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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref SO 562155 (OS Landranger #162)

Symonds Yat

Gloucestershire, ENGLAND

Climbs 463 – Rocktype Limestone – Altitude 108m a.s.l – Faces NW

Crag features
A characterful and adventurous crag with a bit of a misinformed negative reputation. Very good steep and juggy limestone which is often much better than it first appears, mainly sound but with occasional looseness in places, so always take care. One of the major climbable areas in the Wye Valley, in an idyllic setting, a great variety in rock features, including a pinnacle and caves, a good spread of routes across the grade range and the bonus of parking and a tea shack at the top!! Some real classic routes and always a quiet esoteric corner to explore. Mainly single-pitch routes 10m up to 30 metres plus some longer two pitch routes spread around the place. Protection tends to be solid but can be spaced with sometimes bold starts. SY has had a reputation for sandbag grades, but this is now a thing of the past (See current 2010 CC guide). Because of the tree cover and steepness of the rock, most of the crag remains dry after long spells of rain in the Summer, although the paths below become extremely muddy under foot.

A recent overhaul and reappraisal has been carried out for the excellent new Climber's Club definitive guide (2010)

Weather forecast

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Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast

Guidebooks
Wye Valley supplement 2012 (2012), Symonds Yat (2010)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	THE INTRODUCTORY ROCKS
2	Fin-ish	VS 4b	19
3	Soderama	VD	56
4	Garlic	D	100
5	Babies Making Choices	HS 4b	23
6	B-B-B-Boon	VS 4c	33
7	Gibbon	HS 4b	110
8	Dwarf	HS 4b	73
9	Funky Gibbon	HS 4c	108
10	Funky Dung	HVS 5b	34
11	Stumper	VD	141
12	Hedgehog Sandwich	S 4a	89
13	Derek, The Flightless Hedgehog	HVS 5a	48
14	Cave Wall	VD	138
15	Jackal's Arête	HS 4b	75
16	Jackal's Wall	E1 5b	18
17	Jackal's Gully	D	151
18	Hi Ena! Arête	HVS 5a	19
19	Victor Crack	S 4a	118
20	Fetid Dingo's Kidneys	E1 5a	17
21	Snitch	HVS 4c	49
22	Snatch	HVS 5a	27
23	Twitch	HVS 4c	19
24	Borderline	E3 5c	5
25	Quick Tick	E4 6a	8
26	Slick Trick	E5 6a	5
27	Up the Neck	E3 5c	16
28	The Bulger	HVS 4c	25
29	Slavers of the Slobs	HVS 4c	6
30	Wanderer	D	34
31	Crikey	VD	40
32	Problematic	E1 6a	3
33	Overhanging Vee	VD	18
34	Free The Severn Sisters	E1 5a	9
35	Pre-Amble	VD	59
36	Ambler	S 4a *	198
37	Krakatoa	HVS 5b	19
38	Vesuvius	E2 5b	21
39	Sucker	E4 5c	7
40	Coruscation	E2 5b	9
