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A short face of lovely rock, though sadly with only a small collection of routes. Technicians who want to escape the crowds should enjoy the place, though don't forget the mat/spotter. Guidebook page 128.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Leave Heather Alone 10m. An awkward finger crack leads past a heather clump to the pleasanter arete above. | HS 5a | |
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Black and Decker 10m. The technical left-hand side of the face to easy ground. 4 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | E2 6b |
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D.I.Y. 10m. The a little gem up the centre of the wall linking pockets, slopers and the one useful flake. 3 user comments | 2 Stars Technical | E3 6a |
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Torture Garden 10m. The face just left of the crack has an extended reach for the beckoning pocket. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Reachy Technical | E3 6b |
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Grime 8m. The central crack is better than the name might suggest. | Pumpy | HS 4b |
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Sithee Direct 10m. Boulder up the wall to the overlap where things ease. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | E1 6b |
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Sithee 10m. Start from the block on the right and swing left to reach the pockets then finish direct. | 1 Stars Technical | E1 5b |
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Dot's Slab 12m. Hop onto the left-hand side of the slab then follow the break to the right-hand arete. Step round this to finish up an... 1 user comment | 1 Stars | D |
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Stumpy 8m. The centre of the slab, above the cutaway, on poor holds. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E1 5a |
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Hard Head 10m. The bulge on the right (hard for the short - easy for the tall) then the face just to the left of the arete. 1 user comment | Reachy Rounded | HVS 5b |
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Basil Half-tail 8m. Pull over onto the slab, then head left to the hanging arête. 1 user comment | Technical Strong | E1 5c |
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Tom-cat Slab 8m. The unprotected and precarious centre of the slab. 4 user comments | 1 Stars Crimpy Fluttery | E1 5b |
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Skin Grafter 8m. The right arête of the slab leads to a worrying finale. | Rounded Fluttery | E3 5c |
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Dry Crack 6m. The main angle above the ledge is often wet. 1 user comment | D | |
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Ma's Retreat 8m. From the end of the thin crack in the right wall, head right. | Reachy Technical | E1 6a |
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Surprise 16m. Worth seeking out. Struggle up the short crack on the left then the wider one in the centre of the bulges on good jams. A... | 1 Stars Pumpy | HVS 5b |
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Mother's Day 12m. The crack in the right arete has a couple of steep moves. 1 user comment | Pumpy | VS 4c |
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Warlock 12m. A finger crack and series of walls lead to the left arete. Up this then move right to pull through the bulge with... | Strong Rounded | HVS 5b |
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Afterthought 6m. From a ledge climb the left-hand crack, then the right one. | S 4a | |