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The best of the harder routes at Harpur Hill is found on a fine wave formation on the lower walls; Cairn is well worth seeking out by all who are qualified. Most of the rest of the routes are rather better than their appearance may suggest. Guidebook page 126.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Inconsiderate Blinking The thin crack on the left and the arete above. | 6a+ | |
2 |
Unilateral Thinking Climb the wall just to the right of a short arete low down on the upper section, trending right. 1 user comment | Technical | 6c |
3 |
The Light The wall further right has some good fingery climbing. | 1 Stars Crimpy | 7a |
4 |
Take Flight The thin crack leads to a scoop and short arete. | 6c+ | |
5 |
Buxton Goes French Thin moves up the narrow slab. The right-hand arete is taboo if you really want the full tick. | 6b+ | |
6 |
Outer Limits Climb the left-hand side of the striking sharp arete. 1 user comment | 2 Stars | 6b |
7 |
Twilight Zone The right-hand side of the arete to the same lower-off. | 6a+ | |
8 |
Argy Bargy Tackle the steep sidewall of the buttress. | 5 | |
9 |
The Misfits The flake leads to a thin crack then a short-lived headwall. | Loose | 6a |
10 |
Hissing Sid Climb to a small roof, pull over and balance up the wall. 2 user comments | Technical Loose | 6b |
11 |
Slippery Bill Climb the orange crack and groove to the right. | HVS 5a | |
12 |
Ratline The thin crack is harder than it looks and has great moves. 5 user comments | 2 Stars Technical Pumpy | 7b+ |
13 |
Cairn Top 50 The best route here but getting polished. Gain the wavey flake via a hard move, then climb this with powerful moves past the... 8 user comments | 3 Stars Reachy Pumpy | 7a |
14 |
Stealth A fine line spoilt by the horribly sharp finger-trashing pocket on the crux. Follow Cairn to the third bolt then stretch across... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Crimpy | 7a+ |
15 |
Great White Climb round the roof using the crack on the right. The direct version of the slab is Orca, 6a+. 4 user comments | 6a | |
16 |
The Naked Spur The rather totty arete is the easiest hereabouts. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Loose | 5 |
17 |
Assault and Battery The grotty wall in the alcove is marked by golden bolts. | 6b+ | |
18 |
Trial and Error The angular, undercut arete gives some intense climbing, but the top arete is artificial. Rockfall may have affected the route. | 7a | |
19 |
Senile Delinquents The flake and wide crack to the roof then pull over this. 6 user comments | 2 Stars | 5+ |
20 |
Cabin Fever The wall and overlap just right; a squeezed-in line. | 6b | |
21 |
Fred Flintstone The brown wall is climbed past a worm feature. Belay on the ledge for this and the next two routes. The crack to the left is S... 1 user comment | VS 4b | |
22 |
Barney Rubble Climb the crack just to the right to the same belay. | VS 4c | |
23 |
Yabba Dabba Doo! The short crack on the right-hand side of the wall. | HS 4b | |
24 |
Breakfast at Safeways The left-hand line on the clean final slab. Polished. 3 user comments | 1 Stars Fluttery | 6b |
25 |
Jam Butty Mines Crack Balance up to the crack then follow it to the top. 2 user comments | 1 Stars | VS 4c |
26 |
99p Special From JBMC, climb the face just to the right. Avoid the arete. 3 user comments | Technical | 6b |
27 |
Food for Sport The arete has a problematic start. 2 user comments | 1 Stars | 6a |
28 |
Over Easy The next little arete, on its right-hand side this time. | Rounded | 6a |
29 |
Full Set Technical face-climbing on the right-hand side of the wall. | Technical | 6a+ |
30 |
Short Sport The small face. It can be climbed on the arete at an easier 6a. | 6b | |
