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The left-hand side of the cliff is the least popular, the routes are short and they don't get much sunshine so tend to be green. Good on hot days though. Guidebook page 214.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Broughton Ridge 6m. Hop onto the polished arete from the left. Direct is 5a. | Rounded | VD |
2 |
Bench Mark Crack 7m. The short corner is tricky. | 1 Stars Graunchy | HS 4b |
3 |
Bench Mark Wall 7m. The tiny groove just right is almost always green. | Technical | E1 6a |
4 |
Psycho Syndicate 8m. The desperate wall via a couple of peg scars. | 1 Stars Technical Crimpy | E4 6b |
5 |
Tiny's Arete Direct 8m. The taxing arete is started from the left. | 1 Stars Technical | HVS 5b |
6 |
Tiny's Dilemma Direct 8m. Climb the wall avoiding the crack to the right. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Crimpy | HVS 5a |
7 |
Tiny's Dilemma 8m. Climb the cracked corner until it is possible to stride left onto a good foothold. Continue direct. | 1 Stars | S 4b |
8 |
Morning Wall 6m. Balance up the centre of the delicate slab to a ledge and finish through the notch above. | 1 Stars | S 4a |
9 |
Rookery Nook 9m. A widening chimney to the ledge, move left under the roof to join the final moves of Tiny's Dilemma. | VD | |
10 |
Green Wall 5m. Climb the wall (steep) using a thin crack. Often less green than it looks. | HS 4c | |
11 |
Sheep Walk Slab 8m. A diagonal traverse heading up and right to finish up the short chimney on the right. | 1 Stars Rounded | M |
12 |
Flake, Wall and Crack 6m. Start from a flake protruding from the lower end of the Sheep Walk. Clamber onto a ledge then climb the cracks above. | Pumpy | HS 4b |
13 |
Solomon's Porch 6m. Start around the arete at the wide crack. Climb this until the arete on the left can be reached for a finish. A start up... | Pumpy | HS 4b |
14 |
Lurch 6m. Leap and lurch up the arete just to the right. Loss of a holds has made this harder than it used to be. | Reachy | VS 5a |
15 |
Humpty Dumpty 6m. From a finger-shaped block, climb the short slab then the sweet jamming crack above. | Pumpy | VD |
