010
Jamie Simpson - 2009 with Andy Munro
Lead first pitch, full 60m. superb conditions
towdman - AltLd O/S - 19/Mar/06 with Graham Armitage
Graham Armitage - AltLd - 19/Mar/06 with towdman
Hidden - AltLd - Mar/06
smac - AltLd O/S - Feb/06 with Colin Maclean, Diggler
Chad123 - Jan/02 with Blonde Tom
Hidden - AltLd - 16/Feb/01
Hidden - 2001
bandersnatch - Lead - 2000
seanyt - AltLd - Feb/99
Hidden - AltLd - 11/Feb/97
innes - AltLd - 1997
Grezza - Lead - Feb/96
phardman - Feb/96
FrankW - AltLd O/S - Feb/95 with Andy R
Superb
Dave Musgrove Jnr - 12/Feb/94 with Nick Ashton
Went for the long pitch - bypassed the first peg belay, just clipped it. While climbing the steep final step of the pitch, kicking blind, noted a strange feeling. Looking down, noted one crampon point sticking through the rope - the one attached to the peg 20ft below. Oh dearie me. Best to switch off and climb! (In the days of flat chisel front points - it cut most of the rope fibres)
Tim Sparrow - Lead - Feb/92 with Ian Owen
mark-abz - AltLd - Feb/84 with Walter P