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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref SK 296977 (Landranger #110)

Wharncliffe Crags

South Yorkshire, ENGLAND

Climbs 451 – Rocktype Gritstone – Altitude 250m a.s.l – Faces W

Weather forecast

Today	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon
Light rain/ drizzle Broken cloud 17 °C	Light rain/ drizzle Broken cloud 18 °C
Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast

Guidebooks
Eastern Grit (2006), Burbage, Millstone and Beyond (2006), Peak District: Bouldering (2004), On Peak Rock (2003),
Out of print: Peak Gritstone East (2001), Peak Climbs - Stanage (1989)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	THE DEEPCAR CRAGS
2	Tailor's Crack	VD	9
3	Gallipoli Rock	VS 4c	5
4	Insurrection	HVS 5b	1
5	Face Climb	VS 4c	5
6	Heather Grooves	D	7
7	Steeltown	E5 6b *	1
8	The Moire	E5 6b *
9	Querp	E3 6b	1
10	Outside Route	HS 4b *	66
11	The Nose	VS 4c *	48
12	The Tip Test	E3 6b *	1
13	Inside Route	D *	59
14	Inside Edge	HVS 5b
15	Prow to Prow	S 4a	3
16	Green Arete	VS 4c	5
17	Exonian's Return	HVS 5b	4
18	Proud	E1 5c
19	Teresa's Slab	HVD 4a	19
20	Pylon Corner	D	38
21	Pylon Crack	D	58
22	Quern Crack	S 4a	35
23	Quern Crack Through Route/ Cave Inside Route	M	10
24	Jimmy Puttrell is a Legend	VS 4c	10
25	Hamlet's Climb	VD *	59
26	Hamlet's Climb (Direct Finish)	VS 4c	26
27	Hamlet's Traverse	VS 4b	10
28	Requiem of Hamlet's Ghost	E1 5b *	25
29	The Crack of Doom	S 4a *	29
30	Despair	E2 5c	3
31	Chockstone Climb	D	32
32	The Crack of Delight	M	6
33	Earth Blues	E5 6b
34	Scarlett's Wall Arete	VS 4c *	36
35	Scarlett's Climb	HS 4a *	45
36	Scarlett's Edge (The Scarlett Letter)	HS 4b	12
37	Scarlett's Chimney	D	16
38	Suspense	VS 5b	57
39	Mellicious	E1 5c	1
40	Tensile Test	E1 5c *	32
41	Elastic Limit (direct start)	V2 6a	3
42	Elastic Limit	E1 5c	10
43	Elastic Limit (direct finish)	V4 6a	1
44	Forget-me-not	S 4a	93
45	Abair	E1 5b	5
46	Handover Arete	HVS 4c *	66
47	Patricia's Wall	E1 5b	1
48	Patricia's Wall (with arete)	VS 4c
49	Cracked Arete	VD	35
50	Legover Arete	VS 4c	11
51	Monolith Crack/Foot and Back	VD	6
52	Mignon	VS 4c	2
53	Mantelshelf Pillar	HVS 5a	14
54	The Mantelshelf	HS 4b *	41
55	Back and Foot	VD	35
56	Unnamed Corner	VD	5
57	More Fool you	HVS 5b
58	Quicksilver	VS 5a
