Church Door Buttress..

Dan, Allan and I decided to head up to Church Door Buttress in Coire nam Beith today.

The freezing level was again much higher than forecast but this high venue was in good condition, with plenty of helpful snow ice and rime. For us this was the second of two days mixed climbing with the aim of tackling slightly harder routes.

With this in mind we opted for 'Flake Route Right Hand' V,7, which gave a good introduction to harder hooking and torquing up the initial short, stepped corners. Above this there was plenty of highly enjoyable climbing in the IV,6 range. Only recently climbed in February 2005, by Rab Anderson and the late Rob Milne, it's definitely worth a visit and it's two stars...