Adjacent Areas
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Beyond the tall imposing mass of West Buttress, the crag continues in a less impressive fashion, though it does have a nice selection of short routes that are invariably quiet. The first piece of rock is a squat jutting pillar. Guidebook page 292.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Bonneville 6m. Hop abord and sprint up the taxing jutting arete. | 1 Stars Technical | E3 6c |
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Penfold The direct start to T.C. with your left-hand on the arete. | 1 Stars Technical Strong | V8 6c |
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T.C. 6m. Start up the groove of Mole and traverse left along the break where a useful pocket allows the top to be reached. 1 user comment | Rounded | E3 5c |
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Mole 6m. The groove in the first of the angles. | 1 Stars | S 4a |
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Just Arrested 8m. Start up Mole but head right past a ledge to a groove. | E2 5b | |
6 |
Just Ice 8m. Basically a direct start to the finishing groove of Just Arrested, starting below and right of the groove. | Technical | E3 6a |
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Out On The Wall Gully 10m. Climb the chimney right of the block, then the right wall. | D | |
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Overpowered 8m. Taxing moves up the leaning wall left of the prow. | Technical | E5 6c |
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Pink Lane 8m. Pull onto the crinkly left wall of the groove, then traverse towards the arete and a ledge. Move back right to finish. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Crimpy | E1 5b |
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Facing Facts 6m. Straight up the wall from the start of Pink Lane. | E2 5c | |
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Little Leaner 6m. Climb the left wall of the little leaning corner to good holds, then use these to finish to the right. 1 user comment | 2 Stars Technical Crimpy | VS 5a |
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Bede Crack 6m. The angle is worth doing despite the vegetation. | S 4a | |
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Grease 8m. Start up Bede Crack but traverse right along the lip of the roof to a pocket, making bold and fingery moves to finish. A... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical Rounded Fluttery | E4 6a |
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Mimic 6m. Pull through the bulge then move right to the rounded arete. | Rounded Fluttery | E3 5c |
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St. Cuthbert's Crack 6m. The next groove westwards is tricky. | 1 Stars Technical | VS 5a |
16 |
Slab Corner 8m. The angle between the steep wall and the slab. | VD | |
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The Apprentice 8m. Start up the blunt left arete and gain the hanging green groove up and right. | 1 Stars Technical | E4 6b |
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The Magician Top 50 8m. The amazing main arete of the wall. A highball V9. | 2 Stars Technical Rounded | E7 7a |
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The Plumber 8m. The right wall of the buttress on surprisingly poor holds and a complete lack of polish. | 1 Stars Rounded Fluttery | E5 6b |