Bouldering in Ard Scalpsie Point - Isle of Bute (mini-topo II)

The coasts of Port na h-Aille and Ard Scalpsie Point have some small outcrops and screes. Most of the rock is made of a flacky mica-schist (too many holds). The stones are often too small and covered of lichens. A huge vein of igneous rock (basalt) crosses the peninsula and forms a decent south west facing crag.

Here are a few decent problems and their locations.

• Groovy, SS, 4+
• Pinch the nipple, 6a
• Sidestep, 5
• Descent route, 3

• Rock over, 4+
• Wall direct, 4

• Canadian barndance, 4
• Boston two steps, 6c

• The floor is lava, SS, 6c
• Time is of the essence, SS, 7a+
• I spy with my little eye, SS, 6a
• The rail, SS, 5
• The wall, SS, 4

Bouldering in Scalpsie Bay - Isle of Bute (mini-topo)

 

 

1. Crackers, 4

2. Shark nails, 4

 

3. The rail left (sit-start), 5

4. The rail right (sit-start), 5

5. The P3 wall, 3

 

6. Hidden, 7a+

Bouldering on the Isle of Bute