Shepherds Crag

Climbs 144 – Rocktype Rhyolite – Altitude 140m a.s.l – Faces W

Crag features
Up to about 50m high. A very popular crag, mainly due to its easy access though many of the routes are of great quality. Brown Slab Routes(D-VS), Finale(HVS), Aaros(E1), Ardus(MVS), Adam and Eve(VS), Kransic Crack(HVS), Fishers Folly(VS), Grasp(E1), Bludgeon(E1), Little Chamonix(VD), Derision Groove(MVS).

Weather forecast

Today	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Light rain/ drizzle Sunny/ clear 3 °C	Dry Sunny periods 4 °C	Dry Cloudy 4 °C	Dry Broken cloud 5 °C	Dry Sunny/ clear 4 °C
Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast

Guidebooks
Borrowdale (2000),
Out of print: Borrowdale (1990)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

1	Final Act	E2 5c
2	Groove and Crack	VS 4b	10
3	Meet on the Ledge	HVS	1
4	Brown Crag Traverse	VS 4c *	3
5	Just Another Expedition	HVS **	1
6	Downer's Delight	E1 5b
7	Vesper	VS 4c **	14
8	Parlaphone	E2 5c
9	American Beauty	E5 6b
10	Dire Straits	E3 6a *
11	Rough Boys	E5 6c
12	Parting Shot	E6 6b
13	Brown Crag Grooves	E1 5b **	34
14	Brown Crag Grooves Direct	E3 6a	1
15	Seamus	HVS 5b *	4
16	Brown Crag Wall	VS 4b **	133
17	Frontline	HVS 5a *	4
18	Theseus	E1 5b
19	Could Be The Last	E1 5b
20	Conclusion	E1 5b **	138
21	Evolution	E2 5c
22	Rattle	MVS 4b	4
23	PTO	VS 4c	5
24	Brown Slabs Face	VD **	205
25	Brown Slabs Arete	D ***	353
26	Brown Slabs Direct	VD ***	486
27	Brown Slabs	D **	442
28	Brown Slabs Crack	VS 4c **	352
29	Brown Slabs Crack Original	MS	59
30	Brown Slabs Traverse	VS 4c	7
31	Gibbon Variation	HVS 5b	3
32	100 Foot Slab	M	7
33	Sylvan Way	MS	3
34	A Few Dollars More	VS 4c
35	A Fistful of Dollars	VS 4c *	1
36	North Buttress Girdle	E1 5b	1
37	Desperation	S *	28
38	Tarzan	E2 5c	1
39	Imago	E1 5c	5
40	Finale	HVS 5a ***	130
41	Scallywag	E3 6a
42	Jaws	E1 5b	16
43	Slings	VS 4b *	19
44	Evel Kneivel	HVS 5a **	37
45	Ovation	E1 5b **	6
46	Aaros	E1 5b ***	84
47	Saturday Night Beaver	E1 6a *
48	Ardus - Direct Finish	VS 4c **	33
49	Short Notice	VS 4b *	8
50	Ardus	MVS 4b ***	460
51	Savage Messiah	E3 6a *	1
52	Sin	VS 4c *
53	Golden Delicious	E2 5c
54	Delight Maker	HVS 5a **	29
55	Magnetic North	E1 5b **	6
56	Eve	VS 4c ***	294
57	Katherine	HVS 5a *	4
58	Adam	VS 5a ***	279
59	Crunchy Frog	HVS 5a **	22
60	True North	E2 5b **	27
61	Central Girdle	VS 4c **	2
62	North Buttress	E1 5b **	40
63	P.S.	E1 5b **	48
64	P.P.S.	E2 5c	3
65	Gemma	HVS 5b *	4
66	Turning the North	VD *	17
67	Shepherd's Delight	MS	16
68	Symbiosis	HVS 5b	1
69	Bluebell Wall	VD	1
70	Attic Stairs	M	2
71	Chamonix Girdle	HVS 4c **	1
72	Stoned Again	HVS 5b	3

