180m, 4 pitches. Follow the summer line for the first two pitches and possibly the third. Surmount a short wall at the very base of the corner, trending left across delicate slabs to below a vertical, clean right-facing corner (3m left of another corner with some blocks). From the base of the vertical corner, descend an obvious slab diagonally down and left for 3m. The crux moves were getting round the bulging wall at the base of the slab to pull into a steep groove with blocks/flakes at its top. Climb directly up a steep corner to a platform and belay. It was assumed that the “large loose blocks” in the summer ascent were the blocks/flakes mentioned above. On the winter ascent, these were safely frozen in place, enabling the peg tension to be dispensed with. On pitch five, continue up the fine corner system to the top rather than bearing hard right as per summer. Note: The final two final pitches are common to Free Range (Feb 2011)

Malcolm Bass, Helen Rennard & Simon Yearsley 04/Jan/2014.

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