Bowfell Buttress and North Gully Recce
Conditions: very cold with quite a high wind chill, the snow pack was variable with some bomber neve and some sugar. Conditions appeared to be fairly stable but we avoided hanging around while crossing South Gully.
A promising cold start up the band, a look around Traverse Crag with a quick ascent up Left Gully for lunch on top in the mist.
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| The Band from the Climbers Traverse |
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| Left Gully, Traverse Crag |
After a very cold lunch stop we descended to the base of Cambridge Crag via the Great Slab and then crossed South Gully to base of Bowfell Buttress and the approach of North Gully.
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| North Buttress |
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crossing South Gully
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| The final approach to North Gully |
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| North Gully |
Round into North Gully we climbed the first pitch quickly but the lack of solid snow to stand on beneath the chockstone made for an awkward move, and with the time moving on we decided to retreat and come back another day.
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| South Gully, Bowfell Buttress, and North Gully |
Our descent was down the lower part of South Gully to to the Rossett Gill path which would make a very atmospheric approach to South Gully as the whole approach is dominated by the gullies and cliffs above.
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| The final view up South Gully on our descent |
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