220m, 7 pitches. An excellent sustained and varied route with strenuous and helpful chimneys and delicate slab climbing. Start at a large rightfacing flake 10m right from the toe of the buttress, well right of the summer start. 1. 50m. Climb the flake, then the wall above for 2m. Traverse left, aiming for the block on the skyline. Continue horizontally left, then up to the base of the first chimney. 2. 25m. Follow the summer second pitch, direct through the overhanging chimney. 3. 20m. As for the summer route, but belay directly below the chockstone. 4. 25m. Climb the chockstone direct, to the bottom of the crinkly slab, move out onto a rib on the right and follow this to a belay below an obvious large crack in the right wall below the line of the direct finish. 5. 35m. Descend to the top right of the crinkly slab. Follow the top edge of the slab delicately leftwards and then climb the steep rockfall scar to the ill-defined arête. Move easily leftwards then up to a bay below the steep corner of Breakaway. 6. 35m. As for the summer route. 7. 30m. Climb direct to the summit of Lord Reay’s Seat.

M.Bass, S.Yearsley 03/Mar/2006.

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