Raven Crag, Thirlmere

Climbs 27 – Rocktype Rhyolite – Altitude 222m a.s.l – Faces E

Crag features
A superb and impressive crag with a good selection of Extremes - Creation(E5), Empire(E3), Totalitarian(E1), Blitzkreig(E4), Das Kapital(E6), Gates of Delirium(E4), Medlar(E3) and Peels of Laughter(E5).

Das Kapital has been re-equipped with 3 new pegs and 2 new threads. An in situ wire helps to protect the tricky top pitch.

Medlar, now E4,is clean .

Close To The Edge at E3 is a great route;link the first 2 pitches together then lower off.

Empire has a new peg on the top pitch and a new belay after the first.The 1st pitch of Totalitarian will lead to it. Lower off insitu at top of crag above Empire.

Blitzkreig has been brushed clean and is equipped with a lower off at the top of the crag.

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Guidebooks
Eastern Crags (2011),
Out of print: Buttermere & Eastern Crags (1992)

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