UKC

Did Scabbard yesterday which must surely be a contender. Does anything else trump it? 

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/ben_macdui_-_creagan_a_choire_etch...

Mousetrap (https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/broad_cairn_-_creag_an_dubh-loch-1... )?  or maybe one of the other Dubh loch routes which I've not done.

I have had my eye on https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/broad_cairn_-_creag_an_dubh-loch-1... for a while, but haven't done it yet.

Scabbard pitch 2 definitely my favourite VS pitch in the Cairngorms. I’m sure one of the logbook comments sums it up perfectly - “poetry in motion”.

I totally forgot about the Dubh Loch!

Probably best pitch but arguably not the best route?

Fallout Corner is good too.

For location and atmosphere, I thought Koala on Braeriach was pretty amazing. The climbing itself is really good as well. Highly recommended.

I still think Clean Sweep is a match for any. Honourable mention for Angel's Edgeway.

Best VS pitch? Having done it this year, I'm tempted to say pitch 1 of Amethyst Pillar. Totally brilliant.

Good question. I really enjoyed The Clean Sweep which I climbed at the weekend, stunning route. Even the first pitch was dry, something I’ve been told is quite rare. No pushover either.  

Scabbard is ace too, although mainly because of that spectacular second pitch. 

Need to check out the Dubh Loch one day. 

From memory are there not 2 very scrappy pitches in Clean Sweep? 

I also did this this year and thought the 1st pitch was very good as well.

I think you'll find that the first pitch is pitch 1.

2 and 4 are nothing much, yes. But 1 is pretty good and 3 is superb.

Grammar was never my strong point.

Mousetrap or Black mamba

The Fly (Summer) (VS 4c)

Is reputed (by those that should know i.e. former Cairngorm guidebook authors) to be a very fine pitch, though I haven't done it to confirm.

If you climb King Rat (E1 5c) traditionally by one point of aid (yes I hear the ethical screams....) the route becomes a very fine VS, more sustained, more exposure and more out there than Scabbard, Clean Sweep, and Fall Out. Obviously similar to Mousetrap in style.