Web Resources for the Frêney Pillar
The following table contains most of the more interesting web links about the Central Pillar of Frêney.
Information Sites |
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| Needle Sports | Climbing shop - has info about the ridge with tips. |
| RockFax | General climbing site with discussion groups. Also publish a "miniGuide" to the ridge that is full of valuable facts. |
Weather sites | |
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Weather forecasting for mountain areas is very fickle (much like the weather) and looking at five different sources will often produce five different forecasts! Try and be as flexible as you can in planning as good weather forecast on Thursday morning may be thunderstorms by the evening. |
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| Online Weather | I have found this to be the most pessimistic of the weather sites. On the other hand, personal experience has tended to bear this out! |
| Nevissport | Simple text based forecast. |
Web Cams |
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| North Cuillin | A webcam looking at Sgurr nan Gillean from Sligachan. |
Personal Accounts |
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These sites are basic accounts of attempts, successful and otherwise on the BGR. Some are quite colourful, others make you wonder how the participants managed to complete their round. |
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| David Walsh | An account from before the demise of the Gendarme on Sgurr nan Gillean - accurately predicting its demise. |
| ScotClimb | An account of the first Northern Irish attempt on the BGR. |
| Scottish Mountain guide | Some good photos of the ridge along with a few tips. This is in three parts: follow the links for the other sections. |
| Cuillin Scrambling | Not the ridge as such but a succession of scrambles around and over it. |
| Dublin University Climbing Club | An account of an unsuccessful attempt in 2000. Indicates why being both fit and lucky is often necessary. |
Books |
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| Gordon Stainforth | The personal site of the author of a major book on the Cuillin. |
| Skye Scrambles | A Scrambling guide. |
| Skye and the Hebrides (SMC) | SMC guidebook to the Cuillin. This is a rock climbing guide as opposed to a specific guide to the ridge. |
| Scrambles in Skye | A scrambling guide. |
If anyone has other links to personal accounts or information pages I would be only too pleased to include them.