West Is Best – Classic Ice on Ben Nevis: Photo Gallery A climber nears the ice-cave belay at the end of the first pitch of The Curtain A very icy West Flank of Tower Ridge with the upper parts of the Minus and Orion Faces behind Climbers approaching the base of the classic Green Gully Debs sets off up the first pitch of The Curtain, sticking to the thicker ice Debs gets higher and the sense of exposure increases Debs sets out on the final steep section of The Curtain The West Flank of Tower Ridge with the lines of Italian Climb Right Hand, The Chute and Garadh Gully The cliffs above Observatory Gully covered in ice Tom on the chimney pitch of Point Five Gully Ric on the Rogue Pitch of Point Five Gully The hanging daggers and pillars of The Shroud menace the diagonal line of Harrison’s Climb Direct Debs climbs the entry pitch into the narrows of Boomer’s Requiem. The crux is the steep cascade in the top left of the gully Enjoying the steepness while the ice was still thick and chewy! An amazing cloud inversion fills the glen beneath Aonach Mor Tom on Left Twin, East Face of Aonach MorShare this:FacebookX