Ben Nevis (4.411ft) pel Tower Gully
near Claggan, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Ascension to the roof of the British Isles leaving from the Youth Hostel and going up the Tower Gully, one of the channels that allows access to the top on the North side.
You leave the shelter itself and you must cross the wooden bridge that is right in front. The path is paved and quickly rises to the mountain trail leaving from the outskirts of Fort Wiliam. The road wins quite loudly until it reaches the lake. Once here, to avoid going down and down the road, we make a shortcut keeping steeper until you find the path that separates what goes down to the North and the one that turns north towards the refuge.
We take this last one to go looking for the roads that go up the North side and arrive at the refuge after having to put crampons once. Until the refuge there is not too much snow, we climb a little further south and do not take long enough to find continuous snow.
It is then that we can turn to enter the Tower Gully comma, between the Tower Ridge and the Observatory sector, full of ice climbers doing almost all the ways that can be done.
The climb for this Gully is affordable but it has a fairly straight stretch that corresponds to the area that avoids the left an expedition that is also covered with ice. It is in this section where the slope is redirected and it is necessary to progress with the tips. Then flank right to enter the final comma that accesses the exit that did not present problems.
It reaches the somatic plateau and without difficulty until the summit avoiding, yes, the Gardyloo Gully, which forces to make a small circle.
From the summit the panoramic is impressive and you can easily see the sea and some of the closest Lochs. We reach the summit of the NW Cntrafort that has precious views on the wall of the observatory.
Go down the normal route (Mountain Trail) but cut all the snow curves to find the point where the path crosses the Red Burn (red torrent). At the end of the road, the road rises and continues along the way to the point of departure.
You leave the shelter itself and you must cross the wooden bridge that is right in front. The path is paved and quickly rises to the mountain trail leaving from the outskirts of Fort Wiliam. The road wins quite loudly until it reaches the lake. Once here, to avoid going down and down the road, we make a shortcut keeping steeper until you find the path that separates what goes down to the North and the one that turns north towards the refuge.
We take this last one to go looking for the roads that go up the North side and arrive at the refuge after having to put crampons once. Until the refuge there is not too much snow, we climb a little further south and do not take long enough to find continuous snow.
It is then that we can turn to enter the Tower Gully comma, between the Tower Ridge and the Observatory sector, full of ice climbers doing almost all the ways that can be done.
The climb for this Gully is affordable but it has a fairly straight stretch that corresponds to the area that avoids the left an expedition that is also covered with ice. It is in this section where the slope is redirected and it is necessary to progress with the tips. Then flank right to enter the final comma that accesses the exit that did not present problems.
It reaches the somatic plateau and without difficulty until the summit avoiding, yes, the Gardyloo Gully, which forces to make a small circle.
From the summit the panoramic is impressive and you can easily see the sea and some of the closest Lochs. We reach the summit of the NW Cntrafort that has precious views on the wall of the observatory.
Go down the normal route (Mountain Trail) but cut all the snow curves to find the point where the path crosses the Red Burn (red torrent). At the end of the road, the road rises and continues along the way to the point of departure.
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Intersection
2,195 ft
008 Mountain Track (2)
21-MAR-15 15:33:17
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