Adjacent Areas
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The buttresses closest to the car park are the most popular in the area and not just because they see more sun than the rest of the cliff. In general the routes are pleasant, if a little unremarkable, though Sunset itself is well worth doing. Guidebook page 260.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Ulysses 16m. The isolated buttress on the left gives a pleasant pitch. Start just right of the rowan and climb up to a groove where an... 1 user comment | 1 Stars | VD |
2 |
Chockstone Chimney 24m. Climb the open groove into a grassy bay (some loose rock) then trend left to the base of the actual chimney, corked by the... 2 user comments | 1 Stars Loose | D |
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Sunset Direct 22m. The blocky arete left of Sunset gives a good, if rather artificial, pitch. Start up a shallow clean-cut groove and at its... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Reachy Technical | HVS 5a |
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Sunset Top 50 24m. The classic of this part of the crag, with good climbing and a sunny aspect. Thought by some to be the best Severe between... 3 user comments | 3 Stars | S 4a |
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Twin Cracks 20m. Start up the obviously-named feature(s) to reach a square rock-scar, pass this awkwardly to reach a breather in a niche to... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical | VS 5a |
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Jackdaw 18m. The blocky crack forms an easier start to the next route and is only included because it is quite popular. | D | |
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Layback Buttress 18m. A nice start up the curving layback crack leads to more mundane ramblings through the trees via a wide crack and the short... | Pumpy | VD |
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Route 1 16m. The groove cutting up the first piece of rock passed is quite pleasant. 1 user comment | VD | |
