Ben Nevis - Northeast Face
Ben Nevis - Northeast Face
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Description
Despite its low altitude, a mere 1345m, Ben Nevis is still the highest mountain in the British Isles and one of the most feared and loved climbing venues in the world. Scottish winter climbing is truly unique in style, mostly due to the extreme and unpredictable weather that comes straight from the Atlantic and the strong British ground up, no bolting ethics. A good weather day on the Ben is one where the snow isn't falling upside down from the wind...
This poster shows 217 routes visible from the CMD arete, only missing a few walls hidden from this perspective (West Face of Tower Ridge, Indicator Wall and a few), and shows both summer and winter routes.
Huge thanks to Simon Richardson, guidebook author, first ascentionist and Scottish climbing historian, for his generous help with this poster (and many others!).
Free download link - medium resolution, personal use only (no printing allowed)
Route List
1: CMD Arete, I
2: Final Buttress, III, 4, Rannoch School Party, 1973
3: Bob Run, II, Clough, Fisher, Jones, Pipes, Porter, Small, 1959
4: Moonwalk, IV,4, Hughes, Mothersele, 1973
5: Moonwalk Direct, IV,4
6: Cresta Direct, IV,4, Harper, Lockie, Mackenzie, Wilson, 1987
7: Cresta, III, Lovat, Nicol, Patey, 1957
8: Slalom, III, Alexander, Clough, Flegg, Pipes, Shaw, 1959
9: Frost Bite, IV,5, Alexander, Bucke, Clough, Hannon, Pipes, 1958
10: Isandhlwana, V,5, Clothier, Males, Perroux, Touvet, 1999
11: Route Major, V,4, Clough, MacInnes, 1969
12: Northeast Buttress, IV,5, Brunskill, Kennedy, King, Naismith, Squance, 1896
A: First Platform
B: Second Platform
C: Mantrap
D: 40ft Corner
13: The Lime Green Gaiter, VI,6, Clothier, Pibarot, 1994
14: Orient Express, IX,8/E2, Hughes, MacLeod, 2014/Grant, Hawthorn, 1984
15: Steam Train, VI,7/HVS, Hudson, MacLeod, 2007/Hawthorn, Williams, 1984
16: Right Hand Var, V,6, Lang, Stead, 1996
17: Newbigging’s 80 Minute Route, IV,4, Campbell, Marshall, 1967
18: Far Right Variation, IV,4/VDiff, Campbell, Carrington, Marshall, 1972/Forsyth, Ridyard, Smith, Smith, 1938
19: Right Hand Wall Route, IV,5, Ferguson, Higham, 1972
20: Platforms Rib, IV,4, Clough, MacInnes, Sullivan, White, 1959
21: Minus Three Gully, IV,5, Marshall, Smith, 7 Feb 1960
22: Left Hand Route, VI,6, Docherty, Muir, 1972
23: Minus Two Gully, V,5, Haston, Marshall, Stenhouse, 1959
24: Orion Direct, V,5, Marshall, Smith, 13 Feb 1960
A: Second Slab Rib
25: Orion Directissima, VI,5, Richardson, Webb, 1994
26: Slav Route, VI,5, Lang, Quinn, 1974
27: Zero Gully, V,4, MacInnes, Nicol, Patey, 1957
28: East Face, IV,5, Dunn, Higgins, 1974
29: Observatory Ridge, V,4, Goggs, Mounsey, Raeburn, 1920
30: Point Five Gully, V,5, Alexander, Clough, Pipes, Shaw, 1959/(2nd ascent: Marshall, Smith, 10 Feb 1960)
31: Point Blank, VII,6, Duff, Nowack, 1988
32: Left Edge Route, V,5, Lang, Quinn, 1974
33: Match Point, VI,5, Hart, Richardson, 1986
34: Rubicon Wall, V,5, Muir, Paul, 1977
35: Observatory Buttress Direct, V,4/VDiff, Foster, Stewart, 1952/Hargreaves, Hughes, MacPhee, 1931
36: Atlantis, VI,6, Cartwright, Richardson, 2001
37: Never Never Land, VI,6, Richardson, Takeda, 1999
