275m, 6 pitches. A natural icy line up the steep ground to the left of the crest of Flowerpot Buttress. Varied and excellent climbing. Start in the snow bay with an icy slab/corner at its top left. 1. 30m Easy snow to the foot of the ice. 2. 55m Climb the icy slab/corner with a steep pull out of the left side of the cave/recess to a good belay on a turfy ramp. 3. 40m An easy turfy ramp rightwards leads to the foot of an icefall (Saxifrage joins this point from below before moving right round the crest). Climb the icefall and belay on blocks at the foot of the amphitheatre. 4. 55m Go up ice to below the top wall. Traverse tenuously left across the black slab (mixed) until possible to break through the top wall via a short steep slot. Continue up to the foot of the obvious black icy corner. Climb the blocky left arete in a superb position to the terrace. 5. 40m The climb changes character, becoming turfy/rocky above the terrace. Move 5m left and climb the left-trending turfy corner (not the right-trending corner). Belay at the base of a steep blocky corner. 6. 55m Climb the steep blocky corner and continue in a direct line to the plateau, passing a chokestone in the steep final wall.

Malcolm Bass & Simon Yearsley 10/Mar/2010.

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