41	Little Roden	E3 5c	9
42	Etna	HS 4a *	122
43	Blood Brother	HS 4a	47
44	Odd-Bod	HS 4a	21
45	Odd-Job	S 4a	12
46	Sentry Slab	S 4a	16
47	Sentinel	S 4a	32
48	Blackhead	HS 4a	11
49	Gnome's Groan	E1 5b	8
50	Goblin's Grumble	VS 4c	24
51	Pylon's Plaint	E1 5b	2
52	Leprechaun's Lament	E2 5c	9
53	Aquarius	E5 6a	1
54	Modern Man	E3 6a *	5
55	The Promised Land	E5 6a	1
56	Milk and Honey	E5 6a	1
57	Agoraphobia	E1 5b *	21
58	Agoraphobia Direct Start	E5 6a	1
59	Mind Games	E4 5c *	5
60	Brain Strain	E3 5c *	5
61	The Casbah	E2 5c	6
62	The Bizarre Start	E3 6b	1
63	Powerthrill	E3 6a *	1
64	Psych-up	E5 6b *	1
65	Isobel's Wall	E2 5c	2
66	Sludge Pump	D	4
67	A Few Awkward Spots	E3 5c
	HOLLOW ROCK AREA
69	Long Man	HVS 5a	6
70	Senior Moment	E5 6a	3
71	Matchstick Man	HVS 5a *	45
72	Deepee	E6 6a *	5
73	Fat Man	HVS 5a	15
74	Crack and Slab	VD	114
75	Recall	D	13
76	Recollection	D	38
77	Cascade	HS 4b	44
78	Brief Encounter	HS 4b	5
79	Thirty Thousand Peces	HS 4b
80	Bull in a Gateway	HS 4b	12
81	Root Route	D	58
82	Route Right of Root Route	VD	4
83	Lego Pensioner	E1 5c	30
84	Meccano Kid	E1 5c	21
85	Magic	E2 5c	5
86	Snoozin' Suzie	VD **	764
87	A Right Carry On	HS 4b *	119
88	Suzie Jewel	HS 4a	5
89	Jewel in the Crown	E2 5a	2
90	Too Loose for the Shrieking Goose	E3 5c	3
91	Heroes	E2 5b	2
92	Biblin Wall	HVS 5b *	12
93	High Jack	E1 5b	1
94	Take Fewer Puffs	E2 5c
95	The Navvy	E1 5b	3
96	Crunch	E4 6a	2
97	Looking Through Gary Gibson's Eyes	E2 5c
98	Absent Friends	E2 5b	3
99	Phizzog	HVS 5a *	17
100	Diamond Groove	VS 4c *	15
101	Rough Diamond	HVS 5a	5
102	Direct Finish	E1 5b
103	The Beak	E2 5b *	12
104	Scooby Doo	HVS 5a *	21
105	The Russian	HVS 5a **	206
106	White Orchid	E5 6a	2
107	Monsterific	E2 5c	5
108	Christmas Carrolls	E2 5b
109	Mockingbird	HVS 4c *	30
110	Newcastle Arms	HVS 4c	3
111	Red Rose Speedway	HVS 5a ***	225
112	Dont Fear The Reaper	E4 6a *	2
113	Lord of the Dance	HVS 5b	2
114	Big Daddy	E5 6b	2
115	Offspring	VS 4c *	132
116	The Wasteland	E3 6a *	19
117	Apologies	E4 6a *	1
118	Too Freaked to Speak	E4 6a	5
119	The Ankh	E2 5c **	53
120	White Lie	E3 5c
121	Terminator	E5 6b	1
122	Black Tulip	E4 6a **	5
123	Suicide	E4 6a	1
124	Thriller	E4 6a	2
125	Fortune Favours the Brave	E4 6a **	3
126	King Crab	E3 6a *	7
127	Hole in the Wall	HVS 5a *	87
128	Where Have All the Flowers Gone?	E1 5b	11
129	The Penny Dropped	E2 5c *	20
130	Sweden	E3 5c **	9
131	Peacock	VS 4b *	187
132	Yorker	HVS 4c	5
133	Grobbler	VS 4c	35
134	Argonaut	VS 4b	44
135	Golden Fleece	HS 4b **	826
136	Golden Fleece - Left-Hand Finish	S 4a *	1
137	Never Trust a Smiling Cat	E2 5c *	40
138	The Druid	VS 4c **	259
