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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref NJ 000013 (OS Landranger #36)

Shelterstone Crag

Invernesshire, SCOTLAND

Climbs 74 – Rocktype Granite – Altitude 600m a.s.l – Faces NE

Crag features
Features some of the very best routes on Cairngorm Granite:

10-pitch routes on the highest part of the crag and also 1 to 3 pitch routes on the Central Slabs. Famous routes include Run of the Arrow (E5), The Pin (E2), Steeple (E2), Needle (E1/HVS). Recent years have seen the addition of some desperate and bold routes on the Central Slabs e.g. Realm Of The Senses and l'Elisir d'Amore (both E7)

Also has some amazing, hard winter lines:

Sticil Face (V) and Citadel (VIII).

There have been recent ascents of some of the established Summer lines e.g. The Needle, in mixed conditions.

Faces NE, so holds snow and ice well.

Dries fairly quickly.

There's also loads of bouldering potential between the loch and the crag but beware the gnarly landings and finger-shredding granite!

Weather forecast

Today	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat

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), Rock Climbing in Scotland (1990),
Out of print: Cairngorms Vol. 1 (1998), Scottish Winter Climbs (1996)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

1	Castle Wall	IV 5 *	11
2	Breach Gully	IV 5
3	Raeburn's Buttress	IV 5 *	3
4	Pointlace	E3 5c
5	Consolation Groove (Summer)	HVS 5a *	1
6	Consolation Groove (Winter)	VII 7
7	Rib Tickler	E2 5c *
8	Threadbare	VII 8
9	Threadbare True Finish	IV 4
10	Freya	E3 5c	3
11	Sticil Face	V 6 ***	43
12	Sticil Face Variation Start	VI 5	2
13	Sticil Face Direct Finish	V 6	5
14	The Flake	V 7
15	The Harp	E3 5c **	3
16	Immortals	E4 6a *
17	Snipers	E2 5b *	1
18	Aphrodite	E7 6b ***
19	Thor	E5 6b ***	3
20	The Missing Link	E4 5c ***	4
21	The Missing Link Variation	E3 5c	1
22	The Run of the Arrow	E6 6b ***	2
23	Hard Lines	E5 6a *
24	Cupid's Bow	E5 6b ***	5
25	Cupid's Bow Variation	E3 5c
26	Realm of the Senses	E7 6c ***
27	L'Elsir d'Amore	E7 6b **
28	Athene	E7 6c ***
29	Icon of Lust	E8 6c ***
30	The Pin	E2 5b ***	19
31	The Pin Variation Start	E3 5c
32	The Pin Pitch 2 Variation	E2 5b
33	The Pin Lower Slab Start Variation	VS 4c
34	Blockbuster	E2 5b	1
35	The Citadel (Summer)	VS *	11
36	The Citadel The Moonlight Finish Variation (Summer)	VS
37	The Citadel (Winter)	VII 8 ***	7

	Climb name	Grade	x

38	The Citadel Winter Variation	VI 8 **	2
39	Haystack	E3 5c ***	20
40	The Spire	E4 6a **	8
41	Steeple (Summer)	E2 5c ***	76
42	Steeple (Winter)	IX 9 ***
43	Postern (Summer)	HS 4c	4
44	Postern Direct Finish Variation (Summer)	HS
45	Postern (Winter)	VII 7 *	5
46	Postern Variation (Winter)	VI 6 **	12
47	Postern Direct (Summer)	VS 4c
48	Postern Direct (Winter)	VII 7
49	The Needle (Summer)	E1 5b ***	146
50	The Needle Pitch 4 Variation (Summer)	E4 6a
51	The Needle (Winter)	VIII 8 ***	1
52	The Needle Bad Karma Variation (Winter)	VIII 8
53	Stone Bastion	E5 6a **
54	The Camel	E5 6a
55	Clach Dhian Chimney (Summer)	VD	2
56	Clach Dhian Chimney Direct Finish Variation (Summer)	HS
57	Clach Dhian Chimney (Winter)	V 5 *	1
58	Clach Dhian Chimney Direct Variation (Winter)	V 5
59	Western Union	IV 6	5
60	Western Grooves	IV 5 *	9
61	West Ridge Route	D
62	The Imposter	VI 7 **
63	Unknown Gully	III	2
64	Shelter From The Storm	V 7 *
65	Games of Chance	VI 7 *
66	Lectern	V 6	1
67	Pinnacle Gully	I *	17
68	Forefinger Pinnacle Normal Route	M ***	1
69	Forefinger Pinnacle Close To Corner Variation	D
70	Forefinger Pinnacle Face Opposite Shelter Stone Crag Variation	D
71	Forefinger Pinnacle West Face Variation	HS
72	Forefinger Pinnacle Lowest Point In Gully Variation	VD
73	Forefinger Pinnacle Direct From Lowest Point Variation	VS 4c
74	Stone Temple Pilots	X 9 ***	1