The approach is quite scenic, walking through the big mountain circus of Ben Nevis. It isn't particularly committing, but because of its length and situation it is unsuitable for novices. It is imposing and more arduous than the other routes, but is never really difficult unless there is snow at the crossing. The day starts with a walk up the north face path to the CIC hut which sits at the base of the main north face buttresses. Due west, the immense gully to the left of Carn Dearg Buttress (NN163722), running forward and almost entirely viewable from the CIC, is Number Five. The CIC hut can be picked out 2000ft (600m) lower down. From here traverse abruptly hard right over rocks to pick up a path running due north below upward-leading outcrops under a steep wall, to the top of the letterbox buttress, a justly celebrated viewpoint, but nothing to what follows: Continue the upslant into and across Number Five Gully to the top of Carn Dearg Buttress, passing a large and seemingly improbable rock pedestal before pausing to appreciate a tremendous and vertiginous panorama at the top of the main buttress. T-shirt weather all day. Showing Shabaaz one of the easiest, most spectacular ways to gain the summit of Ben Nevis. Cyclists could reach the deer stile by following a forestry track from the Nevis Range Ski Centre at NN172775, but the uphill sections of this are loose and arduous; an alternative is simply to cycle to the NF car park, either via Torlundy or by taking the right turn off the A82 at NN121751 (for Rio Tinto, the aluminium works), crossing the railway and turning left instead of going over the level crossing. The Ledge Route is the least well trodden of these three routes up Ben Nevis. Ben Nevis, Ledge Route - Aerial filming using a drone. As is usual for north face gullies, the top pitch of Five is the most awkward, but quite near the bottom is the slightly tricky Fork pitch. Follow it downhill (very slightly north of west initially) all the way to Glen Nevis. The CMD Arete is the classic hill walker's ascent of Ben Nevis that should be on every mountain walker's tick list along side Crib Goch, The Snowdon. Wir werden sicher auch einmal wieder nach Fort William gehen, dann wird diese Route sicher zum Thema. Ledge Route is the easiest way up the North face of Ben Nevis but still requires a good level of fitness so you can make the most of the day. Plus, the Ledge Route is considered a one way route by … Free of snow it is graded an Easy climb. mountains, Scotland, winter In summer, Ledge Route is a 450 metre grade 2 scramble that finishes at the summit of Carn Dearg, a 1221 metre subsidiary top of Ben Nevis. This trail starts at sea level, and climbs all the way to the top, so you are looking at a 1300 metres (or 9 km) hike. On a clear day this makes a gradual clockwise survey of the finest caldera and rock architecture in mainland Britain. The conditions were snowy and icy from about 900m over sea level. It can hold cloud even when surrounding areas are bathed in sunshine, and clouds are damp even if it is not actually raining. It’s the same grade of scrambling as the CMD Arete and is technically a more direct route to the summit from the North Face. Ja, ich war der Einzige auf der Route :-), und die paar Kletterer in der Wand. Other browsers are no longer supported, infuriatingly. The best way to make your way from Four Gully to Three is to follow the cliff-line fairly closely. In fact, it’s one of the best Scottish II routes anywhere in Scotland. It reaches the Ledges after perhaps 200m and the cliff edge is about 150m further up the crest line. The top of Four Gully is marked by a large, well-constructed cairn built in 2012 by Martin McCrorie to replace an older summit post deemed unseemly by the John Muir Trust, custodians of the top half of Ben Nevis since June 2000. That’s more, it is at a relatively low grade. It’s widely regarded as the finest winter climb in the UK with a variety of walls, ridges, and traverses. Whatever grade you climb, on a clear winter’s day you’ll enjoy this one for the scenery alone. This route is particularly recommended to strong parties intending to cross to Carn Mor Dearg via the arete below the summit of Ben Nevis, provided they've started early, because the combination tours almost the entire North-East Face. Ledge Route is a great introduction to the … For all these reasons, you must take warm clothing and spare gloves, and you should carry light waterproofs even if the weather is good. From here there are two ways to reach Four Gully, either by following the cliff, taking in the view from Carn Dearg summit (1221m), or by walking a contour, using the fact that the top of Four Gully is at a lower altitude (in fact it is the lowest point on the cliff-line). Apart from one rounded step, the rest of the ridge is easy ground until a final steepening and an unsurmountable wall on the right, speckled