Stanage has routes of every grade from the easiest of bumbles to climbs at the limit of human ability. It also has climbing of every style and there is enough here to keep most climbers ticking over for at least half a lifetime. A trip up the long bracken-covered slopes to sample the delights of the High Neb region of Stanage will be rewarded with some great classics and sometimes slightly less overcrowding than on the other sections.

Photo: High Neb © ROCKFAX

ROUTES

148 trad routes (M...E7) Graded List of Routes List of First Ascents

Buttress (click for routes)	No. of Routes	Route Type	Sunshine or shade	Approach walk	Other	Page
Twin Buttress and Meson A couple of neglected buttresses with some worthwhile climbs. The out-of-the-way nature partly...	14			25 mins		111
Exodus Two isolated buttresses which are well worth a look if you are after orange spot routes. The...	10			20 mins		112
Cosmic Crack A steep overhang-peppered buttress with a good collection of routes. Although short, most of them...	9			20 mins		114
Travesties A pair walls of split by a deep chimney. The similarity between the two facets, especially the...	11			18 mins		115
Blurter The classic devious trip of Blurter is the main attraction of this area but there are a couple of...	10			15 mins		116
Fate and Youth A pair of pleasant slabby faces that are always popular, mainly due to the easy angle of the rock...	14			15 mins		117
High Neb High Neb offers some superb climbing in a majestic location and, except for sunny summer weekends,...	40			12 mins		118
The Causeway Crags A series of small but interesting buttresses lost in the no-man's-land between High Neb and The...	23			15 mins		122
Enclosure Buttress The iron fencing that gave the buttress its name has almost all gone now, from around what is...	17			15 mins		124
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Impossible Slab
"This route, if you start left of inaccessible crack, is 'Love of my knife'.It go..." 23/Jul

Norse Corner Climb
"Bit of a tricky start (fell on my back after a slip low down!) that leads into a..." 13/Jun

Fate
"I'm 5'8 and didn't find this reachy at all. I guess you could force a blinkered ..." 10/May

Impossible Slab
"a little confused, i started up beautician and then on the top slab climbed a li..." 27/Apr

High Neb Buttress Variations
"I found the 'hidden holds' but they didn't help me much - definitely more than 5..." 24/Apr

Central Buttress
"Hardest VS I have ever tried!" 26/Oct

Central Buttress
"The topo in the latest guide shows the initial traverse being high up, at the fi..." 12/Oct

Deuteronomy
"Bloody awkward and hard work from the off. What appear to be bomber jams or sid..." 28/Sep

Kelly's Overhang
"Splendid fun. By Pythonists definition, I did the E1, but I like this sort of t..." 18/Sep

Cent
"I used to solo this regularly in the eighties when it was graded VS 5b. Whether ..." 26/Aug

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