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Short, steep walls and quality cracks alternate. The area was once quarried which explains the angular nature of the rock and the piles of rubble in front. The right-hand side offers some extended problems for the boulderer/soloist and a few easier offerings for quick-ticking. Guidebook page 106.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Concept of Kinky 10m. The hanging flakes are tough and protection is minimal. | 1 Stars Reachy Technical | E6 6b |
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Good Clean Fun 10m. From a couple of moves up The Wobbler, stride out left to access the face and climb it by fierce pulls. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical | E4 6b |
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The Iain Farrar Experience The direct start without using side-runners. | E5 7a | |
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The Wobbler 10m. Climb the fierce left-hand crack by finger jamming, then layback the cluster of cracks rightwards, often with a quiver. 3 user comments | 2 Stars Technical | E1 5c |
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Gameo 10m. Trend right to climb the rounded arete. | Rounded Fluttery | E2 5b |
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Avril 8m. Climb the pleasant jamming crack on good lockers. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Pumpy | HS 4b |
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Mai 8m. The thin cracks. | VS 4b | |
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Mars 8m. The diagonal flake left of the groove has a tricky start. | HVD 4a | |
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February Crack 6m. Short-lived but steep moves up the main angle. 1 user comment | 1 Stars | HS 4b |
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Exaltation 8m. Fierce climbing and a good target for a hot day since it is in the shade. The original line, Saltation, finished by... | 2 Stars Reachy Technical | E5 6c |
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Old Salt 10m. Climb the front arete of the buttress using the curving crack to gain a small ledge (5b for shorties). Move leftwards to... 7 user comments | 2 Stars Reachy | HVS 5a |
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Rimmington Place 10m. A hard finish to Old Salt up the flying right arete. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Strong | E2 5c |
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Valediction 8m. Climb this through overhangs on jams and hidden jugs. Short-lived but worthwhile. 5 user comments | 1 Stars Pumpy | HVS 5a |
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Monad 6m. The wall left of the chimney has a desperate start on a tiny, polished foothold. Bridging back to the opposite wall is one... 2 user comments | Technical | E2 6a |
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Boomerang Chimney 6m. The banana-shaped rift is often a slippery struggle. | S 4a | |
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Twin Cracks 6m. The parallel cracks just right of the chimney. | 1 Stars | VD |
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Quiver 5m. The short crack ends in the middle of the wall, undercut for the break and wobble up the final move on rounded holds. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Rounded | HVS 5c |
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Arrow Crack 5m. The crack right of Quiver doesn’t run out halfway up the wall hence it proves to be a bit less demanding. 2 user comments | 1 Stars | VS 5a |
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Blinkers 5m. A narrow face with rounded holds. | Technical Rounded | VS 5b |
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Balance 6m. The left-trending ramp is a worthwhile easier climb. | D | |
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Problem Crack 6m. The thin crack has one taxing layback/finger jam move. | Crimpy | VS 5b |
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Microbe 6m. Climb the thin crack with a useful pocket, passing a narrow overlap early on. 4 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | HVS 5c |
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Germ 6m. A short wall with a taxing finale. 3 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | E2 6a |
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Crumbling Crack 6m. Better than appearances (and the name) might suggest! | Loose | HS 4b |
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Problem Corner 6m. Bridge the blank groove which bounds the wall on its right. Short and sweet. | 1 Stars | VS 5b |
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Love Handles 3m. The wall right of the corner lacks the expected jugs! 2 user comments | Technical | V3 |
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Mr M'Quod and the Anti-rock Squad 4m. A short-lived arete. | Technical | HVS 5c |