with much whiteish lichen. It’s a fine summer scramble, transformed into something much more serious in winter. All the Ledge Route variations converge here, before ascending an obvious crest, and, via the (equally obvious) close pair of ledges themselves, to the clifftop at 1200m. 6 years ago. Break right up a worn grassy slope to the crux slabs. The Ledge Route up Ben Nevis. This is yet another scramble, this time climbing Ben Nevis via the Ledge Route on the North Face and up to Carn Dearg (1221) and along to the summit. Intake Eleven, known to north-facers simply as "The Dam", is an aluminium company water intake tapping the Allt a' Mhuilinn (Mill Burn) at NN148751. Ledge Route is a grade 1 (ie easy) scramble up the imposing north-east face of Ben Nevis in Highland Scotland. The most useful feature at the hut is the waterpoint, a black pipe that spews water drawn from above the sheep-line. Ledge route is a perfect introductory ridge for your first scramble or north face route and a great way to get to the summit of Ben Nevis. From the CIC, the direct Ledge Routes are best reached from the slabs well right of the CIC waterpoint as one faces the letterbox buttress, beginning with a short descent to cross the merged watercourse from Coire na Ciste. Remember also that snow on the summit means cornices (overhangs of snow) at the cliff edge, so keep your distance from it. Tower Ridge from Observatory Ridge on Ben Nevis. Click to draw, click on the last point to end drawing. But it’s still a lowly Grade II route. The guidebooks give it four stars (instead of the usual maximum three). Height Gained – 1300 metres, Distance – 8 km, Time –4-5 hours – ONE WAY ONLY. The path comes in from the left and crosses the ravine - which has become stream by now - below the boulders. It soons returns to west and after a few very simple rock problems, reaches the ledges. It is the least-resistant line through North Face, and begins by surmounting the rough slabs south-west of the CIC hut before dropping into and across a grassy corrie, crossing the watercourses low down and ascending the right bank, traversing a scree cone leftward and climbing slabs to the right of a deep gorge. This itinerary describes a circuit route starting and finishing at a deer stile to the north of Ben Nevis (1344m). The route is a non-technical, 450m snow climb (when well-covered! ), which feels like a big mountain route. The main Ledge Route scramble line begins at the top of Carn Dearg Buttress and follows the obvious gentle upward ridge west. Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom. There are several different routes you can take to the summit of Ben Nevis (1,345m). Scottish Rock & Water, Kingussie … Our day begins at the North Face car park where we begin the walk up to the CIC Hut. An awkward gully top is crossed after roughly 100m just before the ridge narrows and curves left (southwest) briefly. It totals 450m of vertical climbing. Tower Ridge at dawn. It is not an easy route La course du Ben Nevis (en anglais : Ben Nevis Race) est une course de fell running reliant la ville de Fort William au sommet du Ben Nevis en Écosse. Whilst it is possible to descend Carn Mor Dearg directly down to the CIC, this is steep and not advised. There's a tricky step at the top… The route can be climbed in either summer or winter although the latter is considerably more popular when parties attempt it … The views you will get to enjoy during the ascent are tremendous. They are bypassed by two longer versions of Ledge Route, described shortly. At NN134753 either continue along a level path to the car park, or secure your bike here and walk uphill following the main track SE and then ENE, turning left twice on the way to reach a bridge just below Intake Eleven itself, where the path from the NF car park emerges from the plantation. However, that takes nothing away from its quality. All the ledge routes are grade one (ie easy) scrambles, but the damp slabs demand respect in wet conditions: the line of least resistance follows a very faint crack system rightwards before breaking left, up, and out. Follow the crest of the … Number Five Gully separating Moonlight Gully Buttress (centre) and Carn Dearg Buttress (right), as seen from the Charles Inglis Clark Memorial Hut below Ben Nevis. On Sunday I was out on Ledge Route again. From the east end of the summit ruins locate the large, incongruous metal frame of a discarded instrument carriage. Keep to the crest, ignoring the odd section of intermittent path on the south side. All the main approaches to Ben Nevis from the north converge at it. Ledge route of Ben Nevis, starting in Number 5 Gully and ascending part way, then swinging to the right, following the ledges below Carn Dearg, before topping out on Carn Dearg. Deine Route sieht auch nicht so überlaufen aus. In summer Ledge Route should be an aspiration of ANYONE looking to summit