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Coire an t'Sneachda

Invernesshire, SCOTLAND

Climbs 176 – Rocktype Granite – Altitude 900m a.s.l – Faces N

Crag features
Corrie an t'Sneachda provides possibly the most accessible winter climbing in Scotland (apart from Meall Gorm in Applecross!), being 45 minutes walk (if you're fit!) from the Cairngorm Ski area.

Hard mixed routes come into condition early in winter season.

Very popular with winter skills courses. Expect queues and falling climbers at weekends.

Not renowned for rock climbing, but provides some entertaining routes.

Must dos:

Fingers Ridge (IV,4)

Invernookie (III,4)

The Seam (IV,5)

Aladdin's Mirror (IV)

Weather forecast

Today	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue

Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast
More: mwis: Cairngorms & Monadhliath – Met Office: East Highlands

Guidebooks
Winter Climbs in the Cairngorm (2011), Scottish Rock - South (2008), Scottish Winter Climbs (2008), The Cairngorms (2007),
Out of print: Cairngorms Vol. 1 (1998), Scottish Winter Climbs (1996)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	MESS OF POTTAGE
2	Topless	III 5	1
3	Opening Break	IV 5	56
4	Crack Pot	S 4a *	2
5	Crack Pot	V 6	1
6	Honeypot	IV 6 **	115
7	Wachacha	HS 4b *	5
8	Wachacha	VI 7 **	8
9	Crystal Gale	V 6
10	Trunk Line	VS 5a *	7
11	No Blue Skies	VS 4c **	15
12	No Blue Skies	VI 7 **	26
13	The Truncator	VI 7
14	The Melting Pot	V 6 *	15
15	The Message	VD *	19
16	The Message	IV 6 ***	226
17	The Hybrid	IV 5 **	39
18	Pot of Gold	S 4a **	30
19	Pot of Gold	V 6 **	89
20	Mariella	VS 4b *	3
21	Mariella	VI 7 *	5
22	Droidless	VI 6 *	13
23	The Firefighter	IV 6
24	The Messenger	HS 4c	1
25	The Messenger	V 6 *	19
26	The Three Decrees	V 5	3
27	Sharks Fin Soup	V 6	3
28	The Despot	V 7
29	Yukon Jack	S	2
30	Yukon Jack	IV 5	37
31	Tasker	VS 4c **	2
32	Pot Doodles	VS 4c	1
33	Pot Doodles	IV 6	7
34	Bethel	E2 5b *	1
35	The Haston Line	III 4	221
36	Just a Spot o' Sightseeing	S *	3
37	The Slant	I *	125
38	Frozen Assets	IV 6	2
39	Technicoloured Dream Crack (Upper Finish)	V 6 *	6
40	Hidden Chimney	II/III *	459
41	Hidden Chimney Direct	IV 5 **	218
42	Jacob's Edge	I/II	108
43	Jacob's Ladder	I	562
44	Forty Thieves	I	34
	ALADDIN'S BUTTRESS
46	Aladdin's Couloir	I	663
47	Snowy Owl	E4 6a *
48	Babes in the Wood	E2 5b **	1
49	Ali Baba	HVS 4c
50	Nightline	VI 7	2
51	Original Summer Route	VD	5
52	Original Summer Route	IV 5 **	105
53	The Lamp Direct	S 4a	1
54	The Lamp	V 6	39
55	The Third Wish	V 7	1
56	The Prodigal Principal	V 5	5
57	The Paramedic	VII 7	4
58	Doctor's Choice	IV 4	75
59	Doctor Janis	VS	8
60	Doctor Janis	V 7 *	6
61	Edgewood	E1 5b	2
62	Wedgewood	VII 7	2
63	The Celtic Edge	VII 7	1
64	The Magic Crack	HVS 5a ***	146
65	The Magic Crack	VII 7 ***	8
66	White Magic	VII 7 ***	23
67	The Genie	VS 4b *	19
68	The Genie	V 7 *	51
69	Witchcraft	E2 5b
70	Damnation	HVS 5b *	11
71	Damnation	VI 6 **	7
72	Salvation	VS 4c *	13
73	Salvation	V 7 *	8
74	Patey's Route	IV 5 *	237
75	Terms of Endearment	III *	29
76	The Flying Doctors	VI 7
77	Brief Encounter	V 4	1
78	Kuryakin's Corner	VI 7
79	Honour Among Thieves	V 4
80	Aladdin's Mirror	I	316
81	Aladdin's Mirror Direct	IV 4 *	424
82	Pygmy Ridge	M *	149
83	Pygmy Ridge	IV 5 **	159
84	Saturation Point	IV 5	3
85	Earwig	IV 6
86	Central Left Hand	I/II	137
	FLUTED BUTTRESS
88	Central Gully	I	344
89	Unnamed	I/II	9
90	The Runnel	II **	766

