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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref NU 065336 (OS Landranger #75)

Back Bowden Doors

Northumberland, ENGLAND

Climbs 200 – Rocktype Sandstone (hard) – Altitude 170m a.s.l – Faces W

Crag features
2E8, 6 E6,3 E5, 4E4,11 E3, 5 E2,12 E1, 7 HVS, 2 VS

Many of the harder routes are poorly protected.

Single pitch routes.

Weather forecast

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Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast

Guidebooks
Northern England (2008), Northumberland Bouldering Guide (2008), Northumberland Climbing Guide (2004), Northumberland Bouldering (2000),
Out of print: Northumberland (1989)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	QUARRY FACE
2	Diagonal	VD	10
3	The Toppler	HVS 5b	8
4	Lichen Groove	D	6
5	The Tippler	HVS 5b	11
6	The Bogie	S 4a	13
7	Quarry Face	S 4a *	45
8	Glass Slipper	VS 5a	25
9	Broken Glass	E2 6a	4
10	Twisting Crack	HS 4c *	10
	MERLIN WALL
12	Black Triage	f8A
13	County Ethics	f7C+ ***	3
14	Merlin Traverse	f6A	3
15	Merlin	E5 6a ***	3
16	Hard and Low Traverse	f7C
17	Darth	f6C	32
18	The Pixies	E6 6b *
19	Little Pixies	f7A *	35
20	Little Piggies	f7C	2
21	The Emperor	f7B	5
22	Morgan	E5 6b *
23	Morgan (start only)	f6B *	30
24	Lady MacBeth	f6B	2
25	I Bet He Drinks Carling Black Label	E8 6c **	1
26	MacBeth Low Level Traverse	f6C	8
27	Black Mirror	E7 6c
28	The Dark Side	E9 7b ***	1
29	Empty The Bones Of You	f8A+
30	Mordreth	E6 6b **
31	Macbeth	E6 6b ***
32	Paradise Road	f7A	1
33	MacDuff	f7B	2
34	Easy Up	f6B+	12
35	Sigurd	E6 6c **
36	The Arches	E1 5b ***	128
37	Low and Hard	f7B *	58
38	Roof and Wall	f7A+	2
39	Cauldron	E1 5c	3
40	King Lear	E6 6c *
41	Hard Reign	E5 6c **	9
42	Hard Reign Direct	f7B *	18
43	Hard Reign (start only)	f6A **	23
44	Underneath the Arches	f6A	8
45	Weird Sisters One	f7A	21
46	Weird Sisters Two	f7A	28
47	Weird Sisters Three	f6C+	8
48	Holly Tree Corner	S 4b *	33
	THE WITCH/SORCERER'S CAVE
50	Pyewackit	E4 6a	2
51	The Witch	E2 5b ***	107
52	Shackletack	E3 6b *	2
53	The Wand	E3 5b *	7
54	The Broomstick	E3 5b *	7
55	The Enchanter	E3 5c **	20
56	Low Level Traverse	font 5+	17
57	Bottle Arete SS	font 5+	6
58	Strange Brew	E3 5b	2
59	Bottle Crack	VS 4c **	79
60	The Young Warlords	f6C ***	9
61	The Wizard	E3 5b *	15
62	The Wizard (start only)	font 5+	30
63	Black Magic	E1 5c	5
64	Harry Potter	f7A+ **	8
65	Severus Snape	f7B+ *	26
66	Movin' On Up	f6C	1
67	Merlin's Beard	f6C+ **	1
68	Pockets Traverse	f7C ***	3
69	Intermediate Traverse	f6C+	3
70	The Vole Left Hand	f6A	11
71	The Vole Left Hand SS	f6C	17
72	The Vole	E1 5c	6
73	The Vole, Alternative Finish	E1 5c *	2
74	The Vole Right Hand	f6A **	37
75	The Vole Right Hand SS	f7B+ **	3
76	Solastalgia	f7C+
77	Sorcerer's Apprentice	E1 5c *	26
78	Sorcerer's Apprentice (start only)	font 5+	20
79	Sorcerer's Apprentice SS	f7A	4
80	The Sorcerer (full route)	E1 5c ***	99
81	The Sorcerer	f6A	53
82	The Sorcerer SS	f6C	13
83	Pockets Extension	f7C+
84	Under the Spell	f7A **	41
85	The Charm	E1 5c	8
86	The Spell	E2 5c *	37
87	Straight Crack	HS 4b **	90
	SAVAGE SLAB
89	Straight Crack, Alternative Finish	E1 5b	3
90	Magic Circle	HVS 5a	3
91	Golden Stairs, Direct Start	S 4c	36
92	Golden Stairs	VD *	59
93	Magic Flute	E2 5b **	110
94	Boulder Lands	E5 6b	2
95	Dead on Arrival	E6 6a *
96	Short Wall	f6A+	21
97	Pick Pocket	f6B+	2
98	Savage Slab	E7 6c *
99	Magic Leap	f6A+	51
100	Bubbles	f6C	4
101	Larn Streng	f7B+ ***	3
102	Thundering Apoplexy	f7B **	30
103	Peak Technique	E6 6b ***	2
104	On the Verge	E4 6a **	33
105	Woodcutters Crack	HVD *	55
106	Forester's Corner	D	41

