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Gordale Scar

North Yorkshire, ENGLAND

Climbs 250 – Rocktype Limestone – Altitude ? – Faces ?

Crag features
The gaping mouth of Gordale is a sight to leave most climbers awestruck on first aquaintance. The combination of its narrowing overhanging walls and the constant drone of the wind and waterfall make it a place where only familiarity tempers the apprehension. However, once you are acquainted with the place, the climbing experience is easily equal to its more popular counterparts at Kilnsey and Malham, in fact many will find it an even more compelling place to climb be it on a gripping ascent of an adventurous traditional line or doing battle with one of its huge, sustained, forearm-bursting and rope-stretching sport pitches.

Weather forecast

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Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast
More: mwis: Peak District & Yorkshire Dales – Met Office: Yorkshire Dales

Guidebooks
Yorkshire Limestone (2005), Northern Limestone Route Database (2001),
Out of print: Northern Limestone (2004), Yorkshire Limestone (Millenium Supplement) (1997), Yorkshire Limestone (1992)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	UPPER LEFT WING
2	The Greaser	HS 4a	2
3	Juggy Corner	D	4
4	Grey Crack	MVS 4b	1
5	Old Rake	M	1
6	The Crescent	S	1
7	Slanting Scoop	VD	3
8	Sheep's Crack	HVS 5a	1
9	Keyhole Ridge	HS 4a *	3
10	Sheep's Groove	VS 4c	1
11	Tufted Duck	E2 5c **	1
12	Dinner Crack	S	2
	LOWER LEFT WING
14	Katydid	HS 4b *	2
15	The Riddler	VS 4c *	2
16	Tunnel Vision	E4 6a *	2
17	The Bulger	HVS 5a	2
18	Deception	S	8
19	Parallel Cracks	HS 4a	1
20	The Eliminate	VS 4c **	22
21	Tiptoe	VS 4c *	12
22	The Black Knight	HVS 5a *	1
23	Overhanging Flake	HVS 5a	5
24	Blat	HVS 5c	1
25	The Gaffer	VS 5a	1
26	Narrowing Crack	VS 4c *	1
27	Hang the Joker	E2 5c *	1
28	Paradise Street	HS 4b *	6
29	Corner Tree Climb	VD	4
30	Hidden Corner	S	2
31	Court Jester	E2 5c **	7
32	The Lyncher	E2 5c ***	5
33	yark	E1 5b **	6
34	Bushmaster	VS 4c	1
35	The Comeback	VS 4c *	1
36	King Tut	VS	1
	THE GORGE LEFT WALL (FACE ROUTE AREA)
38	Promises, Promises	6a *	37
39	Special Needs	E4 5c	2
40	I'm Forever Threatening	6b+ *	38
41	Nothing to Declare	E5 6a ***	10
42	Decree Nisi	E6 6b *
43	Concrete Jungle	E6 6b **	2
44	A New Underground	E6 6a **
45	The Cement Garden	E6 6c ***	1
46	Mirage	8a ***	1
47	Face Route	E3 6a ***	74
48	Living Dead Extensions	E5 6a *	2
49	Mossdale Trip	E6 6b **	2
50	Jenny Wren	E5 6a **	21
51	Revolt	E5 6b ***	3
52	Rebel	E5 6b ***	8
53	The Cause	E5 6b **	4
54	The Good, The Bad And The Ugly	E7 6b ***	1
55	What God Wants	7b	1
56	King Rat	E5 6a **	1
57	Block And Decker	6b+	4
58	The Hungerford Massacre	7a+	1
59	Meridian	E6 6b	1
60	Girdle traverse of the left wall	E2 5c **	5
	BACKWATER BUTTRESS
62	Hoodlum Priest	7b+ **	7
63	Ventura	7b **	4
64	Pedestal Wall	E1 5b *	3
65	Pedestal Crack	HS 4b *	5
66	Naked	7b+ **	5
67	Wise Crack	E3 5c *	3
68	Featuristic	7a *	12
69	What Do You Want Me To Do With It	7a+	5
70	Don't Matter Just Don't Bite It	7a+	5
71	Erotic Nightmare	7b+	1
	KAARST BUTTRESS
73	Wire Wound	E2 5c	1
74	Crossley Yarns	6b+ *	21
75	Red Rhinoceros	6c **	23
76	Palming Pavorotti's Peach	7b	6
77	Horny	6c	2
78	Soft Option	6b+	9
	THE GROTTO
80	Water Margin	7b+	2
81	Revel In Your Time	7b+	2
82	Green Lipped Mussels	7c *	3
	WATERFALL BUTTRESS
84	Alien Water Kiss	E6 6b **
85	Darkness Beckons	E6 6b ***
86	Meggazones	E4 6a **	3
87	Slapstick	7c
88	Who's For Tea	7b	2
89	In The Red	7b+ *
90	Crash Test Dummy	7a+ *	5
91	Green Carpet	6b *	15

