Skip to content On the walk in across the Cairngorm plateau, looking towards the crags of Stacan Dubha and Carn Etchachan The slabs of Stac an Fharaidh come into view from the slimy descent. Loch Avon and the crags of Stacan Dubha behind Another team just finishing the second pitch to beneath the huge jutting overlap Ric embarks on the rounded scrittly cracks of pitch one, picking the cleanest line between the lumps of grass Trout pout. Photo credit: Ric Hines Looking across to the West Flank of Stac an Fharaidh from the top of pitch one as the weather turns moodier. Photo credit: Ric Hines Negotiating the step back right to overcome the crux bulge on the second pitch. Photo credit: Ric Hines Higher up the second pitch where some non-trivial route-finding and delicate slab padding is the order of the day. Photo credit: Ric Hines Ric and the gun show setting out on the flake traverse at the start of the third pitch. The bulge above provides the route’s crux The other team finishing off Pipet Slab after some how avoiding or climbing through the gunge on the final pitch – good effort! The team who followed us up also split the third pitch – seen here pulling the tricky bulge on to the final cracked wall 
