- The morning glow reveals a cosmetic dusting of powder and a light hoaring of the highest buttresses
- The moon setting over Fiacaill Buttress. It’s north easterly aspect resulted in what little westerly wind-transported snow from the plateau there was settling on the cliffs – one of the whiter parts of the coire that day!
- Moving up the pleasant groove on pitch 1 of Ewen Buttress. The turf had only a light covering of powder ensuring it hadn’t remained insulated and had frozen solid
- About to exit the starting groove on pitch one. This section appeared innocuous from below, but as always it was steeper than expected!
- Andy sets off up the positive cracks on the crux section of the route. Plenty of gear and good hooks lead up and left into the continuation gully.
- The tricky bit – having stepped left the search begins for useful placements to allow movement into the gully above
- Spectacular views from near the top of our route across to teams on No. 4 Buttress and away west above a cloud inversion
- Alasdair Fulton and James Sutton do battle with the stepped roofs of Bulgy while Ole Kemi belays from the chock-stone in Savage Slit
- Alasdair Fulton cruising the off-width cracks and roofs on the crux pitch of Bulgy
- About to settle down for some lunch and sunbathing on the plateau, looking west to the mighty Braeriach, Sgor Gaoith and beyond.
- Perfect air clarity above the inversion allows the view to extend from Sgoran Dubh Mor west to Creag Meagaidh and even Ben Nevis