 Where else in Britain can you leave your car at 8am, get a ride up with your gear, finish your third route by 3pm and nip over the summit for a pint before leaving the hill?
Ed Grindley - Mountain Guide
 The development of the Nevis Range ski area has made it much easier to access the crags on Aonach Mor and Aonach Beag. Climbers and hill walkers can take advantage of the effortless gondola ride from the car park to 650m.
An early climber's Gondola departs each
day at 8am prompt and runs continuously after 9am when ski
lifts are open, at all other times the gondola operates from
10am. On certain occasions the gondola may be unable to operate
due to high winds. If the gondola is not operational or for
those who prefer to walk, the same point can be reached within
1.5 hours by following the hill walker's path, signposted
from the car park.
The Quad Chair can be used by climbers and properly equipped hill walkers, for uplift only to 870m, however this service is only available when the chair is open for skiing from 9am onwards.
Aonach Mor is little more than a stone's throw away from Ben Nevis . The two main climbing areas are Coire an Lochain and the West Face. Given their altitude they offer some of the most reliable winter climbing in the area.
Coire an Lochain - is the most popular area and has been described as Scotland 's most accessable winter cliff. Facing north east it is sheltered from westerly gales, and captures the morning sunreadily forming ice early in the season.
From the top station the crags can be accessed
by three routes; Easy Gully, Climber's Col via Chancer or
Traverse below the Nid Ridge to the Climber's Col , all of
which are dependent on stable snow conditions or cornice formations.
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Whilst the crags of Aonach Mor's West Face offer true wilderness and solitude, here the routes stretch along 2 km and rise up to 500 metres high. To reach the West Face head for Meall Beag from the Top Station, and then continue to traverse into the glen.
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* These topos are provided as an indication only, please refer to a guide book for full listings of routes and descriptions.
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