139	The Staff	E1 5b	31
140	Exchange	VS 4b *	450
141	Track Shoe	HS 4b	53
142	Transformer	HS 4b	8
143	Transformer - Direct Start	E1 5c	2
144	Yat Chimney	D	16
145	Liver And Onions	VD	37
146	Flying Machine	VD	69
147	Cracktit	HS 4b	12
148	Happy Birthday	VD	2
149	A Story Like the Wind	E2 5c
150	Boar in the Woods	VS 4b	4
151	Chevron	HVS 5a	6
152	Tony Didn't Done This	E1 5a	4
153	Oh! Yes He Did	E3 5c	6
154	English Country Garden	HVS 5a *	28
155	Green Grow the Grollies Oh!	VS 4c *	99
156	Past Purple	VS 4c	32
157	Fly Lice	HS 4b	49
158	Fly Lice - Direct Start	E1 5b	1
159	Training for Everest	HVS 5a	14
160	Trundlebum Rex	S *	276
161	Footpad	HVS 5b	6
162	Footpad - Direct Start	E1 5b	4
163	Big Bad C	VS 4c *	52
164	Ramblin' Rose	HS 4b	6
165	Ryan's Daughter	E2 5c
166	Pull Yourselves Off	HVS 5b *	4
	THE WHITE WALL
168	Motorway Madness	E3 5c *	2
169	Tales of the Riverbank	E3 5c	1
170	The Last Valley	E3 5b	3
171	Ego Warrior	E1 5b *	13
172	Run Robert Run	E3 5c *	7
173	Edward the First	E2 5b *	17
174	Strathdon	E1 5b *	34
175	Mister Strathdon	E2 5b	1
176	Double Die Hard	E3 6a **	14
177	The Bell	HVS 5b	3
178	Yates	HVS 5a	1
179	Owl Capone	E2 5b *	10
180	Britannia	VS 4c	6
181	One True Path	HVS 5a *	13
182	Priory	VS 4b	18
183	Geriatrix	HVS 4c	5
184	Nefarious	E4 6b	1
185	The Redeemed Finish	E5 6b *	1
186	Night Nurse	E1 5b *	5
	THE WATERPIPE BAY
188	Parachute (1)	HS 4b	117
189	Tanzania	HVS 5a	2
190	The Empty Days (1)	HVS 5a	2
191	White Hart (1)	VS 4b	25
192	Water Torture	E2 5b	11
193	Bold and Nosey	E1 5b	15
194	Gumshoe	HVS 5a	28
195	Slidewater Shuffle (1)	VS 4b	35
196	The Bathroom Window	VS 4b	7
197	Flight	VS 4b *	87
198	Flight Deck	HVS 5a *	31
199	Arrow Root (1)	VD	150
200	Fletch	VS 4b	9
201	Parachute (2)	S 4a *	24
202	Every Day's Like Sunday	E4 6a	2
203	Black Heart	E3 5c	2
204	Knots in May	E3 5c *	3
205	Fly on the Wall	HVS 5a *	8
206	Just a Wallflower	E1 5b	2
207	Jack of Diamonds	VS 4b	10
208	Slidewater Shuffle (2)	VS 4b	1
209	Mean Mr. Mustard	HVS 4c	2
210	Sinergen (2)	HVS 4c	14
211	Afterbirth	S 4a	20
212	Suspicion	VS 4b	14
213	Locust	VD	60
214	Temik	HS 4a	15
215	Chorion	E1 5b	4
216	Earthbound	VD	10
217	The Stud Cat from Jersey	E2 5b	4
218	Embryo	VD	70
219	Jilted John	S 4a *	51
220	Peace for Margy	HVS 5a	4
221	Baboon	E2 5c	1
222	Orang-utan	E2 5b	1
223	Mork	HVS 5a	3
224	Crumble Crack	HVS 5a	3
225	Arrow Root (2)	M	17
226	The Seven Deadly Dwarves	VD *	64
227	Rootin Toot	VD	87
228	Farewell	HS 4b	34
229	Broken Root	D	38
230	Musta Bindun	VD	43
231	Wondermash	HVS 5a	8
232	Otak	VS 4b *	18
233	Busy Hands is Happy Hands	HVS 5a *	9
234	Rite Root	D	41
235	Small Potatoes	E1 5c	4