59	Rook Chimney	D	19
60	Letter-Box Buttress	VD	10
61	Post Horn	VS 4c *	7
62	Tears before Bedtime (left hand)	E2 5b
63	Tears Before Bedtime	E4 6a *
64	Reveille	E4 6a	1
65	Curved Balls	VS 4c	2
66	Letter-Box Arete	VD	4
67	The Girdle Traverse	S 4a	1
68	Alisha's Slab	M	4
69	Rusty Peg Arete	HD	4
70	Blinkers	HD	4
71	Easter Saturday	M	4
72	Steps	M	6
73	Struggle	S 4a	2
74	Mantleshelf Slab Left	S 4a	3
75	Mantelshelf Slab Right	HS 4b	8
76	Mystery Mirror	HD	3
77	Mystery Route	VD	4
78	Cave Man	HVD 4a	3
79	Chock-a-block	HD	3
80	Corner Indirect	HS 4a	1
81	Addy's Addition	HVS 5c	6
82	Paraffin Jack	E1 5c
83	The Corner	VS 4c	9
84	Slab and Corner	HS 4a *	69
85	Photo Finish	E1 5b *	35
86	Dead Heat	E5 6a **	2
87	Renrock	E1 5a *	29
88	Slabby Groove	HD	3
89	Slabby Steps	HD	3
90	Black Wall	S 4a	63
91	Hard Cheese	E1 5b *	3
92	Cheese Cut	D	102
93	Cheese Cut Crack	D	106
94	Cheese Block	VS 4b *	59
95	Not Cheese Cut Flake/Cheese Cut Groove	M	49
96	Not Cheese Cut Flake Variation (right)	VD	1
97	Cheese Cut Flake Left	HVD *	40
98	Cheese Cut Flake	VD *	106
99	BLAN	D	4
100	BRAN	D	5
101	Bilberry Side Face	HS 4c	5
102	Bilberry Face	S	10
103	Bilberry Face Direct	HS 4b	6
104	Owen's Dilemma	VS 4c	5
105	Imaginary Boulder Climb	HS 4c	17
106	Authentic Boulder Climb	VS 4c	6
107	Zigzag Climb	S 4a	6
108	Ocumen	HVS 5a
109	Zigzag Slab	M	4
110	Railway Wall	VS 4c	29
111	The Mourning After	VS 4b	1
112	Easy Groove	D	13
113	Chimney Groove	VD *	16
114	Pinnacle Arete	E1 5b	10
115	Cumberland Crack/Cumberland Groove	HVD	24
116	Subterranean Blues	HVS 5a	2
117	V Groove	VD	20
118	Wheelspin Wall	VS 5a	1
119	Wheelspin Wall Right	VS 5b	2
120	Gully Side	VS 5b
121	North Side Route	HVS 5a	2
122	Baal	E2 5c	3
123	Pete's Sake	HVS 5b *	8
124	Leftover Chimney/Thin Chimney	D	10
125	Overhanging Chimney	VD *	10
126	Ma'son	E2 5b *
127	Drum and Kicks	E1 5b
128	Overhanging Crack	VD *	17
129	The By-Pass	VS 4c	3
130	Pass By	E1 5c
131	En Passant	V5 6b
132	Passerine	V7 6c
133	Split Chimney	D	15
134	Splitter	E1 5b *
135	Split Chimney Wall	HVS 5b *	6
136	Delta	HS 4a	2
	GREAT BUTTRESS AREA
138	Omega Rib	VS 5a	2
139	Omega Chimney	D	5
140	Alpha Arete Start	D	8
141	Alpha Crack	M *	131
142	Alpha Plus, Beta Minus	VD *	13
143	Beta Plus	HS 4a	5
144	Beta Crack	S 4a **	266
145	Trapeze	HS 4a *	11
146	Trapezium	E1 5c	51
147	The Great Chimney (inside route)	D	18
