Dinnertime Buttress and a narrow ledge traverse on Aonach Dubh, Glen Coe – September | グレン・コーのある狭いレッジ

We decided to try a Grade 1 scramble described in a scrambling guidebook. The descriptions were quite sparse, so we were at times unsure of our exact position along the narrow and high ledge we were on. Also, the ground was quite wet, and the ledge was very exposed, so we had to be especially careful not to fall. We did end up using our basic climbing gear at one point for protection on a pitch. It didn’t feel so much like a scramble as a careful walk using hands for support. After getting onto the higher ledge near Ossian’s cave, we decided to go up the short distance to the top of Aonach Dubh, then descend the corrie on the other side of it.

地域のスクランブリング(ザイルを使わず頂上を目指す登山法)のルートについてのガイドブックに示されたやさしい(グレード１)ルートを試してみる計画。そのルートはあまり細かく説明されていなかったので、高度の狭いレッジ(バンド？)を慎重に歩きながら、時にはどれだけの距離を歩くべきなのか確信を持てなかった。地面は濡れていて、レッジは高度感があるので、滑って落ちないように気をつけ、あるピッチではザイルを使うことにした。大体はいわゆるスクランブリングより、手でバランスを取りながら歩いた感じ。オスィアンズ・ケイヴ(オスィアンの洞窟)に近いレッジまで登り、もう少し進んでウーナハ・ドゥーの頂上で一休みしてから、向かい側のコリー(懸谷)を下りることにした。

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The western flank of Aonach Dubh, the westernmost of the Three Sisters of Glen Coe

Going up Dinnertime Buttress to the ledge

Coire nam Beithach with Bidean nam Bian visible at the top

Eyebright flowers

Common tormentil?

Loch Atriochtan in Glen Coe

Wild Thyme, after the flowers have fallen off (leaving the sepals)?

Alpine Lady’s Mantle

The other side of the big gully, looking south

The top of the stream Allt Coire nam Beithach

Walking carefully along the narrow ledge, or shelf

Looking back south down Coire nam Beithach

B looking north down into Glen Coe

Loch Atriochtan, with Loch Linnhe visible in the distance

Looking for the way ahead

Dor beetle (dung beetle) on the ground

Looking up at Ossian’s cave. This is where we start heading up again

Looking down into the glen. Definitely very steep

Protecting the slippery, exposed pitch

A closer view of Ossian’s cave. It would be a proper rock climb to get to it

A sunlit view of Aonach Eagach across the glen

Aonach Eagach across the glen

Clear stream water in Coire nan Lochan

A closer-up view of part of the Aonach Eagach ridge

Looking back up Coire nan Lochan at Bidean nam Bian

The northern face of Aonach Dubh, with Ossian’s cave visible. We had walked quite a way along the slightly-sloping, grassy strip visible on the right, and then clambered up the green strip sloping up more steeply to the right

A wider view of Aonach Dubh, rising from the floor of the glen

From north to west along the flank of Aonach Dubh. The ledge we were on is visible, just below the dark bit between the rocky top part and the grassier bit below

Flank of Aonach Dubh

Looking up at Dinnertime Buttress again, where we had first reached the ledge. With the top of Stob Coire nan Lochan to the right

Map showing walk route

View Glen Coe walks – Sept 2011 in a larger map