UKC

18m.

Rockfax Description
Nice and steady. Start below the centre of the face, trend left then right through bulges. Stay left of Balcony Buttress's crack then, from the ledge, pull through the centre of the roof to finish. © Rockfax

FA. Chris Craggs 1993.

Ticklists

ROCKFAX Eastern Grit (2006): Top 500 , Stanage Routes BMC Graded List , Peak Gritstone S-HVS **+ , 'Soft' Peak HVSs. , Ultimate HVS ticklist , Eastern Grit 2 star plus (HVS/VS/HS) , Stanage Popular , Severe Stanage , Eastern Grit 2015 - Top 500 HVS , 2022 Rockfax Eastern Grit Graded List

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milanboez 21 Sep, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: Excellent! HVS #5 for me. Exciting end.
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βeta: Excellent! HVS #5 for me. Exciting end.
stp 31 Mar, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: I wouldn't call the top 'strenuous' or 'powerful' (Stanage guide). Compared to typical Stanage HVS's which are often pretty thuggish this is not too bad.
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βeta: I wouldn't call the top 'strenuous' or 'powerful' (Stanage guide). Compared to typical Stanage HVS's which are often pretty thuggish this is not too bad.
Richard 261 13 Jun, 2007 Show βeta
βeta: Exellent route, Well worth doing. The protection is a bit sparse at the bottom where it's V easy anyway, but superb protection leading up to and at the crux. Nice pull over the roof on good holds. Loved it.
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βeta: Exellent route, Well worth doing. The protection is a bit sparse at the bottom where it's V easy anyway, but superb protection leading up to and at the crux. Nice pull over the roof on good holds. Loved it.
John Parkin 11 Aug, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: Have to admit to resorting to the right knee on the ledge to get established at the start! I agree with high 5a, it feels harder because of the awkward position you're in. Exhilerating finish in the wind, quite committing but the holds are there in the back of the final horizontal break, glad the notch at the top was good!!
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βeta: Have to admit to resorting to the right knee on the ledge to get established at the start! I agree with high 5a, it feels harder because of the awkward position you're in. Exhilerating finish in the wind, quite committing but the holds are there in the back of the final horizontal break, glad the notch at the top was good!!
Nick Smith - Climbers 15 Aug, 2002 Show βeta
βeta: An excellent route, but the line in the guide seems a bit too left at the start. You can start the route under the overhang on the left, but it looks like holds have snapped off and it is more like 5b/c! Start further right at a more reasonable 5a.
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βeta: An excellent route, but the line in the guide seems a bit too left at the start. You can start the route under the overhang on the left, but it looks like holds have snapped off and it is more like 5b/c! Start further right at a more reasonable 5a.

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Grade: HVS 5b ***
(Cratcliffe Tor)

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