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20 minsOne of the best bits of rock on the cliff, and popular because of the classics of N.M.C. Crack and Apple Arete. The edge is far enough above the foliage to be a good bet for much of the year and the outward views are great. To the right is a short slab quarried long ago. This has a pleasant collection of cracks and a couple of harder climbs up the blank slabs between them. Guidebook page 330.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Layback Crack 12m. The left-hand crack is short-lived and honest hard work! 3 user comments | 1 Stars Strong | VS 4c |
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Flake-crack 12m. Better than it looks and with tricky moves at the nose - harder for the short who will struggle to reach past the crux. 3 user comments | 1 Stars Reachy | HS 4b |
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Twilight's Last Gleaming 14m. Climb the slab to the left of N.M.C. Crack to a good ledge and then the rib on the left to the top. A green eliminate. | Rounded | E2 5b |
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N.M.C. Crack 14m. The fine stepped-groove slanting up the north face of the buttress leads to a short crack and mini-summit. Polished and... 5 user comments | 3 Stars | HVD |
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Apple Arete Direct 18m. The lower arete is very bold with scary rounded laybacking - not one for warm weather. Worth E1 5c with side-runners. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E4 5c |
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Apple Arete 18m. The tall left-hand arete of the buttress is excellent and mild. Climb the central crack and make a short traverse left to... 18 user comments | 3 Stars Rounded | VS 4b |
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Apple Crack 16m. The wide crack in the buttress leads to a good ledge below the summit, passing the jutting flake. The crack of Giant's... 1 user comment | 1 Stars | VD |
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Cheeky Monkey 14m. The overlap and slab using the pinch on the lip. Side runner. 1 user comment | Technical Rounded Fluttery | E2 6b |
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Cider Apple 16m. From the right-hand side of the buttress move left past the arete then climb the right edge of the slab to a large ledge.... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Rounded | HS 4a |
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Giant's Staircase 14m. The steep stepped-crack in the side wall leads to a short slippery layback (crux) and then a final steep jamming crack... 1 user comment | 1 Stars | S 4a |
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Bitter 8m. The thin crack with a useful spike (nut either side or a tape over it) is technical and slippery but nice and safe. 6 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | VS 5a |
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Master of Thought 8m. The steep slab is especially sketchy for the short. Side-runners drop the grade a notch or two. Loss of a hold may have... 6 user comments | 1 Stars Technical Crimpy | E2 5c |
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Velvet Cracks 8m. The thin crack in the right side of the slab is pleasant and popular despite being a bit of an eliminate. It is well... 3 user comments | 1 Stars Crimpy | VS 4b |
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Apple Jack Cracks 8m. Parallel jamming cracks splitting the centre of the slab are best gained direct though a balancy ledge traverse from the... 2 user comments | 1 Stars | VD |
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Cydrax 8m. A fingery slab leads to a short finishing crack. 7 user comments | 1 Stars Crimpy | HVS 5b |
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Cider 8m. The delicate right-hand arete of the wall is tricky, poorly protected and high in the grade! Starting by laybacking out of... 6 user comments | Fluttery | VS 5a |