Climbs 155
Rocktype Gabbro
Altitude 568m a.s.l
Faces NW
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On the Cioch © BALD EAGLE
Crag features
The massive, complex 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. These vary from very long mountaineering adventures on the Western Buttress to fierce short testpieces on the iconic Cioch, and everything in between. The adjoining buttresses of the Cioch offer numerous lower-grade classics, while the Eastern Buttress is the go-to for immaculate Extremes.
| Some descent notes which may be of use: from the Cioch, you can abseil off fixed tat to either the Cioch neck (to Collie's Route, next to the big slab) or down the back and slightly sideways to reach the terrace. If the former, then you'll need to do another abseil from the neck to the terrace (60m ropes will get all the way to the terrace but they won't pull). Once on the terrace, head left (facing in) and scramble down some slabs (wet) to the stone gully. Do not go directly down this gully (unless you enjoy abseils down waterfalls) but instead traverse the opposite wall of the gully (following a horizontal basalt dyke). Once the scrambling ends, easy paths will take you down to the base of the routes. PaulJepson - 07/May/25 |
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| Do you abseil off of the Terrace and cioch after completeing Arrow route if thats all the wanted to do? if so, whats there to ab off of? emerson.lemm - 20/Sep/22 |
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