	Climb name	Grade	x

92	Moulin Rouge	6c **	8
93	Shadowlands	E2 5c **	9
94	The Twilight Zone	6b+ *	3
95	Sunshine	HVS 5a	1
	DARKNESS & LIGHT AREA
97	Darkness	E2 5c
98	Enlightenment	E6 6b	2
99	Prince of Darkness	E5 6a **	7
100	Light	E2 5c ***	31
101	Cabaret	E1 5b ***	19
102	Nightride	E2 5c **	2
	DELIVERANCE AREA
104	Delivertoad	E6 6b ***	4
105	Liberation	E5 6b	1
106	Deliverance	E5 6b ***	16
107	Redemption	E5 6a **	3
108	West Face Route	VS 4b *	1
109	Solstice	E5 6a **	12
110	The Thrivin'	E4 6a *	8
111	Climacteric	E5 6a	1
112	Ward 10	7a	3
113	Chemistry Set	E6 6b	1
114	Ocean Heart	6c **	5
115	Mr Trimby's Guinea Pig	6c+	3
116	Pillar and Roof Route	7b+	1
	CAVE ROUTE AREA
118	Ivy Groove	E3 5c *	8
119	A Squire to Madness	E6 6a *
120	A Squire to Madness - Variation Start	E6 6a **	1
121	Comedy of Errors	E5 6a **	6
122	Revival	7b ***	16
123	Revitalised	7b+ ***	1
124	Deconstruction	E6 6b	2
125	Masochism Tango	E6 6c **	1
126	Come Dancing	E3 5c	1
127	Strictly Ballroom	7b *	44
128	Nothing Lasts Forever	7b+ *	16
129	Strictly Masochism	7c ***	2
130	Strictly Cool	7c ***	3
131	Huecool	8b **	6
132	Supercool	8a+ ***	22
133	A Grand Day Out	7c+ ***	1
134	Cave Route Left	E6 6c ***	10
135	Cave Eliminate	7c+ *	3
136	Cave Route Right	E6 6b ***	19
137	Cave Route (original)	A2 ***	1
138	Defcon 3	7c+ ***	10
139	Last Dog	7b *	58
140	Dogpoint	7b+ **	7
141	Pierrepoint	7c+ ***	28
142	Pierrepoint original start	7c *	1
143	Hangman Start	7c+ *
144	Hangman	E6 6b ***	2
145	Trubble	8a+ *	5
146	The Inca Trail	7c *	4
147	Well Hung	7b ***	6
148	Gallows Humour	7a **	15
149	Bite It And Believe It	E6 6b **	3
150	Bliss	E7 6b ***	1
	UPPER RIGHT WING
152	Lucifer Sam	MVS 4b	1
153	D.K.	VD	2
154	Willy Nilly	S	1
155	Boy Wonder	VS 4c	1
156	David	VD	3
157	Obtuse Corner	S	4
158	Jonathon	VD	2
159	Walnut Scoop	MVS 4b *	1
160	December Dodos	S	1
161	Gates	S	3
162	Faked Cards	VS 4c	2
163	The Joker	VS 4c	1
164	The Knave	HVS 5a	1
165	The Juggler	HVS 5a	1
166	Fingers	S *	5
167	Sarcasm	S	3
168	Jenny Spinner	MVS 4b	2
169	Two Flake Climb	HS 4a	2
170	Little Flake Climb	VS 4c *	2
171	Disappointment	HVS 5a	1
172	Bogside	HVS 5a	1
173	Tycho	VS 4c	1
174	S.G.B.	MS	2
175	The Corner	S	2
176	The Wall	HS	1
	WINTER CLIMBS
178	Gordale waterfall	III	7
	UNSORTED
180	Gordale Scar Waterfall (Summer)	1	8
181	Gordale Waterfall Right	1 **	2

BMC
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Access notes
One of the biggest problems at Gordale is the ever-present danger of rockfall. More often than not rockfall is natural erosion or caused by sheep but that may not stop people blaming climbers. There is little we can do about this but we can make sure that, whenever we do climb here, we take the greatest of care not to dislodge rock onto walkers below. Be very aware that any falling rock could be fatal for those below and even a small incident may result in a total climbing ban here.
Read more... Regional Access notes are available from the BMC.

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It is amazing, a good walk. It is very difficult to climb but my dad mum, and me got my 6 year old sister and my 75 year old granny up there so it can't be that bad!
ryony nicholson - 19/Oct/04

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