I have had a great day out today with friends Baggy and Ian climbing a winter variation of a summer climb that was first climbed on Saturday as a winter route and we headed up for the second winter ascent. The first ancentcionists gave it grade IV, 4 and we felt that it was the top end of that. The ground was frozen from the car park with plenty of ice about The first pitch was a left to right groove that had some good gear but was balancy and technical. The second pitch was an enjoyable grade 3 romp and the final pitch took us up a narrow buttress to a steep headwall. It stayed dry all day and we enjoyed some nice ice in the gully leading to the foot of the route. It looks set to stay cold so should be a good week.
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