Adjacent Areas
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The West Face is the small facet of rock that faces towards the car park. It is rather eclipsed by the routes to either side but has a small selection of well polished pitches, and a couple of much harder offerings that see little action. Around the corner in the dingy gully that divides the cliff in two are a few more routes. Guidebook page 106.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Syrett's Roof The centre of the roof is usually well chalked. A highball. 2 user comments | 2 Stars Strong | V6 6b |
2 |
Zig-zag 10m. Climb the slanting groove to the roof then swing left and use a juggy flake in the roof to pull out left onto the final... | 1 Stars Strong | HS 4c |
3 |
Zig-zag Direct 10m. Take Zig-zag to the roof but eschew all zigging and zagging and pull straight over using good holds and solid jams. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Strong | VS 4c |
4 |
The Goblin 12m. Pass the ‘goblin's eyes' with difficulty and no gear, then shuffle left and crawl into the final wide crack - all awkward.... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Rounded Graunchy | HS 4b |
5 |
Orchrist 12m. The huge nose is crossed on mega-pockets, sadly gaining the wall above the lip is desperate. Runners in the far wall of... | 1 Stars Strong Pumpy | E5 6b |
6 |
Si's Arete The tiny arete gives a classic problem. Start from sitting. | 2 Stars Crimpy | V6 6b |
7 |
Clematis 10m. This is the left-hand one through a series of reachy bulges, finishing leftwards up a shallow groove. | 1 Stars Reachy | E2 5c |
8 |
Oubliette 8m. The right-hand line follows a shallow fingery groove entered from the right and exited (rapidly) rightwards. | 1 Stars Technical | E2 6a |
9 |
Tight Chimney 8m. The gloomy slot tucked away in the left wall of the gully is worth a squirm. | 1 Stars Graunchy | M |
10 |
Rift Crack 8m. The right-hand of the two hanging cracks is tricky to access | 1 Stars Strong | VS 4c |