38: Direct Finish of the Buttress, V,5
39: Observatory Buttress Original, V,4, Marshall, Smith, 9 Feb 1960
40: Gardyloo Gully, II, Haskett-Smith, Hastings, 1896
41: Augean Alley, VI,6, Leinster, Paul, Reilly, 1980
42: Smith’s Route Original, V,5, Marshall, Smith, 8 Feb 1960
43: Icicle Variation, V,5, Crocket, Gilmore, 1975
44: The Great Glen, VI,5, Braithwaite, Moores, 1978
45: Right Edge, IV,4, von Gement, Milward, 1977
46: Tower Gully, I, Haskett-Smith, Haskett-Smith, Hastings, 1897
47: Upper Tower Cascade Left, IV,4
48: Upper Tower Cascade Right, IV,4
49: Eastern Traverse, III, Raeburn, Rennie, Wigner, 1904
50: Tower Scoop, IV,4, Clough, Grandison, 1961
51: Robin’s Scoop, IV,4, Clothier, Perroux et al., 1990s
52: Tower Cleft, III,4, Francis, Pratt, 1949
53: Clefthanger, HVS, Hawthorn, Paul, 1984
54: Tower Gap Gullies, II,4
55: Frosty’s Vigil, VIII,8, Boswell, Robertson, Russell, 2017
56: Rolling Stones, HVS, Cunningham, Higgins, 1965
57: East Wall Route, III, Marshall, Marshall, 1966
58: Wet Spring Start, V,6, Perroux et al., 1983
59: Echo Traverse, III, Marshall, Marshall, 1966
60: The Edge of Beyond, VI,6, Lang, Stead, 1994
61: Going Round the Bend, IV,5, Brett, Jenkin, 2001
62: Echo Wall, E-hard, MacLeod, 2008
63: The Brass Monkey, VII,8, Marsh, Davies, 2008
64: The Urchin, E1, Hawthorn, Paul, 1984
65: The Great Chimney, IV,5, Marshall, Smith, 6 Feb 1960
66: Chimney Groove, IV,6, Lang, Stead, 1993
67: Lower East Wall Route, III, Crocket, Gilmore, 1974
68: Tower Ridge, IV,3, Collie, Collier, Sollie, 1894
A: Eastern Traverse
B: Tower Gap
69: East Ridge, IV,5, Pearson, Richardson, 2014
70: Direct Route I, IV,4/VDiff, Marshall et al., 1958/Brown, Douglas, Hinxman, Raeburn, 1896
71: Down to the Wire, V,6, Goodlad, Turner, 1993
72: Direct Route II, Sev, Browning, Small, 1967
73: Number Two Gully, II, Collier, Hastings, Slingsby, 1896
74: Comb Gully Buttress Icefalls, IV,4/V,6
75: Annick Exit, IV,5, Perroux et al., 1990s
76: Comb Gully Buttress, IV,5, Alexander, Clough, 1960
77: Icicle Finish, V,5, Perroux et al., 1990s
78: Clough’s Chimney, VI,6, Barber, Lowe, 1976
79: Roaring Forties, V,5, Lang, Stead, 1988
80: Big Bad Ben, VII,7, Clothier, Richardson, 1998
81: Comb Gully, IV,4, Morsley, Small, Stangle, 1938
82: Tower Finish, IV,4, Perroux et al., 2000
83: The Comb Left Flank, IV,4, Little, Richardson, 1981
84: The Good Groove, VII,7, Everett, Richardson, 1993
85: Hesperides Ledge, III, Haston, Marshall, Stenhouse, 1959
86: Quisling Wall, VI,6, Clothier, Richardson, 2001
87: Lost Souls, VI,6, Edwards, Tresidder, 2001
88: Tower Face of the Comb, VI,6, Holt, Smith, 1959
89: Tower Face Direct, VI,6, Clarke, Main, 1993
90: Long Lost Chimney, V,5, Everett, Richardson, 1996
91: Don’t Die of Ignorance, XI,11, Cave, Yates, 1987/French, MacLeod, 2008
92: The Flying Groove, VI,6 A2, Dale, Nisbet, 2001
93: Anubis, XII,12, MacLeod, 2010
94: Pigott’s Route, V,6, Marshall, Smith, 12 Feb 1960
95: Green Gully, IV,4, Phildius, Raeburn, 1906
96: Vulture, V,5, Edwards, McGimpsey, Nisbet, 2002
97: Quickstep, V,5, Bray, Townsend, 1983
98: Boston Two Step, VI,5, Edwards, McGimpsey, Nisbet, 2002
99: Left Hand Finish, V,5, Forsyth, Harper, 2002