Ben Nevis. The Ben as it’s affectionately known is climbed by 150,000 people every year with another 100,000 people turning back due to bad weather or finding the ascent too challenging. Our first mountaineering route in Scotland, done with Max Hunter, from Hunter Mountaineering. The cairn at the top (1214m) of Ledge Route is about a one-and-a-half kilometre walk from the summit of Ben Nevis and presents no difficulty on a clear day. I climbed Ledge Route, a grade 2 winter mountaineering route, and filmed myself as I climbed. The ground here is often muddy but with care it is possible to walk the few metres out to the top of the pinnacle and look down the gully. Follow the higher ledge to the right passing a large pinnacle block to reach the easy angled crest of the Great Buttress of Carn Dearg by a large cairn. Skip to content. In high summer, stay for the sunset because the light will last long enough to get down. Very near the top of the scree cone from Five, move 10m right along a grassy bank. On a clear summer day there are outstanding views of the north-east face from this ridge. Coire na Ciste (unseen) is to the immediate left at half height; the Ledge Route scramble is on the central skyline. Approaching Ledge Route from Coire na Ciste, https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Ledge_Route_and_the_Carn_Mor_Dearg_Arete_(Ben_Nevis)&oldid=3842562, Articles without Wikipedia links (via Wikidata), Articles with Wikipedia links related to but different to article, Articles with Commons links related to but different to article, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This travel guide page was last edited at 08:41, on 7 September 2019 by Wikivoyage user. There is an unmade path downhill, boggy in places but easy enough to follow even after sunset. Since a map is essential anyway, these directions assume you have one and hence understand the UK grid referencing system. Be aware that there are several exposed areas around here, especially on top of the wall. This project took 4 batteries and I … The top of Five gully is mere yards from the Ledge Route cairn, and can be recognised by the steep rock of the north wall. Guided ascent of Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis. This marks the west end of the arete. The Pony track is about 700m to the south or follow the rim of the north face onto the summit of Ben Nevis. This becomes a ravine with boulders on the right flank and an easy grass bank on the left. Ben Nevis- Ledge Route Alpinismus Trail in Torlundy, Scotland (United Kingdom). This isn't all that likely except in early season (May/June), but if so it is possible to follow a sequence of cairns to the summit: be aware that the correct line veers abruptly left at a cluster of three. It’s a long day out and an early start is essential. Diese Route ist anscheinend nur Insidern bekannt. This passes the top of a couple of minor gullies on the way (as well as some vertiginous drops), but Three Gully is easily identifiable by a large pinnacle dividing the gully-top. It is graded a Very Difficult rock climb and consists of mixture of some pitches of rock climbing interspersed by easier mountaineering ground. Finding the start isn't as straightforward, but a reliable method is to descend a depression due west of the low point of the ridge below the unnamed top on the way to Carn Beag Dearg. As one of the easier routes up the North Face of Ben Nevis, Ledge Route is a fantastic introduction to the world of mountaineering in Scotland. Trend left to the crest and follow it downhill to a well-constructed cairn similar to that at the top of Number Four Gully. A sneaky start leads onto a sequence of sloping ledges, which allow passage across the steep southeast flank of Carn Dearg Buttress. On Friday 13th March 2015 I took my Phantom 2 drone fitted with a GoPro Hero 4 up onto the North Face of Ben Nevis to do some aerial filming. The route starts from the CIC Hut and so can be started proper from either Glen Nevis or the North Face Car Park. Better is to follow the ridge northwards, first to the subsidiary top Carn Dearg Meadhonach, then to the unnamed top halfway to the northernmost, Carn Beag Dearg. The CIC hut (NN168722) is actually a stone cottage, named after Charles Inglis (pron 'ING-gulls') Clark, the son of two pioneering Nevis climbers who was killed by a Mesapotamian sniper in 1918. It’s not a hard climb, but protection is infequent. The exposure is sensational as we move across the narrow crests and negotiate The Tower and Tower Gap. This is the first climbing difficulty after an easy clamber over boulders (and, in early season, snow), but just before these two broken clefts the gully can be evaded to the right via a grassy slope and some damp slabs leading to a fairly easy left-rising ravine up to the southern crest of Carn Dearg Buttress. 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