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Hound Tor

Devon, ENGLAND

Climbs 147 – Rocktype Granite – Altitude 380m a.s.l – Faces SW

Crag features
Hound Tor is a popular place in the Summer for many reasons.

Firstly it was made famous after Sherlock Holmes encounter here with a grim and fearfull beast that can still be seen on nights of a Full Moon. In recent times its popularity stems from its sheep trimmed lawns which are a Picnicing Paradise (great place for the family while you climb), the local car park (with "The Hound of the Basketmeals" mobile cafe) and the views from the summit, all of which bring holidaymakers from far and wide.

After giving up on finding Stegadacea Chimney, the Trad climber will no doubt seek out the excellent Suspension Flake and Aerobic Wall before wondering which monkey put up Hung like a Baboon.

The Boulderer could look to P6 to warm up before visiting the essential Sharks Fin Boulder, 5C Wall, the mean P23 & the jug filled P102. Feeling lucky, the hardcore Boulderer can consider Prowed, Cosmetix, The Barrel Rockover & The Cream Traverse amongst others.

Finally either trad climbers or boulderers can try out Skin Graft just to ensure they have absolutely no skin left at the end of the day.

The Nick White guide includes major routes but for a much more comprehensive view of this Granite Gem (IMHO essential) go to the javu.co.uk website.

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Guidebooks
Boulder Britain (2011), West Country Climbs (2010), South Devon & Dartmoor New Routes Supplement (2007), South Devon and Dartmoor (1995)

