We then set off up the mountain to explore one of the east
facing corries.
Must see good ice, nights under the shelter stone, short days in the
northern corries, very long days further in.
Corrie headwall
took me to the summit of the hill.
Day 6 ( thursday ) ptarmigan are our target, skulking in
mountain corries
within walking distance of transport.
Corries once filled
with glaciers.
Little wyvis in february in deep snow - apart from the summit ridge with the wind screaming out of the
eastern corrie.
Corrie lakes
high above the main valley floor.
This route was not feasible today tho, partly due to a category 4 avalanche warning for the headwalls of
north-facing corries.
An impressively
shaped steep-walled corrie
is the main visible feature, and also forms this route up.
The views become ever more expansive with views into
great corries
once filled with glaciers.
Corrie floor
directly below the miter ridge.
This is typified by the number of winter climbers who now
visit the northern corries
in early winter to seek out similar conditions.
This
high wild corrie
sees even less traffic than the great moss side and is a place to really enjoy a bit of solitude.
Corrie headwalls
that lie beneath helvellyn's eastern flanks.
Sporting clients from all over the world visit our beautiful country to stalk deer in the wild and
remote corries
in the scottish glens.
Corrie rim
has some reasonable cornice development in places... !
The best way is to follow the stream in the
upper corrie
to a steep green ramp up the north-western headwall.
Corrie west
of coire an t-slugain, with the north ridge of aonach air chrith forming its west wall.
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