UKC Logbook - RGU Shelterstone

Contributed by Sam E Wallace Nov/20 - This public ticklist has been seen 2,028 times

A selection of local climbs for Shelterstone members to test their mettle.

Jon Taking the first pitch of The Needle © Harris01 — Jon Taking the first pitch of The Needle
© Harris01, Jul 2025

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	User	Percentage	Latest Log
1st	Hidden	62%	23 May
2nd	Stuart S	37%	30 Aug, 2015
3rd	MPoulsen	35%	19 Feb
4th	BigAlex	18%	4 Jun, 2023
5th	Alasdair_Peach	14%	31 Jul, 2022
6th	struanmorrison	9%	5 Jun, 2023

Map of routes in this ticklist

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Wishlist Routes

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Distribution of grades

Trad

Sport

Mixed

Winter

Alpine

Top 12 photos of this ticklist

Lowered down upside down after falling on pitch 2 and breaking and dislocating my ankle © leo-z-g

In the jaws of The Black Spout © MrRiley

Point Five Gully in February 2009 © Mike Pescod

Davie Paraffin on Point Five Gully, Ben Nevis, December of '82 (or maybe 83?) © 1982 Calum Fraser

Add	Climb name	Grade	Ticks?	Height		Crag name
	TRAD
1	Slab Top Chimney	D **	232	?		Souter Head
2	Brooker's Arete	S ***	399	10m		Souter Head
3	Lucky Strike	HVS 5a **	1050	15m		Pass of Ballater
4	The Pobble	VS 4b **	403	10m		Souter Head
5	Little Cenotaph	HVS 5b **	964	12m		Pass of Ballater
6	Black Custard	E1 5b ***	840	12m		Pass of Ballater
7	Dod's Dead Cat	E2 5c **	173	?		Pass of Ballater
8	Sair Fecht	E3 6a **	39	15m		Floors Craig
9	Peel's Wall	E4 6a ***	190	?		Pass of Ballater
10	Bob's Overhang	E4 6a ***	55	10m		The Long Slough
11	Prehistoric Monster	E5 6a ***	53	60m		Earnsheugh
12	Smith's Arete	E5 6a ***	63	12m		Pass of Ballater
13	Yahoochie	E6 6a ***	35	20m		Craig Stirling
	MULTI-PITCH
14	Squareface	VD ***	584	90m	• 3	Beinn a'...
15	Savage Slit (Summer)	S 4a ***	1331	80m	• 4	Cairn Gorm - Cairn...
16	Eagle Ridge (Summer)	S **	1112	250m		Lochnagar
17	Cumming-Crofton Route (Summer)	S ***	281	?		Beinn a'...
18	Black Mamba	VS 4c ***	139	?		Creag an Dubh-loch
19	Cyclops	HVS 5a ***	176	?	• 8	Creag an Dubh-loch
20	Death Cap	E1 5a ***	288	35m		Earnsheugh
21	The Needle	E1 5b ***	678	260m	• 9	Shelterstone Crag
22	King Rat	E1 5c **	186	220m	• 7	Creag an Dubh-loch
	SPORT
23	Laurel	6a *	189	?		Boltsheugh
24	Sharp Practice	6a **	253	?		Cambus O'May...
25	The League of Whingers	6b+ *	97	?		Boltsheugh
26	Incandescent	6b+ **	82	?		Yellow Crag,...
27	Trouble Monkey variation	6b+ **	48	?		Boltsheugh
28	Technicolor	6c *	40	?		Yellow Crag,...
29	Technical Merit	6c+	59	?		Cambus O'May...
30	Kamikaze	6c+ **	502	25m		Ratho Quarry
31	Trouble Monkey	7a+ *	32	?		Boltsheugh
32	Underbelly	7b ***	32	?		Newtonhill Bay
33	Heinous De Milo	7b+ **	5	?		Cambus O'May...
	WINTER
34	The Black Spout	I **	307	250m		Lochnagar
35	Black Spout - Left Branch	I ***	175	250m		Lochnagar
36	Raeburn's Gully	II ***	350	?		Lochnagar
37	Central Buttress (Winter)	II **	244	?		Lochnagar
38	Fiacaill Couloir	II ***	852	?		Cairn Gorm - Stob...
39	Parallel Gully A	III **	105	275m	• 6	Lochnagar
40	Cathedral Chimney	IV 4 **	73	?		Lochnagar
41	Shadow Buttress A	IV 5 ***	180	300m		Lochnagar
42	Magic Pillar	IV 5 ***	160	80m	• 3	Lochnagar
43	The Seam	IV 5 ***	861	?		Cairn Gorm - Stob...
44	The Message	IV 6 ***	917	90m	• 4	Cairn Gorm - Stob...
45	Point Five Gully	V 5 ***	957	?		Ben Nevis
46	Savage Slit (Winter)	V 6 ***	689	90m	• 2	Cairn Gorm - Cairn...
47	Eagle Ridge (Winter)	VI 6 ***	118	?		Lochnagar
48	Fallout Corner (Winter)	VI 7 ***	238	80m		Cairn Gorm - Cairn...
	ALPINE
49	Mont Blanc	summit	486	4,810m		Mont Blanc
50	Southwest Face	AD+ 4c ***	594	?		Dent du Geant
51	Robin Wood	TD 6a **	122	?		Aiguilles Rouges
	DRY TOOLING
52	Drookit	M4 *	7	?		Newtonhill Bay
53	Credit Crunch	M5 **	5	?		Newtonhill Bay
54	Buz l'eclaire	M7	3	25m		Cascade de Berard
		33 e, 124 stars	18,053	7,386m	91

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