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GR.215067 750m SE Facing There is potential for some desperate modern mixed routes here, the hard pitches to have been climbed already have involved abseil approaches. A cloudy cold spell is needed to bring the crag into condition for hard mixed routes. When it does come into condition next, this may be where the hardest routes in the Lakes could be found. It is not known whether or not any of the existing hard routes on the crag have been repeated and as such the grades should be treated with caution. Approach: Via Brown Tongue as for Scafell.

Route (click for voting and user comments)		Symbols	Grade
1	Mickledore Chimney 115m. The distinctive chimney 50m down from Mickledore, it is possible to escape from below the first choskstone.		III
2	Variation Finish 15m. A good ice pitch often forms on the left side of the upper gully.		IV
3	Variation Start Just right of the bottom of Mickledore Chimney, a groove gives a short ice pitch with a hard start.		III
4	Tia Maria 50m. When the left wall of Mickledore Chimney steepens this follows the first crack system up the steep left wall.		V 6
5	Overhanging Wall 50m. Start at an overhung ledge 10m left of the wall. This is the only route to start at the bottom of the crag. A corner to...		V 6
6	Minotaur 75m. Abseil Approaches were used on the following routes		VI 5
7	May Day Direct		VI 6
8	White Slab 40m.		III 3
9	Overhanging Wall-Original Finish 45m.		IV 5
10	Slime Chimney 130m. Follow the summer line.		IV 4
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Steep Gill Direct start
"Felt like a sustained, technical 6, with gear not always easy to spot in a moss ..." 15/Mar

Slingsby's Chimney Route
"Just adding to above, Slingsby's Chimney's desperate but only for about three mo..." 05/Apr

Moss Gill
"climbed moss gill on 16/3/06 and agree with much of above and would put it at V ..." 31/Mar

The Direct Route
"The start we took direct and seemed fairly tough and steep to me for a grade (II..." 23/Mar

Moss Gill
"Did Moss Ghyll on 18.3.06 in good condition. To my mind the pitches were: 1. ..." 20/Mar

The Direct Route
"A good start and then the route eases until below the obvious cascade where a va..." 14/Nov

Great Gully
"The right hand finish is by far the better way from the amphitheatre. In good co..." 14/Sep

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