Ascents in The Birdcage Area

Good enough and certainly a long pitch but probably not worth the unexpectedly long walk to get there. Rock quality is suspect the whole way. Some of the upper tier routes look properly rad though!!

P1 only. Long, interesting, wandery climbing, but guarded by a poxy start, and with quite fragile rock. Would be good if done solely as an access pitch to the routes above, and not as a route in and of itself.

5th shot total (including a few warmup laps). Awesomely steep and exposed up an overhanging prow. Mostly about gr24 steep jugging, with a crazy thin crux down low (must be utterly nails if you're short) and a bouldery iron-cross in the middle.

Seconding Monty. Good steepish crimping in an exposed position, and not too hard for the grade... But difficult to enjoy it when I couldn't feel my fingers at all. Alas, I forgot my down suit and ice axes.

Pitch 1 only -though I kinda climbed some of the Project as well (it's a confusing bit of wall, here). Probably about gr23 the way I climbed it, though I would describe it as the most logical line. Old school, boulder-problems between mantles and ledges, with some huuuge runouts. Completely dry despite all the crazy rain.