Orion Direct, walk in not too bad most snow pretty solid.

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Weather was nice all day apart from some breif snow showers around lunch time, not much wind either.

Route not in quite as good nick as it looked from below with ice no first either v.soft or dinner plating badly but top half was in brilliant nick. If it ever freezes again it should be in excellent condition after the current thaw.

Tom & Kirk

9606262m at student dot gla dot ac dot uk

Waterfall Gully, Grade 4, Ben Nevis

Grade IV

It was sunny with light winds for the morning and for the walk off in the evening. It snowed for part of the day whilst we were climbing but this cleared up into sunshine when we got to the top.

Many of the classics were in good nick such as Mega Route X, the Shroud, Gemini, and the sheild, all getting ascents. The snow level was quite low but the snow in the gullys was quite soft and unconsolidated. The ice is coming back and will benefit from a few more freeze thaw cycles.

Dan Strother

phy7djs at leeds dot ac dot uk

Green Gully IV 4- first lead! next the comb heavy snow all the way up crusty and deep lots od powder at the bottom with the hard pitch banked out to leave a sustained III

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Great weather in the morning clagged in early afternoon but cleared up in the afternoon for great views all round. Tower ridge looking amazingly busy

Gullly very full powder and crap brittle snow ice on most of the climb. Top funnel clear of powder solid ice. Cornice huge but avoided by necky (I thought)trasverse onto the ridge. 3 guys soloed past us. One fell right down the gully presumably from the top. Was he the death reported? Was anyone in the party of three below us hurt? E-mail please

Alasdair and Mark

9903164b at student dot gla dot ac dot uk

Comb Gully. Busy day on the Ben. Queues on many routes but had Comb to ourselves.

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Climbed in 2 long pitches and a hop over the top. Bottom section must have been banked out - I thought the route was longer? Mostly good neve, good belays, great scenery, great fun. Glad avoided the queues and falling body on Green.

D Brown & F Murray

dbrown2463 at aol dot com

Set off on Route major on the brenva face, seemed to climb around on 2/3 rds of the face, missed a trick somewhere and came out on NE Buttress below the mantrap. Must of done 12 pitches, brilliant, had the whole face to ourselves.

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Great in the morning, less good in the pm.

Low down the neve was less than perfect, with areas of windslab to be avoided. High up the neve was brilliant with the open corner above the mantrap in good nick. We finished as it went dark, half the world was still on Tower ridge.

Mark Weeding + Dave Molesworth