Great gully, Pavey Ark. I’ve only done it years ago when tinder dry. I imagine the slabby bit is sufficiently horrible for you when it’s slimy. Probably not particularly safe.
Sergeant's Crag Gully is fine in the wet, as is Newlands Gully. Central Gully on Eagle Crag Buttermere is fine in a drought when bone dry, wouldn't fancy it in the wet. Walla will be dry and is a good rock route then.
Wasn't one of the Lakes' first VSses some hideous gully above Wastwater on the Screes side? There's also Intermediate Gully on Dow, but that might be a bit, well, normal. Unless it was raining at the time, perhaps.
No such routes exist in the lakes. All we have is immaculate soaring walls of sparkling clean rock, a bit like the cromlech but bigger and without the wet streaks.
> No such routes exist in the lakes. All we have is immaculate soaring walls of sparkling clean rock, a bit like the cromlech but bigger and without the wet streaks.
Iron Crag Gully is hideously loose, likewise Chock Gully on Dollywagon (in summer). Gwynnes Chimney and Rake End Chimney (both Pavey) are both much more solid but still impressively slippery in the wet.
Piers Gill is good fun in all but high water flow.
Y gully on Haystacks I'd avoid unless you're into full-on vertical XS choss climbing.
I seem to remember a slimy experience in Gwynne's Chimney above Jack's Rake on Pavey Ark. A slimy end to an ascent that can begin with Crescent Climb which looks terrifying but really is the claimed Moderate.
I supposed it depends on how dry the ground conditions are - there was quite a bit of seepage evident when I was last there Ended up as a classic slimy thrutch in big boots
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Walker's is neither particularly greasy not particularly loose. It's actually probably the best gully climb in the Lakes of any grade. Should be bone dry at the moment too. If you want greasy and loose on Pillar try West Jordan Gully! Actually also well worth doing. One to stay away from is Shamrock Gully - that is terminally loose.
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