Upper Cirque Central Wall

Type

Part of

The cliff directly above the lower tier of cliffs, in the centre of the Cirque. This cliff may largely bank out and become snow covered as the season progresses.
Be very wary of snow conditions in the Upper Cirque.

Aspect

South

Approach

Via the McPherson Cirque path, and then either up the access/descent route at the left hand end of the lower tier, or climb one of the routes on the lower tier.
Best descent is either over the top to Talbot's Ladder, or abseil the route back into the floor of the Upper Cirque, dependent on the state of the snow above the cliff.

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
	Bombay Sapphire, III,4	III,4	150m	0
On the left hand side of the cliff, the steep ice flow is climbed in 3 pitches. The first pitch finishes at a superb belay cave. P1 Alpine (Technical) 4 Alpine (Commitment) III 150m Trad
	Elusive Leprechaun			0
III, 5, 3 pitches up LHS upper tier McPherson Cirque
	Cow Tools			0
Ice forming a pillar on LHS of cave
	Crystal Ship			0
A rarely formed, free hanging pillar over cave in middle of upper tier. Formed in the super season of 2015, not often seen in!
	Freeloading, III,3	III,3	0m	0
Consisting of 3 pitches of ice on the right hand side of the cliff, the precise line of this route is uncertain. The ascent possibly took a line up the wide icefall immediately to the right of the roofs. The grade is also uncertain. So named because Andy MacFarlane was becoming fed up with other Winter climbers not paying their hut dues..... P1 Alpine (Technical) 3 Alpine (Commitment) III Trad

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Attribution

Photodiagram - Steve Fortune

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