UKC

22m, 2 pitches.

Rockfax Description
1) 4a, 14m. Balance up the slab then follow the crack to a stance below the bulges. A left-hand start is a grade easier.
2) 8m. Move right and squirm up the groove to outflank the overhangs then finish direct up the arete or the face to its left. © Rockfax

FA. Bowden Black 1945.

Ticklists

Twelve fine routes in the lower grades at the Roaches , BMC staffordshire slab exam , The Roaches - Routes Graded List , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , Western Peak Grit 100 VD - VS , ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List , 100 Western Grit Stars , Roaches w sobote? :) , Northern (Yorkshire !?) Climbs for a Southerner , Consolidation and developmental path to VS , Wired Peak District Grit Graded List , Level 1 Peak Trad Routes , Graham Hoey’s Best Peak District Gritstone Routes for Beginners , Diffage Comp , 2024 , Morgan's List

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Itsthegasman 20 Aug, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: No protection on first slab, mild moves though and fairly easy for the grade, nice exposure near the top
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βeta: No protection on first slab, mild moves though and fairly easy for the grade, nice exposure near the top
THE.WALRUS 28 Mar, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Really excellent route - certainly worth 3*'s. Fabulous final section. I've rated it as severe as there isn't any gear for the first 9 meters.
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βeta: Really excellent route - certainly worth 3*'s. Fabulous final section. I've rated it as severe as there isn't any gear for the first 9 meters.
Iain Thow 19 Mar, 2007 Show βeta
βeta: Agree with Paul Smith, V Diff, and surely not a Top 50 route
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βeta: Agree with Paul Smith, V Diff, and surely not a Top 50 route
Paul at work 27 Jul, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: Again this is Vdiff, slightly bold start, and the chipped runners are now very worn as offwidth as pointed out.
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βeta: Again this is Vdiff, slightly bold start, and the chipped runners are now very worn as offwidth as pointed out.
Offwidth 4 May, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: The chipped nut runner placement on the lower slab is already very worn and now almost useless. We'd previously overlooked the juggy right side of the upper arete: very worthwhile if you've climbed the route before.
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βeta: The chipped nut runner placement on the lower slab is already very worn and now almost useless. We'd previously overlooked the juggy right side of the upper arete: very worthwhile if you've climbed the route before.

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Route of Interest
Phallic Crack

Grade: HVD 4a ***
(Ramshaw Rocks)

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