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Winter
No sun
Uphill
40 minsWindy
NY 342158 750m. N Facing. Approach from Swirls Car Park at GR 315169. A Large broken crag with mainly easy routes but potential for short technical pitches. Comes into winter condition quickly and is popular. A good linkup is to do a route on Brown Cove Crags then continue over the top over Helvellyn to descend Swirral Edge and do a route on the Red Tarn Face. Descent: To the NW (right side looking at the crag).
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Right Buttress Crack 100m. Takes the wide crack line up the middle of the slabby buttress. 1) 10m. Climb a groove from foot of the buttress to a... | 1 Stars | III |
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Central Gully 150m. The gully that splits the RH and LH buttresses. Interesting ice pitch at the start, then straightforward to the top. If... 3 user comments | I/II | |
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Summer Scramble 160m.Follows the line of a popular summer line. Climb walls and grooves at will to the foot of a rock rib which is followed to... | 1 Stars | II |
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Left Buttress 170m.Pick a line up the left hand side of the buttress.Difficulties can taken or avoided at will. At the final steepening trend... | II | |
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Left Buttress Variation finish 30m. Takes a steep line up the final tower. Follow a weakness up a groove and the turfy wall above to the top. | III | |
