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These details were last updated on 26/Nov/2010

Avon Gorge (Amphitheatre)

Avon, ENGLAND

Climbs 82 – Rocktype Limestone – Altitude ? – Faces W

Crag features
Solid limestone, sparsely protected, multi-pitch routes to 85 metres. Try the atmospheric and photogenic "Giant's Cave Buttress ***VS", stiff and exposed for the grade, but totally outstanding. Just don't veer too far to the right at the top, unless you're happy on E3 6b.

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Guidebooks
West Country Climbs (2010), Avon and Cheddar (1992)

Climbs at this crag

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 Climb nameGradex
1Tarzan the MagnificentE5 6a  
2Forty-five Degrees in the ShadeE4 6a  
3The BlucherE6 6b  
4Fickle Finger of FateE5 6b *4
5Gammer Gurton's NeedleE3 5c *6
6Hodge's PinVS 4c 34
7A Sticht In TimeE3 5b 5
8Red ThreadE2 5c 30
9Blue Jay WayE3 5c 8
10Botanist's DilemmaD 13
11Sweat ShopHVS 5a 10
12Rocket ManHVS 4c  
13The WeedE2 5b  
14Herbsman ShotgunE3 5c 3
15ConvexityE2 5a 1
16StrandedS 86
17Liverbird ButtressS 79
18Study LeaveE3 5b 3
19ObscurataE3 6a 3
20MemoriesE3 5b *4
21Little Red RodneyE2 5b *15
22Iron CurtainE4 6a 2
23Crimson and CloverE4 6a  
24Feelin' Stronger Every DayE3 6a  
25Vermillion VagabondE4 6b  
26Rockers' RevengeVS 4c *55
27ToothpasteVD 6
28Magnetic GreyE5 6a  
29Red AlertE5 6b * 
30All SystemsE4 6a *1
31SpinorE3 5c *3
32Gut RotHVS 5a 8
33FossibleHS 4c *41
34Spiny Proboscis NematodesE1 5b 13
35Black and TansE1 4c 9
36Pressure Cooker HeadE3 5b 3
37Absent ValentinoE4 5c 1
38Emerald EquanimityE2 5b 1
39White Wedding CarsE3 5c 2
40In Search of a Fair LadyE4 5c 6
41Lay in WaitHVS 5a 6
 Climb nameGradex
42PennywishE6 6a/b 1
43I'm an EgonVS 4b 15
44RU12?E3 5b 9
45Too Late, CrustyE3 5c 5
46BureaupratE1 5b 7
47The GangwayS 5
48Brain Not BrawnE4 5c  
49Better than WorkingE3 5c  
50Behind BarsE4 6b  
51Giant's Cave ButtressVS 4c **378
52The Dug OutVS 4b  
53Bring on the Dancing GirlsE1 5a  
54IncisorHVS 5a 3
55The Enormous DwarfHVS 5a 3
56Pocketed WallVS 4c 17
57In through the Out doorVS 4b 15
58CarouselambraHVS 5b 2
59Cave LeftVS 4b *21
60Dream SequenceE3 6a 1
61A Dream of Brown TrousersE2 5b *13
62Costa BravaE4 5c  
63Arete de la DegenerationE3 6a *13
64DazE5 6a 1
65MynewtE5 6a *1
66PasschendaeleE3 5c *6
67The Expanding SnakeE3 5c 2
68Two Ton of FunE4 6b  
69Stitch Me Up DocHVS 4c 1
70Giant's Jewel BoxHVS 5a  
71Nardleflue WallVS 4a 1
72Yaw KuzziHVS 4c  
73Back in the BRIHVS 5a 3
74I Wanna Be Your Dawg...(Woof Woof)HVS 4c 5
75Blushing ZebraVS  
76Mambo JamboHVS 1
77Harvey's Wall Traversenone 5b 4
78Bomber thread (unnamed 2)none 5b 2
79Unnamed 1none 5c 3
80PortholeS 4a 3
81Phantom JockeyVS 4c 1
82Exercise Early Knight *E1 5b *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
Scramble up directly from the A4 just after the tunnel by the suspension bridge, or walk from the main wall car park.

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Approach is full of nettles & brambles. Long trousers would be a good idea. I wore shorts & open sandles! Giants Cave Buttress is awesome. First pitch is excellent, middle pitch is a bit scrappy & the final pitch is extremely good with awesome exposure from the belay all the way to the top.
SC - 27/Aug/07

If anybody is looking for Gollums Cave, it is there!!! Look around at the top in the woodland and you will find it. I looked for ages on the net and there are no descriptions - probally because its small, smells and generally a pretty poor bouldering spot but it does have a few steep fun problems. A small urban boulder spot in the Avon George left of the Clifton Suspension Brige.
Ralph - 21/Mar/06