Climbs at this crag

Sort climbs
 Climb nameGradex
 THE PERCHED BLOCK AREA  
2Kisvaen CornerE3 6a 3
3The HobbitE5 6b  
4Sheep May Safely GrazeS 4a 86
5Perched Block ChimneyM 32
6Hob Hound EasyVD 6
7HobhoundE3 5b 20
8HobbleE5 6c  
9Toltec TwostepE5 6b ***11
10Toltec Twostep DirectE5 6c  
11Suspension FlakeVS 4c ***563
12Cantilever DirectHS 4b 35
13Cantilever CrackVS 4c 58
14JanelleHS 4b *7
15Last FlingerHVS 6a 29
16P5 (Javu)V3 6a 15
17P6 (Javu)V2 5c **47
18Wall on slopersV1 12
19P7 (Javu)VB 3c 79
20P8 (Javu)VB 4c 79
21P9 (Javu)none 4c 47
22P10 (Javu)V4 6b 4
23P11 (Javu)V4 6b 3
24P12 (Javu)VB 4c 11
25FogouVS 4c *35
26P13 (Javu)V0- 4a 14
27P15 (Javu)V0 5c 4
28Dead Dog RibE2 5b 11
29P19 (Javu)none 4c 6
30P 22 (Javu)VB 4c 21
31P23 (Javu)V4 6b ***25
32P24(Javu)V4 6b **4
33P26 (javu)V0 5a 9
34P27 (Javu)V5 6a/b 3
35P28 (Javu)none 5a *7
 SHARKS FIN AREA  
37P29 (Javu)V0- 5a 110
38P30 (Javu)V3 6a *60
39Shark's FinV1 5c ***264
40Sharks Fin Double DynoV1 5b ***33
41WishV5 6b 31
42The Wish (low start)V7 6c 4
43MakoV11  
44P34 (javu)V7 3
45P36 (Javu)V0 5c 13
46P37 (Javu)V1 5c 6
47Barnaby's CrackV2 6a 3
48Ozzie's WallHS 4b **18
49Problem: 40 (Javu)V2 6a **4
50Problem: 42 (Javu)none 6a **4
 TOP HAT AREA  
52Problem: 44 (Javu)S 4a *24
53Top HatM 17
54P45 (Javu)none 4a 35
55P46 (Javu)none 5a 26
56P47 (Javu)none 4b 31
57P48 (Javu)none 4c 29
58P49 (Javu)none 5a 25
59P50 (Javu)none 3c **48
60P51 (Javu)VB 3c 25
61Pr52 (Javu)none 5c 4
62Project P: 53 (Javu)none  
63P54 (Javu)V2 6a 7
 AEROBIC WALL  
65Aerobic WallE2 5c **238
66P56 (Javu)E2 6a 5
67Limbo DancerE4 5c *30
68P58 (Javu)E4 6a  
69P59 (Javu)E3 5b 1
70Aerobic TraverseV2 5c **46
 SKIN GRAFT BOULDER  
72Skin GraftV2 5c *66
73CosmetixV5 6b *31
 5C WALL AREA  
75P62 (Javu)VB 4c 33
76P63 (Javu)none 6b 20
77P64 (Javu)V0 5a 46
78P65 (Javu)V3 6a **47
795c WallV1 5b **137
80P67 (Javu)none 6b 14
81Filet MignonVB 4a *2
 Climb nameGradex
82Chav-WagonV1 5b *4
83The HornV1 5c **94
 ANAEROBIC WALL  
85P69 (Javu)none 5a 4
86Anaerobic WallE1 5c **44
87Anaerobic AreteE2 6a 41
88P72 (Javu)none 5b 4
89P73 (Javu)none 5b 3
 TOP OF THE TOR  
91P74 (Javu)V1 5c  
92Top ProwV3 6a **6
93William CrossingV5 6b  
94P77 (Javu)V2 6a  
 THE LITTLE PROW AREA  
96ProwlerVS 5a 90
97Little Prow (boulder problem)V2 5c **71
98Little ProwE1 5c *57
99ProwedV5 6b **33
100P81 (Javu)none 6b 1
101P82 (Javu)V0 5b 25
102Little Prow TraverseV5 6b/c *10
103P84 (Javu)V6 6c 3
104Raw Onion BoyzE2 6a *4
105ScornE4 6a 6
106P87 (Javu)V0 5b 6
 THE PULPIT BLOCK  
108Stegadacea ChimneyD 28
109Stegadacea Chimney (variation)S 4a 2
110AvariceE3 5c * 
111Hydraulic AreteHVS 5b *129
112Right ChimneyVD 26
113The ViceVD *218
114PaddyM 247
115PulpitVD 307
116P91 (Javu)HS 5a *45
117DevonleighHVD **149
 LIARS DICE WALL  
119Liars DiceS 4a *490
120P93 (Javu)VS 4b 26
121Liar's areteVD 24
122P94 (Javu)HS 4b 21
123P95 (Javu)V1 5c *27
124P96 (Javu)none 6b 8
 THE SHADY SIDE OF THE AVENUE  
126Downward BoundE2 5c *15
127Rob's Cracknone 5b 6
128Rob's Bum Cracknone 5c 3
129P100 (Javu) aka Overhanging JugsV0- 4c ***31
130It Goes at About VdiffVD 6
 FULL MOON SECTOR  
132P101 (Javu)none 4c 3
133P102 (Javu)V1 5b **52
134P103 (Javu)V2 6a *32
135P104 (Javu)none 4c 29
136Teenage Mutant Ninja SlippersHVS 4c 13
137Full MoonE3 5c *2
 THE TUPPY BOULDER  
139P107 (Javu)V4 6b 3
140TuppyV9 6c 1
141The Barrell RockoverV5 6b *5
142Stray Dog (Gone Defective)V9 6c * 
143?V8 **4
 THE DARK HALF  
145Skuzz BucketE4 6a *1
146Hung Like a BaboonE5 6c *1
147Never Trust a MonkeyE6 6c  
148P112 (Javu)V3 6a 1
149P113 (Javu)V5 6b 2
150Alan SmithV9 7a *5
151Project P: 115 (Javu)none  
152The Cream TraverseV8 6c **9
153The NewtD 4
154Skin Graft TooVB ?? 1
155BICTON!!!f6B+ ***3
156PROB 102 + A BIT MOREV1 6a  
157P100b (Javu) Jugs sit startV7 *1
158The Savile FeelingE5 6b *4
159Wall on slopers sit start *f6B 1
160Groove *font 4 1
161Arete *font 4 1
162Easy Wall *font 4 1

* Climbs listed in red are waiting to be checked by a crag moderator, and may not be accurate.

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Access notes
From the M5, continue onto the A38 then follow signs to Bovey Tracey.

From the Bovey roundabout (the second, look for the Granite block feature), turn left following signs firstly for Moretonhampstead, then left to Widecombe in the Moor.

Keep on going up the great big hill that eventually brings you out at Hay Tor. Hound Tor is on the other side of the valley to Hay Tor so keep on going round till you can turn right onto the other side of the Valley. If your going down a big hill turn around.

Another mile on, Hound Tor becomes visible (on right), turn right and park up. Two minute walk in.

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Note also that Hound tor is quite special in tha way that many of these problems are somewhere in the grey area between bouldering and soloing *ahem* "highball". The grading system works where V grades apply to normal length boulder problems, if there is no Trad grade but a tech grade it probabally doesnt deserve a rope but then again you probabally don't want to fall off the top.
John_Warner - 29/Apr/07

With help from some others, especially freelancer_85, (nearly) all routes and boulder problems have been added. However - many of these routes have no descriptions - or stars, this isn't because the crag is pants, theyre just unknown. So if you climb a route make sure you vote on it, and if you have a sensible description that differs from the Javu one feel free to add it. Cheers
John_Warner - 29/Apr/07