Hoarmaster, Coire an Lochain...

Kris Hill and I decided to head into Coire an Lochain today.  Further overnight snow and strong winds had resulted in plenty of verglass and another dusting of snow.

We opted for 'Hoarmaster' V,6 which gave some tricky sustained climbing combined with the need to clear the heavily verglassed cracks.  Keith Ball and Matt Stygall made light work of 'Hookers Corner' VI,6 before climbing the 'Overseer Direct' V,6.

Mark Chadwick and Dunc Hodgson were on Central Crack Route IV,5.  Ian Stewart and Nathan White were also at large in the corrie climbing 'The Third Man' IV/V,6.

Conditions in the corrie were predominately very good, with plenty of white 'snot' covering much of the crag - the big corners of Savage Slit and Fall Out Corner looking particularly white.

Meanwhile Mark Walker and Tim Neill made the approach to Carn Etchachan this morning climbing the line of Equinox VI,6 on the Upper Tier...