Cathkin Mountain Pass (Ships Prow North Fork)

@Mods: I can't find a thread for this pass, so if there is one, please move this post.

At first we had planned to go up Cathkin Mountain Pass, but at AndrewP's advice, and considering that using this pass to get to the top in a day would make for a very long day.

The top 200m of altitude loss is pretty normal for a steep Berg pass, nothing funny there.

Soon you start getting forced into the loose stuff. Head true left onto the bushy ledge and you stay out of the loose stuff for another 350m of vertical.

You do eventually get forced into the loose stuff, but by now it is generally not so loose. Choose your rocks carefully, and try to avoid dislodging an avalanche on your head!

Once you hit around 2500m, the route gets significantly gentler, but the route becomes quite overgrown.

The pass has no scrambling, so mayhaps not a rock pass, but definitely not a route for the inexperienced.

If you are careful, it is actually quite a nice pass. If you have bad weather or don't know would you are doing, it could be very dangerous.

I rate it as around a 7/10, not rock, but with a warning that it is not for the inexperienced. If you have done a pass like Nguza Pass and were comfortable on that, you should be fine with this one. But don't take it lightly, or you might wake the dragon!