	Climb name	Grade	x

91	The Grooved Rib	III 4 *	45
92	Crotched Gully	II	309
93	Vortex	IV 5	13
94	Spiral Gully	II **	384
95	Wavelength	III 4 *	88
96	Fluted Buttress Direct	IV 4 **	146
97	Piccolo	V 6	1
98	Sax Appeal	V 4	5
99	Cruising	V 5 *	8
100	Broken Gully	III *	102
101	Broken Gully Direct	III 4	14
102	Broken Fingers	III 4	33
103	Fingers Ridge Direct	VS 4c *	54
104	Fingers Ridge Direct	VII 7 *	2
105	Fingers Ridge	D	193
106	Fingers Ridge	IV 4 ***	324
107	Red Gully	II **	503
108	Western Rib	II/III	56
109	Goat Track Gully	II *	525
110	False Goat / 0.5 Gully	I	117
111	Unnamed 1	II	6
	FIACAILL BUTTRESS
113	Halibut Habit	V 6
114	White Dwarf	VS 5a	1
115	White Dwarf	V 6 *
116	Men In Red	III 6	1
117	Straight to Jail	V 5 **	4
118	Escapologist	IV 6	2
119	Men in Black	VI 8	1
120	The Great Escape	E1 5c
121	The Great Escape	VII 9
122	Houdini	VI 7 ***	15
123	The Stirling Bomber	V 7 ***	60
124	Fiacaill Buttress Direct	HVS 5a *
125	Jail House Rock	E2 5b
126	The North-East Cruiser	E2 5c
127	Jailbreak	VII 7 *	1
128	King of the Swingers	VI 6
129	Smokestack Lightnin'	VI 7	2
130	Fiacaill Buttress	IV 5 *	9
131	Fiacaill Couloir	II/III *	340
132	Trampled Underfoot	IV 4	2
133	Cap in Hand	IV 4	2
134	Rampant	IV 5	11
135	Physical Graffiti	III 6 *	5
136	Swan Song	V 6 *	1
137	Burning And Looting	V 7 *	15
138	Belhaven	VI 6 ***	41
139	Omerta	VIII 9 **	1
140	Invernookie	III 4 **	414
141	Short Circuit	IV 5	24
142	Slaterless	IV 6	3
143	Seam-stress	IV 6 **	17
144	The Seam	IV 4 *	277
145	Watch out	VI 8 **	3
146	The Healing	III 4/5	1
147	The Hurting	E4 6a *
148	The Hurting	XI 11 ***	5
149	Northern Whites	V 7
150	Polar Crossing	IV 5	1
151	Fiacaill Ridge	I/II ***	799
152	Fiacaill Ridge	1 *	120
153	Whose line is it anyway? *	II/III	5
154	Spiral Gully Direct *	III	15
155	Alladin's Buttress Direct *	IV 6	2
156	Fiacaill Buttress (summer) *	D	4
157	Unnamed Groove *	III	1
158	Spiral Gully First Groove Finish *	V 7	1
159	Spiral Gully Second Groove Finish *	IV 6	1
160	Beeline *	E1 5b *
161	The Truncator *	VS 4c *
162	Droidless *	HS 4b *
163	The Firefighter *	VS 4c *
164	Fishy Business *	S 4a
165	Fintastic *	VS 4c
166	The Despot *	VS 4c
167	Yosemite Jill *	HVS 5a *
168	Black Sheep *	VS 4c
169	Black Sheep *	III
170	Technicoloured Dream Crack *	HS 4c *
171	Potiphar's Wife *	VS 5a *
172	Tasker *	V 6
173	Hidden Chimney *	D	4
174	Twin Ribs	2 **	14
175	Facet Hunters *	IV 6
176	Rosslyn Chapel *	V 7
177	Trampled Underfoot (True Finish) *	IV 6	1
178	Cap in Hand, Freedom Finish *	IV 5
179	The Slant (Direct Start) *	V 5 **	2
180	Original Route direct start *	V 6 *	1

* Climbs listed in red are waiting to be checked by a crag moderator, and may not be accurate.

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USER FEEDBACK

why don't they just spell it like it sounds?
auld al

- 23/Apr/12

Theres a soundbite in this link, which is great for pronunciations http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/coire-an-t-sneachda.shtml
Joss - 02/Feb/10

Using rules from standard Gaelic spelling, here is a list of elements of Coire an t-Sneachda that are different from general English usage. - Terminal 'e' would be similar to German usage but some would drop it because of the approaching lead vowel. - The 't' placed here silences the 's'. - The 'n' in this position is sounded like an 'r'. - The 'e' often as in English 'get' but some would make it more like in the English - The 'a' after the 'e' is unpronounced as it is only there for spelling agreement with the terminal letter and hardening the following consonant group. - 'chd' is like a hard Scottish 'ch' followed by a hard English 'k'. - Terminal 'a' is similar to German usage. http://www.speygaelic.org/place-names.asp
Jim Fraser - 27/Nov/09

I picked up a tourist leaflet about Cairngorm pronunciations that suggested something like "Corn Dreckie"... I'll leave you to work that one out!
Jonny M - 18/Mar/08

Can anyone offer authoritative pronunciation? I was told "Corrie an Tre-ach" years ago.
JohnHutch - 29/Nov/07

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