100: Two Step Corner, V,5, Kirtley, Montgomery, 1975
101: Number Three Gully Buttress, III,4, Bennet, Lovat, 1957
102: Arthur, VIII,8, Boll, Shepherd, 2004
103: The Knuckleduster Direct, VIII,9, Boswell, Robertson, 2012
104: Last Stand, HVS, Hawthorn, Paul, 1984
105: Number Three Gully, I, Collie, Travers, 1895
106: Cornucopia, VII,8, Cartwright, Richardson, 1996
107: Darth Vader, VII,7, Cartwright, Richardson, 1997
108: Avenging Angel Direct, VIII,8, Adams, Higgins, 2013
109: South Sea Bubble, VII,7, Cartwright, Richardson, 1997
110: South Gully, III, Macphee, 1936
111: Direct Start, V,5, Cartwright, Richardson, 2001
112: Lost the Place, V,6, Cartwright, Clothier, 1988
113: Cloudwalker, VI,6, Clothier, Richardson, 2000
114: Une Journée Ordinaire dans un Enfer Quotidien, V,6, Bossier, Douay, Perroux, 1993
115: Levitation, VI,6, Cuthberson, George, 1993
116: Central Gully, III,4, Alexander, Clough, 1959
117: Central Gully Right Hand, IV,4, Knight, MacEacharan
118: Central Rib, IV,4, Campbell, Marshall, 1970
119: Wendigo, IV,4, Brown, Patey, 1963
120: Tinkerbell, IV,5, Cartwright, Richardson, 1997
121: Tick Tock Croc, IV,5, Ashbridge, Clothier, Richardson, 1999
122: Place Your Bets, VI,6, Blyth, Breil, Colin, Perroux, 1994
123: Left Fork, IV,5, Bathgate, Knight, McKeith, 1964
124: North Gully, II, MacDonald, Turnbull, 1934
125: The Gift, III,4, Ferguson, Sutcliffe, 2000
126: Forearm, IV,4, Clarke, Cuthberson, Other, Robinson, 1999
127: Four Play, IV,4, Gibson, Raitt, 1993
128: Fore‘n Daft, IV,4, Frazer, Lyall, Twomey, 2003
129: Jive Turkey, V,6, Henley, Livesey, 2019
130: Number Four Gully, Left Fork, III
131: Number Four Gully, I, Maylard, Naismith, Squance, 1895
132: The Groove Climb, V,6/VDiff, Clarke, Main, 1992/Kellett, 1943
133: Strident Edge, VI,7, Brunskill, Hughes, 2005
134: Devastation, E1, Moody, Nelson, 1995
135: The Clanger, V,5, Campbell, Marshall, Marshall, 1967
136: Pinnacle Arete, IV,5, Sellars, Smith, 1959
137: 1936 Route, Sev, Bell, McClymont, 1936
138: Rien Ne Va Plus, V,5, Blyth, Perroux, 1994
139: 1934 Route, VDiff, MacPhee, Williams, 1934
140: Eastern Block, VI,6, Charlton, Livingston, 1987
141: 1944 Route, Sev, Kellett, 1944
142: The Minge, VS, McAuley, Muir, 1981
143: Joyful Chimneys, IV,4, Campbell, Marshall, 1971
144: Central Gully, III, Inglis Clark, Inglis Clark, Raeburn, 1904
145: Nasturtium, IV,4, Cuthberson et al., 2002
146: Morton’s Neuroma, V,5, Foubister, Gregory, 2000
147: Jubilation, IV,4, Marshall, Marshall, Stenhouse, 1963
148: Gutbuster, HVS, Campbell, Palmer, 1972
149: Mega Reve, VI,6, Destercke, Deu, Domanget, Gratadour, Perroux, 1994
150: Jubilee Climb, II, Henderson, Macphee, Williams, 1935
151: Feeding Frenzy, VI,7, Gresham, Smith, 1999
152: Mega Route X, VI,6, Cain, Murphy, 1982
153: Heidbanger, E1, Muir, Nicholson, 1970
154: Cranium Direct Start, E1 5b, Muir, Paul, 1977
155: Metamorphosis, E2, Docherty, Gardner, 1971
156: Geotactic, VS 4b, Abbot, Williams, 1993
157: Nereid Gully, III, Lang, Stead, 1994
158: Softball, Sev, Jeffrey, Williams, 2001
159: Tuff Nut, HVS 5a, Abbot, Jeffrey, Williams, 1993
160: Left Hand Ridge, IV,6, Lang, Stead, 1994
161: Neptune Gully, III, Bennet, Clarkson, 1956
162: North Trident Buttress, III, MacLay, Raeburn, Walker, Walker, 1904
