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The Sanctuary has a small collection of steep routes in an out-of-the-way setting. As with all quarried rock, care is required here; helmets are sensible, as is standing to the side of climbers in action. Guidebook page 128.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
By Caesarean The left-hand line, left of the orange streak. 1 user comment | 5+ | |
2 |
New Arrivals Just to the right of the orange streak. 1 user comment | 6a+ | |
3 |
Expecting The better rock on the right-hand side of the wall. 1 user comment | 5 | |
4 |
Premature Up the arete, left of a grotty groove that splits the face. | Loose | 6a |
5 |
Induction Program The narrower buttress to the right of a grotty groove. | Loose | 5 |
6 |
Safe Haven The first route on the main section of the face loops slightly left. Not the most solid pitch in the world. | Loose | 5+ |
7 |
The Hollow Man Climb direct, treating the rock with care. | Loose | 5 |
8 |
Christian Salvage Man A steep wall passing the overlap early on, with a sneaky finger-jug at mid-height. Good moves. 3 user comments | 1 Stars | 6a |
9 |
Which Depp-Artment Pull through the overlap, then climb up and rightwards. | 6a+ | |
10 |
Ichabod From the block, head straight up the wall, then left. Tricky. | 5+ | |
11 |
Sleepy Hollow The blunt rib gives pleasant and tricky moves. 3 user comments | 1 Stars Pumpy | 6a+ |
12 |
Bonny Helena A squeezed-in line. | 5 | |
13 |
Gone for a Tim Burton From broken flakes, climb left of the dirt streak. 2 user comments | 1 Stars | 5 |
14 |
The Height Below Take the brown streak almost into the groove, then trend left. | 5 | |
15 |
The Sanctuarian The steep wall with a double overlap is tough. | Technical | 6c |
16 |
For Haven's Sake The right-hand side of the steep wall and overhang above. 1 user comment | 1 Stars | 6b |
17 |
Downtown The shallow groove is nicely technical. 2 user comments | 1 Stars Technical | 6b |
18 |
What Lies Beneath The next route has a tricky wall just below the lower-off. 1 user comment | Technical | 6b |
19 |
Haven or Hell The final pillar gives a few steep moves. | 6a | |