148	The Great Chimney	HD *	36
149	Great Chimney Crack	S 4a	25
150	Thrown Away	E2 5c *	18
151	Great Buttress Arete	E1 5b ***	128
152	Great Buttress	VS 4c *	109
153	Just A Minute	E1 5b *	18
154	Romulus	VD	124
155	Remus	S 4a	175
156	Fly Wall	HS 4a	110
157	Fly Wall Gully	M	3
158	Central Traverse	HS 4b	2
159	Gold Leaf	HVS 5b *	14
160	Leaf Buttress	VS 4c *	38
161	Black Slab Left Chimney	D 4a	2
162	Chimney and Crack	HS 4b	5
163	The Warp	VS 4b	3
164	Black Slab Chimney	HD	7
165	Black Slab Left	VD *	160
166	Black Slab Centre	HD *	223
167	Black Slab Right	D *	178
168	Black Slab Right (direct start)	VD 4a	25
169	Black Finger	E2 5c	3
170	Diamond White	E3 5c *
171	Anzio Breakout/Pilgrimage	E4 6b *
172	Puttrell's Progress	S 4a **	206
173	The Flue	D	24
174	The Flue Direct	M	1
175	Helping Hand	E1 5c *	16
176	As You Like It	VD	42
177	Black Crack	VD	22
178	Beyond the Pale	HVS 5b	1
179	Black Cap	E2 6a	5
180	Ledger	HVD	1
181	Corker	S 4b	1
182	Corker wall 1	HD	1
183	Corker wall 2	HD	1
184	Corker wall 3	HVD 4b	1
185	Little Fellow	E2 5b
186	Bolster	E1 5b *	3
187	First Pillar Route 1	HVS 5a
188	First Pillar Route 2	E1 5a	1
189	Summer Lightning	E1 5b	2
190	Flake Climb	VS 4c *	7
191	Schard	E2 5b *	4
192	The Elf	HVS 5a
193	Dilemma Roof	V0+ 5b	2
194	Dilemma Elminate Wall (left)	V0 5b	1
195	Dilemma	VS 4c	2
196	Dilemma Elminate Wall (right)	V4 6a	1
197	Christa's Chimney	M	4
198	Christa's Twin	HD	5
199	Defile Left	S 4b	10
200	Brand New Nothing	E4 6a
201	The Blue Defile	VS 4b *	8
202	Blasphemy	E4 6b
203	Defile Chimney	D	1
204	Duplicate	E1 5b *
205	Groovy	HVD	3
	HIMMELSWILLEN AREA
207	Sidewinder	HS 4a	13
208	Frigging Saw	E3 6a
209	Himmelswillen	VS 4c ***	259
210	Serrated Edge	E1 5b *	18
211	Teufelsweg	D *	49
212	Y.M.C.A. Crack	VD	10
213	Wango Tango	E6 6c *
214	Dragon's Hoard	E6 6b **	3
215	Cardinal's Treasure	E4 6b **	1
216	Banana Wall	E3 6a *	32
217	Two Tier Climb	S 4a	1
218	Tower Face	HS 4b ***	253
219	Down to Earth	E4 5c *	2
220	On the Air	E5 6a **	4
221	Journey into Freedom	E7 6b *
222	Seconds Out	E5 6b *
223	Pointy Block Problem	V5 6b	4
224	Hell Gate Gully	M	37
225	News at Zen	E3 5c *	1
226	Desolation Angel	E6 6b ***	11
227	Hell Gate	VD **	100
228	Gavel Neese	E2 5b **	31
229	Lucifer	E3 6a *	16
230	Hell Gate Crack	HS 4b **	139
231	Joie-De-Vivre	E1 5c	2