163: Moonlight Gully, II, Gibson, Inglis Clark, 1898
164: Fifties Revival, IV,6, Lang, Stead, 1994
165: Diagonal Route, III, Hawthorn, MacLean, Paul, 1983
166: Right Hand Chimney, IV,4, Hawthorn, MacLean, Paul, 1983
167: Gaslight, VDiff, Adam, Muir, 1984
168: Moonlight Arete, IV,5, Jones, Ravey, 1998
169: Number Five Gully, I, Collie et al., 1895
170: Lysystrata, HVS, Braithwaite, Nunn, 1971
171: Antigone, HVS, Braithwaite, Nunn, 1971
172: Agamemnon, E1, Braithwaite, Nunn, 1971
173: Fives Wall, Sev, Donaldson, Marshall, 1953
174: The Slant, VS, Collingham, Sullivan, 1959
175: Slanting Slit, VI,6, Duff, Greenhaugh, 1994
176: Free Range, VII,7, Bass, Higgins, Yearsley, 2011
177: Nevermore, VIII,8, MacLeod, Small, 2020
178: Ledge Route, II, SMC party, 1897
179: The Curtain Rail, IV,4, Lang, Richardson, Stead, 1988
180: The Curtain, IV,5, Bathgate, Knight, 1965
181: Mourning Slab, VS, Clough, Sutcliffe, 1961
182: Route I Summer Start, Sev, Hargreaves, Hughes, Macphee, 1931
183: Route I Summer Direct Start, Sev, Campbell, Plackett, 1941
184: Route I Winter Direct Start, VI,6, Cuthberson, Sylvester, 1984
185: Route I, VI,6, Knowles, Wilson, 1972
186: Sod’s Law, V,6/VS, Duff, Tinker, 1985/Clough, Farquhar, 1966
187: Route II Direct, VI,6, Smith, Sykes, 1978
188: Dissection, HVS, Cundy, Nunn, 1971
189: The Shadow, VII,6/VS, Braithwaite, Pearce, 1979/Collingham, Sullivan, 1959
190: Ring the Alarm, VI,5, Duff, Tinker, 1986
191: The Bullroar, HVS, Marshall, Stenhouse, 1961
192: Adrenalin Rush, E3, Johnstone, Todd, 1978
193: Cowslip, E2, Carrington, Nicolson, 1970
194: Torro, E2, Gordon, McLean, Smith, 1962/Fulton, Nicolson, 1970
195: Red Rag, E2, Muhlemann, Richardson, 1991
196: Centurion, VIII,8/HVS, Milward, 1975/Downes, Whillans, 1956
197: French Connection, VII,6, Damilano, Lewale, 1995
198: King Kong, E2, Graham, Harper, Robertson, 1964/Grigg, Johnstone, 1977
199: The Wicked, E6, Campbell, Latter, 2001
200: The Bat, E2, Haston, Smith, 1959
201: Sassenach, IX,9/E1, Stone, Turner, 2009/Brown, Whillans, 1954
202: CIC Icefall, V,6
203: Waterfall Gully True Finish, VI,6, Cuthberson, Fraser, 1984
204: Waterfall Gully, IV,4, Alexander, Clough, Flegg, Pipes, Shaw, 1959
205: Wray’s Rib, IV,4, Powell, Wray, 1994
206: Staircase Climb Direct, VI,7, Cartwright, Richardson, 1999
207: Staircase Climb, IV,5/VDiff, Haston, Stenhouse, 1957/Bell, Maclay, Naismith, 1898
208: Raeburn’s Buttress, IV,5, Ashley, Macphee, Oates, 1938
209: The Crack, VIII,8/HVS, Cartwright, Richardson, 2000/Carsten, McGuinness, 1946
210: Compression Crack, V,5, Hind, Rice, 1985
211: South Castle Gully, II, Brunskill, King, Naismith, 1896
212: Godspell, VII,7, Cordes, Richardson, 2006
213: The Castle, III/VDiff, Brown, MacLay, Naismith, Thomson, 1896/1898
214: The Castle Direct, IV,4, Powell, Wray, 1994
215: The Keep, Sev, Alexander, Clough, 1958
216: North Castle Gully, II, Bell, Napier, 1896
217: Castle Ridge, III, Collie, Naismith, Thomson, Travers, 1895
Updates
Jul 5, 2023: Added winter grade of Sassenach, thanks to Tony Stone.
May 15, 2024: Graphic design update
June 15, 2024: Redid the stitching from scratch to make the base image more realistic and higher quality
