The Last of the Winter Conditions?
A call to say this might be our last chance for a winter climb this season was all we needed to make the journey over to Borrowdale and get ourselves onto Great End for a climb up Central Gully.
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| The top of Ruddy Gill in the morning |
The cloud was down as we made our way up Ruddy Gill and it was quite nippy in the cool morning air. As the cloud cleared we could see a couple of groups already out enjoying the conditions and Central Gully looked to be in perfect condition.
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| The start |
Conditions in the gully itself were good, the snow and ice were nice and solid all the way and we never felt the need to get the rope out. We continued up the exit snow field to the small cornice at the top via the "Right Branch "finish, and summited into a beautiful sunny day.
Another fantastic day out.
We descended round near Branch Gully and could see that the ice on
Window Gully Icefall (wall and groove finish) and South East Gully looked to be in good condition, the
snow underfoot was quite firm and if it survives the thaw may well be ok
into next week.............fingers crossed
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| Far left Branch ? in the Amphitheatre |
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| Window Gully Icefall (wall and groove finish) |
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| South East Gully |
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| Central Gully |
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