John Jackson and I decided today would be a good day to visit a crag we’d not climbed on before and hence we headed to Ben Ime and Fan Gully Buttress. We climbed Ben’s Fault, which gave an excellent day, although not a route to be underestimated.
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The turf was well frozen, although burried below a layer of powder snow with a crust, which made for a lot of clearing and some wading. The approach from Bealach a’Mhaim requires some care (there’s fresh avalanche debris in Easy Gully) and the recent snow is on a harder base in some areas. There’s no significant cornices, but it’s worth noting this face catches sun until after noon.
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Below freezing all day at crag level. Mostly clear skies and no fresh snow on the hill before we left although it was snowing eastwards from the Trossachs as I drove home.
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