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hi,
i am going to be in gogarth on friday but only have a couple of hours so was wondering are there any crags / routes which you can just walk to the base? any grades from HS to E2 would be good.
thanks!

In reply to jussy:
everything on main cliff or the upper tier is abseil free...

In reply to jussy:

The Upper Tier plus the centre and right side of the Main Cliff. And Holyhead Mountain of course - which isn't Gogarth!


Chris

In reply to Dom Whillans:

However some of the approaches stretch the definition of "walk" somewhat....

In reply to jussy:

There is also Rhoscolyn, which is in the Gogarth guide.

In reply to jussy: Thanks. Looking forward to it!

In reply to jussy:

Are you planing to buy a guide before you go, or are you taking a blackberry?

i think i have one of the n wales guidebooks somewehere, with gogarth select routes in it. just need to find it.

In reply to jussy: Castell Helen is a fantastic crag - it is an abseil but an easy one - much quicke than getting down to main cliff. Just bail down a 60m then choose your route. At E2 you must do true moments/freebird... one of the best at gogarth if not the world!

In reply to jussy:

If you only have a couple of hours, you might be better sticking to the shorter Holyhead mountain routes. You would need to be bloody efficient to manage anything else, even single pitch routes (the Strand e.g.)on the upper tier.

Depending on the sort of climbing you like, King Bee crack is a good honest HVS struggle or there is a *** E1 (who's name escapes me) which is pretty amenable steep slab climbing - both on Holyhead mountain.