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The final section of castle Naze is a series of small buttresses perched above a steep rocky slope. The routes here are not as good as on the main section but there are one or two things of interest.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Hodgkinson's Chimney 6m. The short rift high on the left. 1 user comment | M | |
2 |
South Buttress 14m. The crest of the buttress on good holds leads to ledge and to a finish through a notch. 2 user comments | D | |
3 |
V-Chimney 8m. The long greenish groove gives pleasant climbing. A couple of jammed flakes help. | 1 Stars | D |
4 |
Southern Arete 8m. The well-positioned ridge that bounds the groove on its right-hand side. | HS 4b | |
5 |
Bubbly Wall 6m. The short crinkled wall has little in the way of gear and an unpleasant landing. | HVS 5a | |
6 |
Vanishing Crack 8m. Start in a groove and climb the crack that springs leftwards from its apex. The jamming crack through the bulge has... 3 user comments | 1 Stars | HS 4b |
7 |
The Vice 8m. Unlike its Stanage namesake, the crack and groove are pleasant enough. | VD | |
8 |
Struggle 5m. The restricted cleft and parallel cracks in the right-hand side of the buttress are more vice-like than The Vice. | HS 4b | |
9 |
Boomerang 4m. The wide block-filled fissure on the left. | M | |
10 |
Boomerang Buttress 6m. The arete, starting from blocks and finishing over a perched boulder. | VS 4b | |
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Overhanging Chimney 6m. The awkward leaning crack just right. | HVD | |