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The unmistakable square bulk of Froggatt Pinnacle is home to one great classic and a set of only slightly less worthy offerings. Some of the harder routes are of a bouldery nature and don’t reach the summit. For the other routes which do go all the way the summit is thoughtfully equipped with a chunky abseil ring. Guidebook page 278.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Valkyrie Top 50 20m. A great and historic HVS which features two contrasting pitches, a mid-height stance and a proper summit.1) 5a, 10m.... 21 user comments | 3 Stars Pumpy | HVS 5a |
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Narcissus II 18m. Not pitch 2 to Narcissus but a continuation above the Valkyrie crack. Pull over and aim for the flared crack which leads... | 1 Stars Pumpy Rounded | E5 6b |
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Neon Dust The wall between the crack and arete has a desperate start followed by easier (6b) climbing above on gradually improving finger... | 1 Stars Technical Crimpy | E6 7a |
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Pinnacle Traverse Start low and work your way up and across a flake to the arete, turn this and then pull up to reverse the Oedipus traverse. | 1 Stars Pumpy Crimpy | V7 6b |
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Narcissus 18m. The blunt arete of the Pinnacle is increasingly taxing, with the crux a worrying height off the ground! Easier with... 1 user comment | 3 Stars Fluttery | E6 6b |
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Oedipus Ring Your Mother 8m. A taxing traverse from the right, along the sloping finger break, gains a shallow flake. A committing long stretch and... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Reachy Fluttery | E4 6b |
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The Mint 400 9m. A good V8 (6b) boulder problem up the wall gains the break of Oedipus. Next launch up the seemingly holdless wall above to... | 1 Stars Technical Pumpy Crimpy | E6 6b |
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Pinnacle Arete 16m. Neglected but worth doing. From the gully traverse left along the lowest break, pass the arete and pull up to gain a... | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery Loose | E2 5b |
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Chapman's Crack 9m. Start at the top of the gully. Traverse left above the gully in a position of some exposure and climb the short crack. The... 2 user comments | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | VS 4c |
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Route One 6m. The short north-east arete yields to a tough mantelshelf. An impressive route for its day and a viable way down for the... | 1 Stars Technical | VS 5a |
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Pinnacle Face 10m. From the top of the gully below the back arete, teeter right along sloping ledges (spotter advised) then climb the wall... | 1 Stars Technical Rounded | VS 5b |
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My Newt 8m. The short and exposed arete on the right. | Rounded | E1 5b |
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Truly Pathetic 6m. The thin right-trending crack. Better than the name suggests. | Technical Crimpy | HVS 5c |
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Diamond Crack 8m. The slanting crack gives an exercise in jamming - steep, strenuous and well protected, it is a popular route for logging... 3 user comments | 2 Stars Pumpy | HS 4b |
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Corner-crack 12m. A wide awkward start leads to easier things. | VD | |
