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Sport
Lots of sun!
Downhill
8 minsDry in the Rain
The weirdly-structured and well named Mitre Buttress provides a handful of absorbing and deceptively difficult pitches. Sloping holds, very steep ground and unrelenting climbing are the norm on this wall. The two routes on the wall to the right are useful for warm-ups. Guidebook page 309.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Heathen Man Very good, if a little sharp on the finger tips. Start on the fallen slab, near the top of the steep path beneath the... | 2 Stars Technical Crimpy | 7b |
2 |
Empire of the Sun One of the West Country's great sport-routes. Low in the grade, but very pumpy and a touch polished. Start beneath a pocketed... | 3 Stars Pumpy | 7b+ |
3 |
Avenged Brilliant moves up the highest section of the wall just right of Empire of the Sun. Start 3m left of the arete.22m. Stretch... | 3 Stars Reachy Pumpy | 7c+ |
4 |
Might and Main The huge bow-shaped arete has lots of difficult moves punctuated with good rests. Start at the base of the arete. Photo on page... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Technical | 6c+ |
5 |
The Waffle Supremacy 16m. A tough eliminate which is too close to other routes but it does have a few good moves. 1 user comment | 1 Stars | 7b+ |
6 |
Mitre Direct 18m. Start up Might and Main then pull through the bulge to the right. Continue directly to some hard moves past a single bolt.... | 1 Stars Technical | E4 6a |
7 |
The Mitre A snaking line featuring exposed positions and very steep climbing. Start 2m right of the base of the arete.25m. Powerful... 1 user comment | 3 Stars Technical Strong | E3 6b |
8 |
The Mightier 16m. Powerful. Steep climbing up the bulging right-hand side of the wall. No slinking off rightwards on the ledge by the crux. 1 user comment | 2 Stars Technical Strong Pumpy | 7c+ |
9 |
The Mightiest 14m. Climb up to, and boulder past, the single bolt. Scramble off right or find another bolt to lower-off from. Poor. | Strong | 7a+ |
10 |
How the Mighty Fall Top 50 Unusual climbing on large sloping holds gains a heart-stopping finish. Start 2m right of the arete.18m. Move up and right... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Pumpy | 7a+ |
11 |
Time Bandits 16m. The left-hand bolt line. 1 user comment | Technical Pumpy | 6c+ |
12 |
End of an Era 16m. The crack is bolted. At the top stretch left to lower-off. | Pumpy | 6a |
