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8 minsBrimham's tallest buttress has a selection of climbs as good as you could wish for. Apart from the classic buttress of Birch Tree Wall and the slippery chasm of Lover's Leap Chimney, there are plenty of other climbs to delight and tease. Guidebook page 146.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Who Need Friends 10m. Climb a flake to a break and continue to a flared horizontal (poor Friends - who needs 'em) then move left to reach a... | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E3 5c |
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Difficult Crack 8m. The flake-crack leads to a wide awkward cleft. | Graunchy | VD |
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Enigma 12m. Climb to the roof and pass it on the right before moving carefully back left to a ledge. Balance up the final groove to... | 1 Stars Rounded | E1 5b |
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Birch Tree Wall Top 50 16m. The classic of the crag. Climb a groove then move rightwards to a ledge on the arete. Traverse the shelf (an ancient... 2 user comments | 3 Stars Rounded | VS 4c |
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Love Bug 16m. Climb the crack in the left wall of the huge gully to its end then traverse the break left to the arete. Follow this with... 2 user comments | 1 Stars Rounded | HVS 5a |
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Left Wall Top 50 14m. The soaring left wall of the rift offers a sterling challenge. Climb the crack to its end then a thinner crack to its... 4 user comments | 3 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E5 6a |
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Resurrection 14m. A hard pitch that links the cave of Lover's Leap Chimney with the finish of Left Wall. | 1 Stars | E6 6b |
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Lover's Leap Chimney 16m. A venerable classic with the polish to prove it. Climb the very slippery crack on the left (hard - many fail here) to... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Graunchy | VD 4b |
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Lover's Leap Chimney Right 16m. From the same start exit up the more taxing right-hand rift. | 1 Stars | S 4b |
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Ambidexter 14m. A weird wandering route, though with some interesting climbing and more interesting positions. Climb to the top of the... | 1 Stars | HVS 5a |
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Right Wall 14m. A pleasant climb meandering up the right-hand wall of the chimney. Start left of the arete and climb to a large ledge... | 2 Stars | VS 4c |
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Anniversary Arete The right arete of the widening crack. | 1 Stars Pumpy | V4 6b |
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Nameless Chimney 14m. Around the arete is widening chimney that leads easily to ledges in its depths. It is the narrowing continuation crack... | 2 Stars Technical Graunchy | HS 4b |
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Stepped Buttress 14m. An eliminate but with some good moves. Climb the centre of the slab (V2) to a ledge then the narrow rib to a tough exit... | Technical Rounded | E1 6a |
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President's Progress 14m. Climb the short awkward chimney (avoidable on the right) to a platform then bridge the wide upper section. 4 user comments | 1 Stars Graunchy | HVD |
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Left Edge 10m. A filler-in but while you are in the area. Climb to the | Rounded | HS 4b |
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Lichen Slab 8m. The centre of the polished slab is a popular beginners' climb, on the right end of the rope. | 1 Stars Rounded | VD |