	Climb name	Grade	x

232	Primal Void	VS 5a *	4
233	Ce ne Fait Rien	HVS 5b	5
234	Well Now It Is	E2 6a
235	Wheelbrace	VS 4c	6
236	Green Groove	D	7
237	Footloose	VS 5a	2
238	Pleasantry	HVD	5
239	Obscenity	HS 4b	18
240	Falkway	VS 5b	1
241	Amnesiac	HS 4c
242	Amnesiac (direct finish)	HVS 5b
243	Central Route	VS 4b	6
244	Bay Wall	E2 5b
245	Central Route Direct	E1 5c
246	Ganto's Axe	E2 5c *
247	Problem Bulge	E1 5b
	HOLLY CRACK AREA
249	Hollyoaks Crack	VD
250	Hollyoaks Slab	HVS 5b	1
251	Hollyoaks	VS 4b *
252	Holly Crack	VD *	4
253	Holly Scoop	E2 5c *	1
254	The Thorn	E1 5a
255	Upwardly Mobile	E1 5a
256	Unnamed Crack	S 4b
257	Unnamed Crank	V4 6a
258	Wienie Roast	HVS 5a
259	Hanging Rock	HVS 5a *
260	Picnic	HS 4a
261	Missed Me!	VS 4b
262	Crack One	D	1
263	Second Crack	VD	1
264	Crack Three	VD	1
265	Short Wall	V0 5a
266	Mad as a Mad Thing	VS 4c
267	A Moment of Madness	E1 5a
268	Charred	VD	1
269	Two Tree Trip	S 4a
270	Footin Mouth	HVS 5a
271	Too Wide for Some	S
272	Bring Back the Birch	HVS 5a
273	Notice Board Left Hand Buttress	VS 4c
274	Notice Board Slab	HS 4a	1
275	Lundy Calling	E1 5b
276	Awkward Finish	VS 4b
277	Just Commit	E1 5a *
278	Pentovis	D	2
279	Rib Tickler	HS 4a	1
280	Paper Birch	E1 5b
281	Nardil	E3 6a	2
	LONG JOHN'S STRIDE
283	October Climb	S 4a	13
284	October Arete Original	HVS 5a *	6
285	October Arete	E2 5c *	19
286	Autumn Wall	E4 6a **	14
287	Deepcar Named Desire	E5 6b *
288	Equinox	E3 5c *
289	Chockstone Chimney	VD	5
290	Tiered Pillar	HVS 5a
291	V-Chimney	VD	8
292	V for Victory	E1 5a
293	Waxing Lyrical	VS 4b	2
294	The Candle Snuffer	HVD	8
295	Long John's Ordinary	S 4a	5
296	Vapona	E2 5c
297	Spider Cracks	VS 5b	2
298	Grammarian's Progress	VS 4b **	25
299	Gwyn	E2 5c *	7
300	Grammarians Face Variant	E1 5a
301	Grammarian's Face	E2 5b *	8
302	Long John's Eliminate	E2 5b *	3
303	Cannae	E2 5b	2
304	Long John's Super Direct	E2 5b *
305	Long John's Short Chimney	VD	2
306	Impish	E1 6b *	5
307	Impish Wall	V3 6a	1
308	Long Chimney	D *	17
309	Long Chimney Variation	VD *	7
310	Inclusion	HVS 5b	2
311	Richard's Revenge	VS 5a **	67
312	Lord of the Dance	E3 6a
313	Face Dance	E4 6a	1
314	Lincoln Crack	HVD *	48
315	Long John's Arete	V4 6a	4
316	Big Bird	HS 4b	1
	THE CENTRAL SECTION (UPPER TIER)
318	Harrison's Half Hour	VS 5b
319	Puttrell and Watson's Route	S 4b *	5
320	Greenwood Side	VS 5a
321	Little Wing	E4 6a *
	HOLLY ROUTE AREA
323	Changeling	E2 6a *
324	Mark	E2 5b *
325	S.M.O.	E2 5c
326	Holly Route	D	1
327	Emma	E1 5c	1
328	Chimney and Crack	VD	2
329	Spanish Caravan	E1 5c
330	La Mancha	E2 6a
331	Contemporary	HVS 5a *
332	Same Rain	HVS 5a
333	Antique	E2 5c
334	Traditional	D	1
335	Hanging Chimney	S 4b
336	Gone for a Burton	VD	2
337	Bill	D	1
338	Ben	D	1
339	Big Corner	VD	1
340	Mr Mojo Risin'	E5 6a **
341	Easy Gully	D	1
342	Ridge Climb	HS 4b	1
343	Just a Little Bit	E2 5b
344	Rainbow Crack	D	2
345	Corner Climb	VD	1
346	Crack and Wall	S
347	Trouser Browser	HS 4a
348	Fizz	VS 4b
349	Even Chance	HVS 5b
350	Long Odds	E5 6b
351	Toss Up	E5 6a *
352	Chancer Wall	S 4a	1
353	Chancer	VS 4c	1
354	Chancer Crack	D	1
	THE LOWER ROCKS
356	Cascade Climb	VS 5b
357	Flying Angel	E1 5b	1
358	Fountain of Youth	E2 5b
359	Watson's Crack	HS 4b *	1
360	Spring Tide	E2 6b
361	Bedrock	E5 6b *
362	Puttrell's Crack	VD *	1
363	Pocket Buttress	VS 4b **	3
364	Pocket Buttress Direct	E5 6a **
365	Deep Chimney	VD	2
366	Cadence	E1 5b *	1
367	Penis Town	E1 5c
368	First Clean Arete	HS 4b
369	Envy	S 4a
