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The northern edge of the Cairngorm plateau, to the east of the great through pass of the Lairig Ghru, is formed by Cairn Gorm - Scotland's sixth highest mountain. It's northern flanks overlook the Spey Valley and are the location of Scotland's principal ski centre ??" Cairn Gorm Mountain. Extending westwards from the summit of Cairn Gorm and its ski slopes are the two Northern Corries, Corrie an t-Sneachada and Coire an Lochain, one of Scotland's best and most important winter playgrounds for the Climber. Doe to their northerly aspect and their height the corries come into winter condition rapidly and it is common to have a seven month long winter season lasting from early October to early April.

The corrie lying below Cairn Lochan, the most westerly top of Cairn Gorm, is compact and well defined. Its crags are short but steep, the home of technical mixed climbing. Some easier mixed routes and a limited selection of easier gullies are also available, but they have a more serious feel than the neighbouring Coire an t-Sneachda, largely because of the steeper approach (effectively Grade I) and consequent exposure caused by The Great Slab which lies below.

This first release contains an extensive selection of routes in Coire an Lochain.

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Order	Climb	Grade
No.1 Buttress
1	Coronary By-pass	S-V 7
2	Auricle	S-VI 7
3	Ventriloquist	S-VII 7
4	Open Heart	S-VIII 9
5	Ventricle	S-VII 8
6	Big Daddy	S-VII 8
7	Daddy Longlegs	S-VIII 9
8	The Hyperventilator	S-IX
9	Inventive	S-IV 5
10	Adventure	S-V 5
11	The Vent	S-II
No.2 Buttress
12	Vent Rib Direct	S-IV 7
13	Ventilator	S-III
14	Chute Route	S-V 5
15	Milky Way	S-III
16	Appetite for Destruction	S-V 6
17	Andromeda	S-IV 4
18	Astroturfer	S-III 4
19	Central Crack Route	S-IV 5
20	The Crack	S-VI 7
21	The Inquisition	S-VI 8
22	The Couloir	S-I
23	Ewen Crest	S-IV 5
24	Ewen Buttress	S-III 4
No.3 Buttress
25	Ewen Buttress Direct Start	S-IV 6
26	The Vagrant	S-VII 7
27	The Migrant	S-VI 7
28	Migrant Direct	S-VII 8
29	Nocando Crack	S-VIII 8
30	The Vicar	S-VIII 8
31	Siberian Tiger	S-IX
32	The Demon	S-IX 9
33	Demon Direct	S-IX 9
34	Happy Tyroleans	S-IX
35	Pfugga-Lule	S-VIII 9
36	The Overseer Direct	S-V 6
37	The Hoarmaster	S-VI 6
38	Hooker's Corner	S-VI 6
39	The Snowpimp	S-VIII 9
40	Conundrum	S-VII 7
41	The Deviant	S-V 6
42	Y-Gully Left Branch	S-IV 4
43	Stagefright	S-VI 7
44	Grumbling Grooves	S-VI 6
45	Pic 'n' Mix	S-VIII 8
46	The Gathering	S-IX 9
47	Candy Shop	S-VII 9
48	The Head-hunter	S-VI 6
49	Y-Gully Right Branch	S-II
No.4 Buttress
50	Sarcophagus	S-IV 4
51	Oesophagus	S-III
52	Deep Throat	S-V 6
53	Aqualung	S-VI 7
54	Gaffer's Groove	S-V 5
55	Gaffer's Groove Summer Line	S-VI 7
56	Bulgy	S-VII 7
57	Savage Slit	S-V 6
58	Prore	S-VIII 7
59	Prore Direct	S-VIII 8
60	Fallout Corner	S-VI 7
61	Banana Wall	S-XII
62	Bavarinthia	S-IX 9
63	War and Peace	S-VII 8
64	Procrastination	S-VII 6
65	The Third Man	S-V 6
66	Sidewinder	S-III 4
67	Western Route	S-IV 6
68	Torquing Heads	S-VI 8

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Coire an Lochain (Cairngorms)