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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref NG 443203 (OS Landranger #32)

Sron na Ciche

Isle of Skye, SCOTLAND

Climbs 137 – Rocktype Gabbro – Altitude 568m a.s.l – Faces NW

Crag features
The massive black cliff on the south side of Coire Lagan is the most popular mountain crag on Skye, with plenty of well-established classics at most grades.

Weather forecast

Today	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon

Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast
More: mwis: Northwest Highlands – Met Office: West Highlands

Guidebooks
Scottish Rock - North (2009), Skye and Hebrides (1999), Rock Climbing in Scotland (1990)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

1	Girdle Traverse	VD **
	EASTERN BUTTRESS
3	Why	VS 4c
4	Antonine Wall	E1 5b
5	Kinloss Gully	VS 4c
6	Confession	E4 5c *
7	Spock	E3 5c ***	15
8	Vulcan Wall	HVS 5a ***	67
9	The Chambre Finish	E2 5c **	6
10	Uhuru	E3 5c ***	10
11	Clinging On	E4 6a ***
12	Diuru	E3 5c ***
13	Dilemma	E3 5c ***	5
14	Pocks	E3 5c ***
15	Creag Dhu Grooves	E3 5c ***	3
16	Zephyr	E5 6a *
17	The Plunge	VS 5a
18	Enigma	E3 5c **	3
19	Strappado	HVS 5a *
20	Strappado Direct	E2 5c **	2
21	The Snake	HVS 4c ***	6
22	The Team Machine	E4 5c **	1
23	Zigzag Route	M
24	Schadenfreude	MS
25	Magic Casement	VS
26	Caravan Route	HS	1
27	Magic	E4 6a ***
28	The Conjuror	E3 5c **
29	Prestidigitateur	E1 5b **
30	Direct Route	S 4a **	24
31	East Wall Route	S *
32	Hangover Route	VS *	1
33	Protect and Survive	E2 5b
34	Hindsight	E1 5c
35	Chimney Route	D *
36	Trojan Groove	HVS 5a *
37	Helen	E3 6a ***	1
38	Spartan Groove	E1 5b **
39	The Joker	VD *
40	Jack o' Diamonds	VS 5a **	9
41	Searcher	VD
42	Shangri-La	VS 4c ***	20
43	Mistral Buttress	VS 4c **
44	Boreas Grooves	VS 4c
45	Eastern Gully	HS
	CIOCH BUTTRESS
47	Tennatte	E2 5c
48	Petronella	VS 4c **	35
49	Stormy Petrel	VS 5a **	6
50	Rat on a Stick	E1 5b *	2
51	Little Gully	D *	46
52	Little Gully	IV
53	Acapulco Wall	E3 5c *
54	Bastinado	E1 5b ***	16
55	The Nipple (aka Grooves Eliminate)	E2 5b *	3
56	Cioch Grooves	HVS 5a **	63
57	Cioch Grooves Variation	E1 5c *
58	CD ROM	HVS 5a *
59	Cioch Direct	S 4a *	270
60	Crembo Cracks	HVS 5a **	29
61	Cioch West	S 4a ***	217
62	West Ridge of the Cioch	S	1
63	Slanting Crack of Cioch Gully	VS
64	Cioch Gully	VD *	30
65	Cioch Gully	III *
66	Banana	HS 4b
	THE CIOCH & CIOCH SLAB
68	Eastern Gully	2 *	6
69	Collie's Route	M **	85
70	Arrow Route	VD ***	352
71	Arrow Route Direct	S 4a	15

	Climb name	Grade	x

72	Cioch Slab Direct	VS 4b **	20
73	Cioch Slab Corner	D *	117
74	Slanting Crack	S 4a *	11
75	Oxytocin	E2 5c *
76	Overhanging Crack	E2 5c **	5
77	The Gathering	E8 6b **
78	The Highlander	E6 6b **
79	Erotica	E3 6b **
80	The Prize	E2 5c **	2
81	Lowlander	E2 5c *
82	Cioch Nose	VD **	113
83	South-West Face	M *	5
	CIOCH UPPER BUTTRESS
85	Slabby Wall Crack	VS 5a
86	Temerity	E4 6a **
87	Left Edge Route	S
88	Desire	S
89	Piety	VS 4c **	2
90	Depravity	VS 4c *	1
91	Vanity	E2 5b
92	Atropos	E1 5b **	6
93	Integrity	VS 4c ***	281
94	Box-King Route	VS 4c *
95	Ajax	HS 4b
96	Yanks	S *	2
97	Trophy Crack	E1 5b **	36
98	Kruggerand	E3 6a **
99	The Venus Transit	E3 5c *
100	Ghost Riders	E2 5b *
101	Wallwork's Route	VD ***	70
102	Fidelity	S
103	Archer Thomson's Route	VD *	7
104	Sternum	HVS 5b **
105	Crack of Doom Direct Approach	S	1
106	Quick Doom	S *
107	Vaughan's Rake	S
108	Rib of Doom	VS 4c **	2
109	Crack of Doom	HS *	12
110	Crack of Double Doom	VS 4b ***	11
111	Doom Flake	S *
112	Pearly Gates	VS 4c
	WESTERN BUTTRESS
114	Central Gully	VD	1
115	East Wall and Central Gully Arete	VD
116	Amphitheatre Wall	VS 4b *
117	Hang Free	E2 5b *
118	Amphitheatre Arete	M **	10
119	Mallory's Slab and Groove	VD *	26
120	Central Route	HS 4b **	4
121	Central Route Direct Finish	E1 5c **
122	Trap Face Route	VS 4b *	3
123	Trap Face Route Direct	VS 4c **	11
124	Diamond Slab	VS
125	Dimaond Slab Direct Finish	VS 4c *
126	Angel's Pavement	S
127	Central Slabs	S
128	Median	VD **	21
129	West Central Gully and Arete Climb	VD	6
130	Zigzag	D
131	Chimney and Crack Climb	VS
132	Engineer's Slant	VD *
133	AB Route	S *
134	Boomerang	S
135	Coronation	S	1
136	Parallel Cracks Route	VD **	3
137	Cooper's Gangway	VS
138	Apex Route	S
139	Western Gully	M	2
140	Western Gully	III
	COIRE A' GHRUNNDA FACE
142	Central Buttress	D ***	4

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Access notes
Can take a while to dry, but many routes can be climbed in the wet.

Access from Glenbrittle.

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