Tag Archives: Bidean nan Bian

Recent New Routes

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Simon Richardson

Away from the cutting edge it has been a relatively quiet season on the new routes front, but several good mid-grade routes have been climbed. Back in early December in Glen Coe, Jack Morris and Neil Kerr found Last Resort … Continue reading →

Posted in New Routes | Tagged Alexander Mackay, Ali Rose, Am Basteir, Beinn Udlaidh, Ben Smith-Price, Bidean nan Bian, Bruno Cullinan, Cir Mhor, Dominic Makenzie, Druim Shionnach, Ewan McKay, Garbh Bheinn, Harold Raeburn, Henry Lawson, Jack Morris, Joe Barlow, Kev Hall, Martyn Hutchinson, Nathan Adam, Neil Kerr, Rory Brown, Rosie Rothwell, Sgurr a'Mhadaidh | Comments Off

Dark Angel on the Church Door

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Simon Richardson

The clean-cut features and deep cracks of Bidean nan Bian’s Church Door Buttress have been a happy hunting ground for Scottish mixed climbers over the last couple of seasons. Un Poco Loco (VII,7), which finds its way through the great … Continue reading →

Posted in New Routes | Tagged Bidean nan Bian, Matt Helliker, Nick Bullock, Pete Whittaker | Comments Off

When The Icicles Don’t Hang Straight

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Simon Richardson

So here I am, belayed halfway up Church Door Buttress on Bidean nan Bian wondering why the icicles aren’t hanging straight. It is Tuesday March 7 and it’s gently snowing. Iain Small is above me climbing a vertical ice-filled corner … Continue reading →

Posted in New Routes | Tagged Bidean nan Bian, Iain Small, Simon Richardson | 3 Comments

Church Door Buttress Topo

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Simon Richardson

Every now and then something pops into my mailbox for scottishwinter.com that is both completely unexpected and winter climbing gold dust. The attached topo of Church Door Buttress on Bidean nan Bian is a case in point. Malcolm Bass provides … Continue reading →

Posted in Topos | Tagged Bidean nan Bian, Helen Rennard, Iain Small, Malcolm Bass, Simon Yearsley | 4 Comments

The Beat

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Simon Richardson

Tom Livingstone and Dave Almond had a very successful four days climbing in Glen Coe and on the Ben earlier in January. The weather was particularly wild that week, but even so, they succeeded on Un Poco Loco (VII,7 – … Continue reading →

Posted in Repeats | Tagged Ben Nevis, Bidean nan Bian, Dave Almond, Tom Livingstone | Comments Off

Church Door Angels

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Simon Richardson

Donald King, Mike Pescod and Andy Nelson made the first ascent of Angels (VIII,9), an excellent new mixed route on the front face of Church Door Buttress on Bidean nam Bian in Glen Coe on January 13. Conditions were good … Continue reading →

Posted in New Routes | Tagged Andy Nelson, Bidean nan Bian, Donald King, Mike Pescod | 1 Comment

Dairy Milk on Stob Coire nam Beith

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Simon Richardson

On Saturday (February 2), Andy Nelson, Andy Hogarth and Dave Brown made the first ascent of Dairy Milk (IV,5), which takes a line between No.2 Buttress” and “Left Wall in Stob Coire nam Beith. “It was a pleasant mixed line … Continue reading →

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High on Bidean

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Simon Richardson

“In 2001, Brian Davison made the first ascent of St. Peter’s Well on the West Top of Bidean nam Bian with Steve Kennedy and Dave Wilkinson.’” Andy Nisbet writes. “He did say there was more scope, but I didn’t remember … Continue reading →

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