The Big Blue Face

Adjacent Areas
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DWS

Afternoon sun

Downhill

10 mins

Tidal

Windy

The Big Blue Face is easy to identify, being much lighter in colour and more ochre-stained than its opposite neighbour. Guidebook page 145.

Route (click for voting and user comments)		Symbols	Grade
1	Jean Reno 15m. A very hard start gives way to some great moves up the low, hanging prow. Abseil down to start in the black open groove,...	1 Stars DWS Technical Strong	7a S0
2	Luc Besson 13m. The start is shared with the next route and the route eases considerably after a tricky start. Locate the small, slanting... 1 user comment	DWS Technical	6a+ S0
3	Ong-Bak 13m. Nare Head's hardest route is also one of the best. A classic crank, based around the overlaps in the centre of the west...	2 Stars DWS Technical Strong	7b+ S1
4	Link-up: Ong-Bak - Big Blue 13m. This excellent link-up is, as yet, unrealised. Follow the initial holds of Ong-Bak rightwards, until it's possible to...	DWS	7a S0
5	The Big Blue 13m. The arete in the centre of the east face is striking, and the climbing tricky and technical. After your abseil down the...	2 Stars DWS Technical Pumpy	6b+ S0
6	Carlo Varini 12m. The seaward arete is named after the genius of The Big Blue's camera maestro. Take a high tide for the traverse in; climb...	1 Stars DWS Technical Pumpy Crimpy	6c S2