Adjacent Areas
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Between the delights of the Flying Buttress Area and the main Raven's Buttress, is a wide wall with over 20 recorded routes. Sadly, the amount of loose rock and vegetation here means that most of them never get done. The best four lines are described in the hope that a bit of traffic will help clean them up. Guidebook page 259.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Malpossessed The groove right of the arete is approached by trending rightwards up the lower wall to the bulges. Pull up into the groove on... | 1 Stars Pumpy | HVS 5b |
2 |
Sneck Climb the wall or the flake to the left (harder) to the bulges. Move left and pull through into the base of the angular groove.... | Loose | HVS 5b |
3 |
The Wick The long, angular groove on the right passes a substantial tree at 10m. Exit rightwards up near vertical meadows. A bit (or... | Loose | VS 4b |
4 |
Rock Biter Nice, well-protected climbing up the thin cracks 10m left of the next descent gully starting from a grassy ledge. | 1 Stars Crimpy | HVS 5a |