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winter evening sun uphill
30 mins		 windy

GR.210083 300m E Facing Because these routes start from such a low altitude a prolonged cold snap is needed to bring them into condition. Approach: Follow the Styhead path from Wasdale and follow Lingmell beck instead of ascending up across the screes. Descent: Either descend the corridor path to Styhead or from the summit of Lingmell descend to join the path back down to Wasdale via Brown Tongue.

Route (click for voting and user comments) Symbols Grade
1
 Piers Gill
follow the line of the gill it may give three short ice pitches		 II/III
2
 Pier Review
300m. Climb the first obvious line out of Piers Gill. One steep pitch to the Corridor,		 V 4
3
 Straight Gill
240m. Start after the second pitch of Piers Gill or traverse in across the slopes of Lingmell on the right of piers gill.		 II/III
4
 Straight Gill Right Hand Arete
190m. Follow the right hand arête, the route can be varied to fit the conditions. A brilliant mountaineering outing.		 III 4
5
 Right Branch of Greta Gill
50m. GR.217085 In a hard freeze an icefall forms.		 II/III
6
 Left Branch of Greta Gill
From a pool climb a short wall and the snow slope above. Continue up the gully and headwall above to belay on the left.		 III
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WASDALE
Crenation Ridge
"Some difficult short steps, we thought II 4 the day we did it!" 04/May

Steep Gill Direct start
"Felt like a sustained, technical 6, with gear not always easy to spot in a moss ..." 15/Mar top50

Slingsby's Chimney Route
"Just adding to above, Slingsby's Chimney's desperate but only for about three mo..." 05/Apr top50

Moss Gill
"climbed moss gill on 16/3/06 and agree with much of above and would put it at V ..." 31/Mar top50

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

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