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Afternoon sun
Uphill
25 minsWindy
A fine secluded slab with some poorly protected lower-grade routes. The area is best visited late on summer evenings when it gets the sun - it tends to be VERY green in winter. Guidebook page 102.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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The Rack 12m. The wide crack in the groove on the far left. Often green. | D | |
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Another Turn 12m. Delicate and unprotected in its lower section. The steeper upper part has both runners and holds. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Fluttery | VS 4a |
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Steamin' 14m. Start just right of the arete and climb delicately, passing the right-hand edge of a thin overlap. From the ledge, climb a... 5 user comments | 1 Stars Reachy | E1 5b |
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The Pinion 16m. Begin as for Steamin' but trend rightwards to a ledge - the corbel. Move right then up to the break, then right and up to... 4 user comments | 1 Stars | HVD |
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The Ariel 16m. Start just left of the overhang and trend diagonally leftwards to join The Pinion on the corbel. Climb to the break and... 2 user comments | 2 Stars | VD |
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The Green Streak 12m. Go directly up the slab just left of the overhang with good delicate moves on spaced pockets. There is some protection! 10 user comments | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
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Incursion 14m. Climb The Green Streak until a delicate traverse out right gains the hanging slab. The next couple of moves are the crux... 15 user comments | 1 Stars Fluttery | E1 5b |
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Incursion Direct 12m. Climb the centre of the overhang by pulling rightwards to pockets. Finish up the slab as for the original. A hard move but... 2 user comments | 1 Stars Rounded | E1 6a |
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Low Rider A desperate boulder traverse. Traverse the lip and pull up to the break on slopers. | 1 Stars Technical Strong | V10 7a |
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High Flyer 12m. From a boulder under the overhanging right arete of the slab, swing leftwards to gain a good hold and a foot ledge down... 2 user comments | 1 Stars Fluttery | E4 6a |
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Chip Shop Brawl 12m. From the tip of the block leap on to the hanging arete and power up it. Short-lived but tough, it may leave you well... 1 user comment | 1 Stars Strong Fluttery | E5 6c |
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Caliban's Cave 12m. The dark narrowing chimney gives awkward back-and-footing to a ledge on the left. Tricky moves are needed to pass the... | 1 Stars Graunchy | HS 4b |
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The Tempest 12m. Start right of the chimney and climb to a thin pocket then make harder moves up and right. Continue direct by pleasant... | Technical | VS 5a |
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Prospero's Climb 12m. Climb the centre of the slab to a ledge then move left to reach and climb the prominent and mild layback flake. 4 user comments | 2 Stars | VD |
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The Crab Crawl 12m. Start below the left-hand edge of a small overlap at 3m. Climb past the overlap then continue up the slab in a direct... 5 user comments | 2 Stars | S 4a |
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Crab Crawl Arete 12m. Start at the right edge of the slab and follow the arete throughout by lovely balance climbing. 3 user comments | 2 Stars | VS 4c |
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The Vice 10m. The leaning widening crack is climbed by strenuous jamming to a gruesome shelving exit where the crack flares. Gritstone... 9 user comments | 2 Stars Strong Graunchy | E1 5b |
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Nursery Crack 6m. The wide crack in the tower in the centre of the bay remains a rarely repeated enigma - it was graded Diff for years. 1 user comment | Strong | VS 5b |