	Climb name	Grade	x

73	Stony Silence	HVS 5b	3
74	Hollow Stones	VD	5
75	North Ridge	VD	3
76	T.D.M.	HVS 5a	2
77	C.D.M.	VS 4c **	69
78	M.G.C.	E2 5c **	132
79	Shanna	E2 5c	1
80	Fishers Folly	VS 4c ***	389
81	Twittering Heights	E4 6a *	3
82	Kransic Crack	VS 4c **	111
83	Lower Girdle of Fisher's Folly Buttress	MVS 4b	4
84	Kransic Crack Direct	HVS 5a ***	262
85	Creeping Jesus	HVS 5a **	91
86	The Grasp	E1 5b **	71
87	Poop and Clutch	E2 5c	1
88	Chamonix	HS 4b **	153
89	True Cross	VS 4c **	14
90	Cream	HVS 5a *	4
91	Crescendo	HS *	180
92	The Bludgeon	E1 5b ***	86
93	Little Chamonix	VD ***	1088
94	Scorpion	VS 4b *	19
95	Hee-Haw	VS 5a	19
96	Straight and Narrow	E3 6a **	4
97	Hippos Might Fly	E1 5a *	10
98	Monolith Crack	HVS 4c **	65
99	Monolith Chimney	S 4a	3
100	Exasperation	E3 6a
101	Porcupine	E3 6a **	17
102	The Black Icicle	E1 5b **	55
103	Devil's Wedge	HVS 5a **	18
104	The Witness	E6 6b
105	Geronimo	E6 6c **
106	The Devil's Alternative	E6 6b *	1
107	Bob Martins	E2 5b *	3
108	Rogue's Gallery	VS 5a *	6
109	Rob's Route	E3 6a
110	Wild Sheep	E2 5b ***	14
111	Black Sheep	E2 5b **	3
112	Derision Groove	MVS 4b **	91
113	Ker Plunk	E5 6a *
114	Inclination	E4 6b **	2
115	Exclamation	E6 6b *	1
116	Shepherd's Chimney	VS 5a **	53
117	Thin Air	HVS 5a *	13
118	Shepherd's Gully	MVS 4b **	30
119	Battering Ram	E3 5c **	20
120	Stone Tape	E3 6a **	11
121	Donkey's Ears	S 4a **	273
122	Mule Train	E2 5c	2
123	Bits 'n' Pieces	VS 4c *	29
124	Human Racing	E3 5c	1
125	Ant Highway	MVS 4b *	72
126	Odds 'n' Sods	E2 5c	2
127	Ethelred	HVS 5a	8
128	Jackdaw Ridge Direct	VD **	51
129	Jackdaw Ridge	D *	195
130	Plug	E1 5b
131	Why Not	MVS 4b	27
132	The Original Way	MS	3
133	encore	HVS 5a **	2
134	North Butress (variant) *	VS 4c	1
135	Fishers Folly Direct Finish *	VS 4c, 5a	8
136	Adus/Eve *	MVS 5a ***	1
137	Free *	HS	1
138	Free "n" easy *	HS	2
139	Shepeherd's Gully *	MVS	3
140	Wild Side *	E3 6a *	1
141	MGC *	E2 5c	7
142	Vincent *	M hvd	1
143	The Fou *	E2 5c	1
144	Jackdraw Ridge *	D *	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
Park at the cafe below the crag if there is room(refreshment stop obligatory!). Five to ten minute approach.
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USER FEEDBACK

Busy, polished and over rated.
camw - 23/Jun/06

what is the closest pub to the crag? is the borrowdale hotel the closest?
david brown - 14/Jul/04

Caption on photograph of 'The Bludgeon' is in error - should be E1 5b, NOT VS 4c
Colin - 23/Dec/02

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Derwent Water from Donkey's Ears (S), Shepherd's Crag, Lake District. James on the lead

The Bludgeon, Shepherds Crag James McHaffie

Sylvia takes on Little Chamonix for her third Trad gear lead

Seconding the crux pitch of The Black Icicle

Little Chamonix and Flooded Derwent Water