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Sport
Sun and Shade
Downhill
3 minsA hidden ravine with a good selection of sheltered sport routes that are worth a look in windy weather. The rock is good, and the routes, although short, offer some intense sequences.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Tug on this Jody A bouldery start gains some monos on the top wall to finish. | Technical | 7a |
2 |
Look West & Find Salvation A hard start gains an easing prior to a reachy finishing move. | Reachy | 7a+ |
3 |
Quite Nice Actually Climb the flake to a grunt through the upper overhang. 1 user comment | 6b+ | |
4 |
Little Pinky Ascend some flowstone to a hard move using a mono undercut. | Technical | 6b+ |
5 |
Drilling in the Name Climb the blunt buttress left of Robin Crack directly. | 1 Stars | 6b+ |
6 |
Robin Crack Climb the crack via a loose, but well keyed-in hold. | 1 Stars | 5 |
7 |
Clamped Aggression A good route. Powerful climbing on slopers and finger pockets. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical | 6b+ |
8 |
Back Door to Heaven Start up Clamped Aggression. Traverse right from the high jug into the groove of Heaven Sent. Finish as for this. | V4 | |
9 |
Return to Sender Do the sit-down-start to Clamped Aggression. Traverse low and to the right into the start of Heaven Sent. | V5 | |
10 |
Heaven Sent Gain a groove via holds on the wall to the left. Continue to the breaks (or to the lower-off of Clamped Aggression for a full... 1 user comment | Technical | V6 |
11 |
Straight to Heaven Climb the groove direct. | Technical | V7 |
12 |
Garden Force The flake. This can be done as a route by continuing to the lower off of Clamped Aggression - HVS 5c. There is a direct variant... 2 user comments | V1 | |
13 |
Bastard Crack The name says it all. The thin crack in the arete. 1 user comment | 7a | |
14 |
Plystalker A hard boulder problem past the first bolt. 1 user comment | Technical | 7c |
15 |
No Chutney on His Ferret An awkward crack - one for those with some crack technique. | 5+ | |
16 |
LR Traverse The left-to-right traverse. | V3 | |
17 |
Chapter and Verse The very short groove has gained a grade or two. 5 user comments | 6a | |
18 |
Oatsheaf, Chief A slight rib has also had a serious upgrade. 3 user comments | 5+ | |
19 |
Training for Hubble Good rock. Care needed clipping the second bolt. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Technical Crimpy | 6a+ |
20 |
The Stoning of St.Stephen Tendon-stretching pocket-pulling with a bouldery start. 1 user comment | 2 Stars Strong | 7b+ |
21 |
Mono y Mono A bouldery route just right of The Stoning of St.Stephen. | 1 Stars Technical | 7a+ |
22 |
Cadwallader A strong line up the thin crack-line. 1 user comment | 1 Stars Strong | 6b+ |
23 |
Redundancy Crack 6m. The right-hand crack. 1 user comment | E1 5b | |
24 |
The Martyr A good test-piece, but the old bolts are now rusting. 1 user comment | 2 Stars Technical | 7a+ |
25 |
The Secret Garden The steep wall and groove to the break, then easier ground. 4 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | 6b+ |
26 |
The Beauty of Decay The thin twin cracks. 1 user comment | Technical | 6b+ |
27 |
Flake Away The flake-line up the left-hand side of the pinnacle. | 4 | |
28 |
Portrait of a Lady Take the centre of the pillar between Flake Away and Flaked Out. | Technical | 6c+ |
29 |
Flaked Out A tricky crack leads to the right-hand side of the flake pinnacle. | 4+ | |
30 |
Echoes of Trad The offwidth crack yields to some pleasant ledge shuffling. | 4+ | |
31 |
Test Pilot A technical delight up the corner groove. | 1 Stars | 6a |
32 |
Primordial The wall to the right of Test Pilot. | 1 Stars | 6a+ |
33 |
Touch the Earth The miniscule crack requires disproportionate effort. | 7a | |
34 |
Constant Companion The arete to the right of Touch the Earth. | 5 | |
35 |
Sweet Dreams are Made of This The first route on the small opposing wall. | 3+ | |
36 |
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 A tricky start leads to good holds in the breaks. | 4+ | |
37 |
Rhys Gets Another Monkey Bite The central line has a hard move to pass the upper break. | 5 | |
38 |
Not the Same Mistake Again Kath A hard-to-read sequence to reach the lower-off. | 5+ | |
39 |
Plastic Tractor Another tricky start leads to good holds in the breaks. | 3+ | |
40 |
The Lost Domain The arete passed on the approach above the awkward step. | 6a | |
41 |
Enjoy My Experience On the front face of the ravine is a short route with rusting bolts. | 6c+ | |