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This guide illustrates all the great boulders climbed to date in the Coire Lagan area of the Cuillins. A unique climbing
experience- thousands of gabbro boulders lie among the glaciated slabs - between the altitudes of 200m and 600m -
giving some of the finest mountain bouldering in the country. Only the most obvious routes have been climbed
so far - leaving hundreds more - in more remote areas - unclimbed. The rock is generally solid and clean - although
new climbs may need some hard brushing. Due to a lack of weathering - there are rarely any features on the roofs
and steeper walls - so alot of the problems tend to be on lip traverses - aretes - thin faces and sometimes cracks.
Gabbro is well known for its incredible roughness - many a bouldering trip has been abandoned early due to
raw fingertips - so gloves/finger tape is advised. A bouldering mat would also be useful - as the landings are
usually either in a bog - stream or on rocks.