	Climb name	Grade	x

236	Arachnid	E1 5b	16
237	Oniscus	E3 6a	4
238	Mr Flex	E5 6b *	3
239	Feel the Pinch	E2 5c	2
240	The Jewess	E3 5c **	8
241	Flexi Jerkoff	E5 6a	2
242	Big Girl	E1 5b	4
243	Dave's Downfall	HS 4b	16
244	Drunk	VS 4c	5
245	Leaders of Men	HVS 5a	3
246	Loony on the Loose	VS 4b	6
247	Black Dandruff	HVS 4c	4
	THE LONG STONE AREA
249	Azoic	S 4a	60
250	Nikabrik	D	51
251	GMT	VS 4a	11
252	Cave Arête	HS 4a	13
253	Vote ECO	VD	1
254	Last Fling	HS 4a	8
255	Tongue In Cheek	E2 5c	1
256	Lickin' The Lip	E4 6a	1
257	Alpenistes Left Hand	E2 5c *	4
258	Alpinistes	E1 5b	15
259	Fate for Breakfast	E2 5a	1
260	Breakfast in America	HS 4b	14
261	Porridge	VD	21
262	Muesli	HVS 5b	3
263	Lurcher	HVS 4c	16
264	Time Is Short	E2 5b	12
265	Red Rack	VD	98
266	Slanting Slot	VS 5a	28
267	Dead Churchills	E2 5b *	24
268	The Little Red Edge	VD *	63
269	Needle Rock Gully	D	124
270	Crypsis	VD	15
	LONGSTONE PINNACLE
272	Minerva	S 4b	20
273	Golden Suspender	E2 5c	2
274	Vertigo	S *	455
275	Petticoat Lane	E1 5b	8
276	Ten Years On	HVS 5a	4
277	Whitt	VS 4c ***	287
278	Orange Wall	HVS 5a **	34
279	Free Radical	E2 5c **	19
280	Heart of Oak	E4 6a **	5
281	Strong Medicine	E4 6a *	2
282	Two Hundred	E2 5b *	1
	INSANITY CAVE
284	Staircase	VD	38
285	Banister	S	56
286	Arch Wall	HVS 4c	44
287	Homo Erectus	E5 6a	11
288	Piggy Malone	E4 6a	30
289	Baissé Freussard	E6 6b *	2
290	On the Lip of Insanity	E7 6b ***	3
291	Troglodyte	E3 6a *	1
292	Perimeter	HS 4b	42
293	Tea on a Rainy Day	VD 4a *	157
294	Weatherman	D	28
295	A Winters Tail	D	2
296	Midsummer Delay	HS 4a	2
297	Descender	D	15
298	Four Seasons	D	12
299	Spring Clean	HS 4b	8
300	Okay Fingers	E5 6b *	1
301	Autumn Dream	VS 4c	4
302	Autumn's Dawn	HVS 5a *	5
303	King of the Swingers	E1 5c *	1
	BOWLERS HOLE AREA
305	Sudatorium	S 4a	6
306	The Gay Raven	E1 5c	5
307	Dancer on the Wind	VS 4c	10
308	Nansen Corner	S *	162
309	Bookworm	VS 4b	49
310	Bookworm/Bludgeon	HVS 5a	19
311	Bludgeon	HVS 5a
312	Claptrap	VS 4b	17
313	Episcopalian Toothpick	E1 5a	15
314	Nansen Crack	S *	191
315	Presbyterian Toothpick	HVS 5a	18