370	The George Formby Appreciation Society	E2 5c
	THE OUTLOOK
372	Outlook Lip	V3 6a	1
373	The Gruelling Mantel	V4 6b	1
374	BM&B Problem 3/Outllook Roof	V2 6a	3
375	Pete's Route	HVS 6a
376	Pete's Route (bouldering)	V2 6a	2
377	PDB Outlook Area Problem 5	font 6b
378	Kim Span	V6 6b	1
379	Lembas	E4 6b
380	Lembas (bouldering)	V5 6b	3
381	Pixie's Arete	VS 4c	3
382	Pixie's Arete (bouldering)	V0- 4c	2
383	Pockets	V3 6b
384	Pockets (sit start)	V6 6b
385	BM&B Problem 9	V3 6a
386	BM&B Problem 10	V3 6a
387	BM&B Problem 11	V7 6b
	THE BASS ROCK
389	Confidence Trick	E1 5b
390	Sleight of Hand	HVS 5b
391	This Year's Model	E5 6a
392	Andrew	HVS 5a	1
393	Harvey	S 4a	1
394	Mind Game	E1 5a
395	Split Decision	E1 5b
396	Norwand	HVS 5b	1
397	Byne's Route	S 4a **	6
398	Rossiter's Route	HVS 5b
399	Scarlett's Crack	VS 5a **	5
400	Bass Relief	HVS 5b
401	Brooks' Route	HVS 5a *	4
402	Dorenuts	E1 5a
403	Southern Route	S 4a	1
404	Top Heavy	VS 4c	1
	LODGE BUTTRESS AREA
406	Blu Wig Sheep	font 5	1
407	Fishboy	V6 6b	1
408	Jellyeyes left arete	V2 6a
409	Jellyeyes	V8 6c	1
410	Jellyeyes (with undercut)	V6 6c
411	Jellyeyes right groove	V1 5b
412	The Arete	V3 6a
413	The Bear Pit	V8 6c
414	Dragon Slayer	V7 6c	5
415	PDB Lodge Buttress Left Problem 1	font 3	1
416	The Skylight Climb	M *	2
417	The Dragon's Den	V3 6a	12
418	The Big Flake	V0- 4b	6
419	PDB Dragons Den Problem 4a	font 6a+	2
420	Jorge	V8 6c	1
421	Jorge Jr	font 6c	2
422	Crouching Tiger	V7 6c	1
423	Blunted	V7 6b	2
424	Blunted (high start)	V4 6b
425	Sweet Release	V9 6c	1
426	PDB Lodge Buttress Problem 14	font 3	2
427	PDB Lodge Buttress Problem 13	font 3	1
428	PDB Lodge Buttress Problem 12	font 3	3
429	Famine Cracks	HS 4a	1
430	Ogilvie's Corner	HVS 5a	1
431	Ogilvie's Corner (direct start)	HVS 6a	2
432	Curvaceous	font 7a+	1
433	Middle Way	E1 6a **
434	Nightjar	E3 5c *	2
435	Angus	HVS 5a
436	Lodge Buttress Direct	VS 4c	1
437	Opportunist	E2 5c	1
438	Clean Hands Mick	E1 5c
439	Clean Hands Mick Start	V1 5c
440	PDB Ewden Wall Problem 6	font 4
441	Windfall	E2 5c
442	Ewden Edge	VS 4c	1
443	Ewden Wall	VS 4b	1
444	Crazy Legs Crane	V4 6b	1
445	The Parson's Finch	V8 6c	1
446	PDB The Slab Problem 1	font 4
447	PDB The Slab Problem 2	font 4+
448	PDB The Slab Problem 3	font 3
449	Cockyx	font 6a *	1
450	Monolith Cleft †	M	1
451	Wet arete *	HS 4b *	2
452	Cumberland Traverse *	S 3c	2
453	The View From HQ *	HVD 4a	1
454	Gallipoli Chimney *	M	1
455	Left Prow Chimney *	D	1
456	Right Prow Chimney *	D	1
457	Unnamed Groove *	M	1
458	Rook Chimney Caves *	D	1
459	Cheese Cut Groove *	M	2
460	Cascade Climb Variation *	HS 4a *	1
461	Deep Chimney Variation *	D	1
462	Renrock Chimney *	M	1

* Climbs listed in red are waiting to be checked by a crag moderator, and may not be accurate.

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Excellent crag for beginners and experienced climbers
danrhodes1987

- 12/May/09

Good crag. If your looking for a bit of solitude you may just find it here, except for the motocross bikes and the noise of the road.
Jonathan T - 02/May/04

Wharncliffe is a great crag and provides a wonderful evenings soloing.
Michael birkby - 04/Sep/03

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Himmelswillen (VS 4c) the must-do classic route of Wharncliffe

Peter Sanger, Outlook Roof 6A, Wharncliffe/Outlook Roof

Sneaking off at top of a Wharncliffe Arete.

Some climber hanging the sloper on the superb Outlook Roof, Wharncliffe

Stealth ninja Fiend camouflaged against Himmelswillen.