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North wales climbs lacking single pitch?

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 zimpara 02 Aug 2015
After realising rockfax only published major mountain routes for their north wales climbs. What's the best single pitch Severe+HS+VS around llanberis if the linked below routes are the benchmark multi pitches for
Severe- Gambit Climb (S)
HS- Main Wall (HS 4b)
VS- Mur y Niwl (VS 4c)

So far I've come up with nothing. Maybe this for VS but there's got to be better.
Seamstress (VS 4c)

Not good for two nights worth of browsing.
In reply to zimpara:
Seamstress and Equinox are generally regarded as the two best VS's in the slate quarries and there's little trad to do lower than this grade there.

Apart from the quarries (and the easy stuff at Lion Rocks) there isn't much single pitch in the immediate Llanberis area. Your inclusion of Mur y Niwl suggests that you might want to look further afield in North Wales, in which case some of the main single pitch areas would be

Creigiau Llynnau Mymbyr
Craig Y Tonnau
Craig Pant Ifan (Tremadog) (Tremadog upper tier)
Clogwyn Cyrau
Carreg y Foel Gron
Caseg Ffraith isaf http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=12173
and Holyhead Mountain http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=616

though you'll still struggle to find anything with more than one star in the lower grades. The only UKC *** rated ones that immediately stood out to me were The Shark's Fin (HS 4b) and Conwy Corner (S)
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 BAdhoc 02 Aug 2015

have you looked at Holyhead mountain, it's about. 35min drove from llanberis but it's got free parking and a (near) flat walk in.

Plenty of stuff in the grade range you require, I've personally done Stairs, Birthday Passage and New Boots and Panties which are all good climbs.

*beaten to it!*
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