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Creag a'choire Etchachan

Climbs 90 – Rocktype Granite – Altitude 750m a.s.l – Faces E

Crag features
This remote crag takes a few days to dry.

Best routes include :

The Dagger (VS), Talking Drums (E2), Quartzvien Edge (Mod or II) - probably the best low grade outing in the area.

The Talisman (HS) dries very quickly.

Weather forecast

Today	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon

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

Guidebooks
Scottish Winter Climbs (2008), Scottish Rock - South (2008), 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	Ben Macdui	summit	17
2	Forked Gully	I	3
3	Not For The Home Boys	III
4	Foxy Grove	III
5	Quartzvein Edge (Summer)	M *	10
6	Quartzvien Edge (Winter)	III *
7	Quartzvein Edge Direct (Winter)	IV 5 **
8	Bastion Wall (Summer)	D
9	Bastion Wall (Winter)	IV 4	1
10	Bastion Rib	IV 4
11	Blinker	S *
12	Bastion Cross	IV 4
13	Bastion Cross Blinkered Finish Variation	IV 4
14	Original Route (Summer)	S
15	Original Route Winter	IV 5 *
16	Original Route Direct (Summer)	HS *
17	Original Route Direct Variation (Summer)	VS 5a **
18	Original Route Direct (Winter)	V 6 **
19	Red Scar Route (Summer)	S
20	Red Scar Route (Winter)	IV 5
21	The Talisman (Summer)	HS 4a ***	85
22	The Talisman Direct Start Variation (Summer)	E1 5b **	1
23	The Talisman (Winter)	VI 7 *	1
24	Talking Drums	E2 5b *	2
25	Talismanic	E3 5c *
26	Talismaniac	E4 6a *	1
27	Henchman	E3 5c *	1
28	The Corridor (Summer)	S
29	The Corridor (Winter)	IV 5 **	3
30	Architrave (Summer)	S
31	Architrave (Winter)	IV 4 *	1
32	The Hex	HS 4b *
33	Pikestaff (Summer)	VD	4
34	Pikestaff (Winter)	IV 4	1
35	Central Chimney (Summer)	D
36	Central Chimney (Winter)	II *	2
37	Juniper Rib (Summer)	D
38	Juniper Rib (Winter)	III
39	Square-Cut Gully (Summer)	S
40	Square-Cut Gully (Winter)	V 6 *	3
41	Winter Route	III	2
42	Cambridge Route (Summer)	S
43	Cambridge Route (Winter)	III
44	Cambridge Route Direct	IV 5 *
45	Pioneer Buttress Direct (Summer)	VS 5a

	Climb name	Grade	x

46	Pioneer Buttress Direct (Winter)	VI 7 *
47	Avalanche Gully (Summer)	VS
48	Avalanche Gully (Winter)	VI 6 *
49	Bodkin (Summer)	S 4a
50	Bodkin (Winter)	V 5 *
51	Carmine Groove (Summer)	VS 4b *
52	Carmine Groove (Winter)	IV 5 **
53	The Red Snake	V 4 *
54	Umslopogaas (Summer)	HVS 5a
55	Umslopogaas (Winter)	VI 7 *
56	The Serpent	VS 5a
57	Flanking Ribs (Summer)	VD
58	Flanking Ribs (Winter)	IV 4
59	Red Chimney (Summer)	S
60	Red Chimney (Winter)	V 5 ***	4
61	Cutlass	HVS 5a	1
62	Scalpel Original Route Variation	HVS 5a
63	Scaplpel	E1 5b **
64	In The Pink	E3 5c *
65	Djibooty	V 4 **
66	Dijbangi (Summer)	VS 4c **	16
67	Djibangi (Winter)	V 4 ***	1
68	King Crimson	E3 5c *
69	Sgian Dubh	HVS 5a **	1
70	The Sharp End	E3 5c **
71	Stiletto	E2 5c **	4
72	Scarlet Fever	E3 6a *
73	The Dagger	VS 4c **	13
74	The Dagger	V 5 *
75	Green House Effect	VII 7
76	Crimson Cringe	E2 5b *
77	Scabbard (Summer)	VS 4c ***	33
78	Scabbard (Winter)	VI 7 **
79	Switchblade	VI 7 **
80	Sheath	HVS 5a
81	Tickler	E1 5b
82	Scythe	E2 5b *
83	Sabre	VS 4b
84	The Gangway	S	1
85	Delicatessen	VS 4c *
86	Enigma	VS
87	Stanley (Summer)	HS
88	Stanley (Winter)	V 6
89	Jungle Forumula	III
90	Right Left Girdle Traverse	HS