316	Mango Highway	E2 5b	23
317	Mango Chutney	E2 5c	1
318	Kipper Crack	VS 4c *	45
319	Deadline	E3 5c **	5
320	God Knows	E3 5b	3
321	Kebbo	HS 4b *	85
322	Tolk	HVS 4c *	20
323	Salyut	E3 5c	3
324	She's Lost Control	E2 5b *	5
325	Predator	HVS 5a	3
326	Albany	HS 4a *	87
327	Salutation	VS 4c	24
328	Heart of the Tree	E1 5b	2
329	Tree Root	E1 5a	1
330	Caving Direct	VS 4b	2
331	Fire Lighter	VS 4c	5
332	Scar Trek	E5 6a
333	On Bondai Beach	E6 6b *	1
334	Space : The final frontier...	E5 6b *	1
335	Cave Route	E2 5c	6
336	Slab Route II	E2 5c	2
337	The Trip	E1 5b **	23
338	Yongona	E3 5b *	7
339	Headbanger	E1 5b	4
340	Blackie Boy	HS 4a	9
341	Highways Of The Sun	VS 4c	3
342	Roger's Route	VS 4b	1
343	Lynda's Route	E1 5b	11
344	Sunset Chaser	HS 4a	7
345	The Grockett	E3 5b	2
346	Sickle	HVS 5a *	4
347	The Book of British Trees	S	14
348	Angela	HS 4c	9
349	Paul	HS 4b	1
350	Prima Gravida	E3 5c *	6
351	Out The Bottle	E3 5c	1
352	Tiger Cub Special	VS 5a *	29
353	Old Gringo	VS 4b	10
354	Pistol	S	72
355	Zymurgy	S	34
356	Fuck the Royal Wedding	VS 4b	1
357	Scatology	S	114
358	Homoeopath	S *	191
359	Lucifer	E1 5b	9
360	Abacus	VS 4c	16
361	Tufty Club Special	HVS 4c	6
362	Gripfruit Juice	HS 4b	36
363	Rebelious Jukebox	HVS 5b	3
364	Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll	E3 6a	8
365	Indian Rope Trick	HVS 5b	3
366	Hibernation	VD	34
367	Catch-22	HS 4a	23
368	However Ugly Society Becomes, Nature Will Always Be Beautiful	E1 5b	3
369	Novitiate	VD	38
370	Andy Randy	HS	25
371	Looby Loo	S	18
372	Old Hands	VD	16
373	Plopalot	VD	14
374	Tarzan's Nuts	VD	24
375	Seth's Cloth	S 4a	18
376	Awopbopalubop Awambamboom	VS 4c	3
	FAR SOUTH BAY AREA
378	Emerald	VD	53
379	Traveller's Rest	VD *	91
380	Fat Cat	E3 6a	1
381	Stress Arête	E1 5b *	38
382	Wimple	HS 4b	2
383	Is It A Banana?	E5 6b *	1
384	Oomigooli Groove	E1 5b *	27
385	Snatch-Back	E4 6a *	2
386	Devil Dog	E3 5c	1
387	Clever Cat	E4 6a	2
388	Winky Wanky Wall	E1 5a	12
389	Thin Lion	E1 5b	2
390	Central Route	VD	57
391	Mellow Yellow	E1 5b *	8
392	Pure Gold	E4 6b	1
