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The Sea Walls are the most popular section of The Avon Gorge and have a line-up of easily-accessed routes to please most tastes, these range from the super serious to the amenable ramble. The most popular climbs are polished, although in cool conditions it isn't a problem. Guidebook page 52.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Gronk Top 50 A fascinating outing that takes in plenty of exciting situations and has some surprisingly difficult moves. The first pitch is... | 2 Stars Technical | VS 4c |
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Morpheus Top 50 A long and popular trip that has masses of interesting climbing punctuated with good belay ledges. The climbing is fairly tough... | 2 Stars Technical Pumpy | HVD |
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Sleepwalk Top 50 A Sea Walls classic that sees plenty of action. The climbing is bold on the third pitch but is fairly straightforward and not... 1 user comment | 2 Stars Pumpy | S 4a |
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Ffoeg's Folly A great combination of pitches taking the left-hand of two parallel grooves in the centre of the walls - the visually striking... | 2 Stars Technical | E2 5c |
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Last Slip A superb bold and memorable climb taking the blank wall and soaring groove right of Ffoeg's Folly. Start right of the... | 3 Stars Fluttery | E3 5c |
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Nightmare Top 50 An Avon trade route that, although polished, is still a very classy piece of climbing. It is worth noting that the long runout... 1 user comment | 2 Stars Pumpy Fluttery | S 4a |
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Edgemaster Top 50 A stunning line and very hard climbing combine to yield a memorable testpiece. Start below a steep wall with a narrow, white... | 3 Stars Fluttery | E6 6b |
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Padansac Top 50 A popular little climb that follows the tapering open groove right of the steep white-stained wall. Start below the open... | 2 Stars Technical Pumpy | E2 5c |
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Simian A butch exercise. Start below a recess 3m above the ground with a borehole strike at its back. 30m. Move up to the borehole,... | 1 Stars Reachy Strong | HVS 5a |
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Daydream One of the best single-pitch climbs on this section of the cliff, high in the grade. Start below a thin crack-line just right... | 1 Stars Technical Pumpy | VS 5a |
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Idleburger Buttress A popular line that, although well-travelled, is still worthwhile. It is endowed with good gear on its hardest moves at... | 1 Stars Pumpy | VD |
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Floating Voter A snaking line that possesses a couple of testing moves. Start at a rightward-leading narrow ramp, left of a brown-stained... | 1 Stars Technical | VS 4c |
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Jasper A very polished local classic that is high in the grade, but does involve some fine climbing. Start at the corner right of the... | 1 Stars Technical Pumpy | HVS 5b |