	Climb name	Grade	x

107	The Tube, Left-hand Exit	E3 5b	11
	THE TUBE
109	The Tube, Direct Finish	E5 5c	7
110	The Tube	E4 5c ***	58
111	Uncouth Youth	E4 6a *	4
112	Right of Reply	E5 6b ***	3
113	Charlotte's Dream Direct	E7 6b **	1
114	Charlotte's Dream	E5 6b *	3
115	On the Rocks	E7 6c ***	4
116	Off the Rocks	E8 6c *	1
117	Duke of York	E1 5b **	44
118	Transcendence	E8 6c ***	1
119	Leap of Faith	E6 6c *
120	Lost Cause	E4 6b ***	27
121	Angle Corner	VD *	25
122	Angle Corner, Alternate Finish	E3 6b	2
123	Back to Back	E5 6b	1
124	Gangway	VS 4c *	13
125	Hollybush Crack	MS 4a	9
	HAZELRIGG WALL
127	Scabby Hand	E4 5c	1
128	When the Wind Blows	E6 6b *	3
129	Peace at Last	E5 6b *
130	Outward Bound	E3 5c **	32
131	March Line	VD *	35
132	Wall and Crack	S 4b *	89
133	Roof Route, Direct Finish	E2 5c	1
134	Roof Route	E2 5b ***	21
135	The Dead Horses Tea Party	f6C+ **	5
136	Door Mats Wall	f7C
137	Four Mats Wall	f7B+	6
138	Stepped Flake	font 3 *	21
139	Smooth Wall	f7A
140	Hazelrigg Wall Left-Hand	E3 6b *
141	Hazelrigg Wall	HVS 5b *	103
142	Hazelrigg Wall Direct	f6A	25
143	Pinup	E2 6a *	62
144	Risk and Hope	E1 6a	26
145	Hazelrigg Wall Traverse	f7B
146	Original Route	VD **	102
147	Highland Fling	E1 5c	3
148	Final Wall	VD	36
149	Bullet	E1 5c	2
	BAT CAVE
151	Chiroptera	f6A	2
152	Big Aerial Dynamite	f7C+ *
153	Dwarfs Nightmare	E2 6b *	4
154	Vespertilion	f7B+ ***
155	Barbastelle	f7A	20
156	Brokeback Bowden	f7C **
157	Bechstien	f6C	20
158	Brandt	f6B+	12
159	Serotine	f6A+	23
160	Pipistrelle	f6B+	9
161	A Short Sharp Shock	E3 6a	1
162	Griffon	HVS 5b	4
163	Rays Roof	VS 4c	10
164	Footless Fulmar	VS 4c *	5
	BOULDER 1
166	Sharp Arete	f6A+	15
167	Sharp Arete SS	f6C	15
168	The Bitch	f8A+	1
169	Potty Mouth	f8B
170	Undercut Arete	font 5+	6
171	Little Arete	f6A+	13
172	Crimp Slab Eliminate	f6B+	3
173	Crimp Slab	f6B	17
174	Warm Up Arete	font 3	39
175	South Wall	f6A+	34
	BOULDER 2
177	Mantel Miser	f6A+	32
178	Mantel Misery	f6A	19
179	Mantel Underclass	f6B	5
180	Mantel Masterclass	f6C **	50
181	Ripples	font 4	29
182	The Runnel	font 4	48
183	Slab Eliminate	f6A	28
184	Super Slab	font 4+	30
185	No Hands	f7A	1
	BOULDER 3
187	Shallow Groove	font 3	36
188	The Craic	font 3	52
189	Smooth Wall One	font 5	48
190	Smooth Wall Two	font 5	54
191	Fickle Flakes	font 4+	66
192	Other Eliminate	font 5	16
193	Eliminate	f6A+	63
194	South Arete	f6A+	61
195	Upper Traverse (Boulder 3)	f6A	14
196	Low Traverse	f6A+	12
197	Reverse Traverse	f6A	8
	BOULDER 4
199	B4 Traverse	f6C ***	13
200	Springer's Mantel	f7B+ *	1
	BOULDER 5
202	Overlooked	f6A+	12
	BOULDER 6
204	Upper Traverse	f6A+	5
205	Lower Traverse	f7A
	BOULDER 7
207	Gate Traverse	f7A
	BOULDER 8
209	Final Traverse	f7A+
210	Lip Traverse	font 5+	3
211	Door Mats Wall SS	f8A *

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Access notes
No right of way, but there hasn't been an access problem. B6349 from Belford, turn right along road to Hazelrigg. Crag is on the eastern side of the road after 1km, down a dip to the left.
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