393	Yellow Grip Road	E2 5c *	11
394	Yellow Grip Groove	E1 5a	5
395	Yellow Peril	HVS 5a	12
396	Julep	S	11
397	Cornergrot	D	17
398	Farewell to Arms	E1 5b	3
399	Moss Wall	HS 4b	7
400	Pot and Glass	VS 4c	11
401	My Noble Son Seth	E2 5b **	24
402	The Scamp	HVS 5a *	16
403	Rhubarb	HS 4b *	45
404	Red Menace	HVS 5b *	5
405	Red Shift	VS 4c *	11
406	Eddie Collins	HS 4b	1
407	Dennis the Menace	E2 6a	1
408	Burning Up	E3 5c	2
409	Forbidden Colours	E4 5c *	1
410	Rainbow Warrior	E2 5c **	10
411	Deep Six	E3 5c *	2
412	Pam's Pride	VS 4c **	55
413	Myxomatosis	VS 4c *	23
414	Return of the Gladiator	VS 4c *	9
415	Sagitta	S 4b	24
416	An Error of Judgement	HS 4a	11
417	Barry the Whale's Right Leg	E1 5b	3
418	Sarcoptes	HVS 5b *	24
419	Launch Berry	E1 5b	7
420	Joyce's Route	S 4a **	120
421	No Charge	E1 5c	5
422	Charge Transfer	HVS 5b *	16
423	Little Big Man	HVS 5a	3
424	Che	HVS 5b	4
	THE CRIMEAN WALL
426	Grubbocks	VS 5a	4
427	Milky Tum	E1 5b	6
428	Marshall's Retreat	HS 4b	9
429	Jo's Advance	E1 5b	5
430	Let's Run It Up the Flagpole and See Who Salutes It	HVS 5b	7
431	Hold Fire	E1 5c	3
432	Fire at Will	HVS 5a	2
433	Which One's Will?	D	1
434	Take Cover	D	1
435	Take Aim	D	1
	NEW ORLEANS BUTTRESS
437	Sweep	D	11
438	Happy Ending	E2 5a	9
439	Birthday Arête	HVS 5a *	16
440	Mister Kerr Sir	VS 4c	15
441	Alabama	VD	25
442	Everything's Gone Green	E1 5b	9
443	Cotton Club Crack	HS 4b	23
444	John Hollingsworth	HVS 4c	8
445	Masquerade	VD	37
446	Mardi Gras	D	38
447	The Big Easy	HS 4c	36
448	Plantation Chimney	D	51
449	Southern Comfort	VS 4c *	32
450	Louisiana Belle	HS 4b	39
451	Plop	E3 6a *	6
452	Mississippi	D	37
453	Baton Rouge	VS 4b	25
454	Mystic Magpie	HS 4a	16
455	How D'ya Like Them Apples?	HVS 5a	11
456	Ick	VS 5a	10
	FINAL ROCKS
458	Babster	VS 5a	3
459	The Crab God	HS 4a	1
460	The Pylon King	E4 6b **	4
461	Bwor	none 5a	4
462	Eeyah	none 4c	5
463	Author Alert	D	1
464	Pants in the Hedgerow	VS 5a	4
465	Super Duper Bad Boy Finish	E3 6b	1
466	Bee Alert	HS 4b	2
467	Yew Country	E1 5c	5
468	A Little Rustling	S	6
469	Finality	E3 5c *	4

