In part two of our New Year special we pick out our best scrambling
routes of 2006. With a choice of routes across the full range of grades
from 1 through to 3S, and classic locations from around the UK, it's been a
hard task selecting favourites, but here are our Top Five scrambles of
2006.
In 2007 we'll be doing something really exciting with the OUTDOORSmagic
Routes Section, but in the meantime you can find all our weekly
walking and scrambling routes in the Routes Archive.
More about new developments very soon but for now Happy New Year from
OM and here's to a route-tastic 2007 pop pickers :-)
Scotland: Castle Ridge, Ben Nevis
Grade 3S (4 in the new system)
The easiest of the classic ridges of Ben Nevis, this is a great
introduction to Ben Nevis without the crowds.
The approach takes you to the heart of Scottish scrambling and
climbing, with the towering North Face and its classic and historical lines
dominating everything around.
Full Route
Lake District, Sharp Edge, Blencathra
Grade 1
Sharp Edge is up there with Jack's Rake as a starting point for the
move up from hillwalking to scrambling, and it's set in a superb location
on one of the Lake District's most popular mountains - Blencathra. This
makes it not only an ideal step up from Striding Edge, but a great way
of avoiding the throngs heading up the normal Blencathra routes from
the south (covered in our recent Blencathra walking route). To complete
the day a descent of Hall's Fell Ridge makes a great route.
Full Route
