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Tuesday, 18 March 2008


Approaching the hut this morning, it looked as though the forecast was spot-on.


On the first pitch of Hadrian's Wall. Plenty of snow and ice, but not in the best of shape,

Finishing in cloud and some snow. What happened to the blue skies?

Today the conditions on Hadrian's Wall were mixed and improved as height was gained, The first pitch is crusty and does not take ice screws very well. The remainder of the climb was okay, but still fairly 'cruddy' in places, requiring some digging to find good ice. Parties on Point Five Gully found similar conditions, as did a team on Psychedelic Wall. A rope emerging out of Smith's Route said it was in great shape. It certainly looked that way from below. Another couple reported good conditions on Italian Climb.

It would appear that Nevis needs a little 'wetting-out' followed by a freeze to bring in really good conditions. That said, it is still worth a visit with plenty on offer.


posted by Westcoast Mountainguides @ 17:20 


1 Comments:

Blogger Chris said...

Hi Alan

We climbed Vanishing Gully today which was all there but pulling up on crud at top of main pitch. Descended left. Cheers Chris Dickinson

18 March 2008 18:01  

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