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As the platform below St Govan’s slides into the sea, a huge tower-like buttress stands in front of the rest of the cliffs. Between its two aretes are some excellent mid-grade routes which follow the prominent features. Guidebook page 180.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Flanker 30m. This pleasant route wanders up the left-hand side of the buttress. Climb the lower wall beneath the big open groove of... 7 user comments | 1 Stars Loose | VS 4c |
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Ricochet 30m. A superb climb which leads you on with a lazy lower groove and then smacks you with a savage finishing crack. Start below... 5 user comments | 2 Stars Strong Graunchy | E2 5c |
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Poisoned Arrow 30m. A good technical pitch. Start as for Ricochet but move right to below a crack in the wall. Climb the crack and its... 5 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | E4 6a |
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Cupids Bow Top 50 30m. This thuggy route follows the huge flake crack in the centre of the buttress. It requires some large clanking gear to... 6 user comments | 2 Stars Graunchy | HVS 5a |
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Stupid Cupid 30m. A fiddly eliminate. Move right from the base of the flake on Cupid's Bow. Make some hard moves up the centre of the wall... | Technical Fluttery | E5 6a |
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The Arrow Top 50 30m. One of the most sought-after routes in Pembroke. It tackles the cracks and flakes up the right-hand side of the buttress.... 12 user comments | 3 Stars Pumpy | E1 5b |
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Flight Path 30m. Although this route does have one independent section, most of the good climbing is on other routes with better lines.... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical Fluttery | E3 5c |
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The Rising Tide 30m. An excellent and underrated route which tackles the smooth white wall directly by some surprisingly amenable climbing.... 1 user comment | 2 Stars Technical Fluttery | E4 6a |