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Access notes
To reach SY from Bristol, cross the old Severn Bridge, pass Chepstow on the A48 and take the B4228 through Tutshill and Woodcroft along the top of Wintour's Leap. Continue for 10 miles to Coleford from where SY should be signposted -- watch out for the turning right a short way up the hill that leaves the town, carry on straight

across the Pike House crossroads. In less than a mile, almost opposite the church of Christchurch, there is a small crossroads and then immediately an oblique fork to the left; take this (B4432). After about a mile, after The Rock Inn on your right, there is a well-signed entrance to the main car-parking area to the left (Pay and Display). Note that this car park closes at dusk, so late finishers should seek out alternative parking arrangements just a little bit further up the road on the right.

Access to SY have been painstakingly and patiently negotiated. Note that the areas known as 'Yat Rock' and 'Coldwell Rocks' are now out of bounds for climbers. In previous guides these areas have come under the collective name of 'The Western Cliffs'. Also out of bounds are 'The Seven Sisters' (sometimes called Symmonds Yat West), and in fact all the other outlying limestone crags. This is due to the prescence of rare flora and fauna. Please do consult the guide for the specifics of SY access.
Read more... Regional Access notes are available from the BMC.

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USER FEEDBACK

Hi Jay1902, think you might be out of luck with the sport climbing at Symonds, if you look at the routes on the page there are 3 routes with a sport grading, not much help if your after a load of sport or a day out! I'd try Ban-Y-Gor or tintern, some great sport climbing there!! P.s do you work at go outdoors in gloucester??
McKEuan

- 16/May/11

Hi, i'm relatively new to climbing, and i'm starting to sport climb outside, are there many sports routes here??
Jay1902 - 03/Mar/11

The Pike House pub has been flattened this week. It's signposted to Ross & Symonds Yat.
morticiaskeeper - 23/Oct/09

The dodgey pillar at the start of "Coruscation" and "Little Roden" has now collapsed leaving a steeper but much more solid start, however, the crucial small wire placement just above has shattered (not linked with the rockfall), subsequently "Coruscation" is now E2 5c and "Little Roden" E3 5c.
The Pylon King - 14/Aug/09

Currently being checked for new C.C. guide due early 2010, lots of routes being cleaned of loose rock and vegetation as well as threads and peg replacement. All bolts are being removed. Check this database for current individual route information.
The Pylon King - 08/Nov/08

Keep in mind that The Russian, graded HVS 5a, is a serious undertaking. It was a notorious sandbag when graded at VS but even at HVS it has seen many falls and at least one recent fatality. http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=144389 Although somewhat polished it is a great route but it requires the knowledge to place small wiress in less than perfect placements while under pressure. The route seduces you to take one or more moves up in the hope of finding a bomber placement that just doesn't materialise. With the right approach it is well enough protected but having led it recently I would have no argument with E1 5a.
poey50 - 29/Aug/08

not so popular with the folks on here but never the less a good place to climb. Lots of intersting features (mud and loose blocks to name a couple!) but worth a visit and certainly very different if you're a grit climber
hereforded - 21/May/07

Stay away from inroductory rocks and far south. Although both have some lovely climbing, these are particularly popular with groups and to say that some of the rock is polished is an understatement! I live near the "yat" and I feel that it's had to many negative comments about the state of the rock i.e loose and dirty holds. There are some awesome climbs there and it definitely has it's own unique personality. Anyone visiting the wye valley should give it a go and a trip to wintours leap is also definitely recommended (but give yourself plenty of time to find your route as it can be a bit tricky).
petercollins - 25/Jul/06

have to say that SY is home to some excellent climbing despite what some people say, my top ten would be...1.RedRoseSpeedway (HVS), high in the grade but well worth it! 2.The Ankh (E2) superb! 3. Stress Arete (E1) 4. Whitt (VS) great for a first trip to the longstone pinnacle. 5. The Russian (HVS) easier than "red rose speedway" 6. Golden Fleece (S) wonderful openbook corner 7. Bookworm (HS) excellent entry moves 8. Snoozin' Suzie (VDiff) easy climbing but great intro to multipitch routes 9. Winky Wanky Wall (E1) Brave the runout for some of the best wall clinbing at the yat 10. Nansen's Corner (S) good for a first lead
AlexP - 28/Dec/02

Worth the trip just for 'The Russian' (HVS 5a? ***) which got my season off to a flying start a couple of years ago.
Will Judge - 04/Nov/02

Symonds Yat has a character all of its own and is particularly suitable for middle grade climbers, with some excellent routes in the range Severe to HVS, although some of the harder routes (within the range of ordinary mortals, not the occasional E6 horror) are challenging and good value as well. Don\'t go on a wet day as the bottom of the crags gets very muddy and slippery, and the crag does take a while to dry (if you want a quick-dry crag in the Wye Valley, go to Wintours Leap, or if it\'s raining go to Wyndcliffe where you can climb dry rock in a downpour!) At the Yat, I recommend Snoozin Susie (V Diff - real nice); Golden Fleece, Salutation (for the top pitch), Kipper Crack (Severe); Peacock, Offspring, The Druid, Whit, Mockingbird, Pam\'s Pride at VS); The Russian, Strathdon, Stress Arete at HVS; E1/E2: The Trip (out there), Rainbow Warrior, Red Rose Speedway (brilliant), The Ankh, Yellow Grip Road. The most unlikely route I\'ve done is The Wasteland - go to the bottom and have a look! There is gear!
Bill Parker - 23/Apr/02

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