Trowbarrow

Climbs 165
Rocktype Limestone

Faces W

Nick and Dan, Coral Sea (VS) - Trowbarrow © PJRead

Crag features

Trowbarrow has always been a popular climbing venue and over the last decade has been managed carefully and is now a very pleasant place to visit. Trowbarrow Quarry fulfils a number of functions being a good local evening crag, an excellent destination from further a field to sample its best pitches and as a reliable wet weather alternative to those washed out from the Lake District.

Bouldering guide available here:

http://www.lakesbloc.com/crags/south-lakes-limestone/232-trowbarrow-quarry.html

Approach notes

Nature conservation area - some requests to climbers to stop loss of fossils on main wall.

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Last updated on 23/Nov/2016

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Guidebooks

Northern Limestone : Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire

Northern Limestone : Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire covers some of the best limestone crags in the UK including the big three of Malham, Kilnsey and Gordale. Alongside these titans are numerous other destinations that offer both sport and trad climbing throughout the grades, ranging from the intimidating walls of Blue Scar and Trow Gill to the long lines of newly-developed low to mid-grade sport crags such as Moughton Nab and Giggleswick South. Trad climbing is also well catered for on the walls and escarpments at the likes of Trowbarrow Quarry, Twistleton Scar, Attermire Scar and Witches Quarry.

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More Guidebooks:
Lancashire Rock (2016)
Lancashire Rock (1999)
LakesBloc Website

Out of print:

Northern Limestone (2004)

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Jules, yeah it is mega polished. Good training for solid footwork ;D you get used to it! daftendirekt - 01/Apr/14
Went here on 31st May 2013 to boulder on Red Wall and it seemed mega polished and under graded...no-one else concur???? jules699 - 02/Jun/13
Some of these climbs are not in the right sections (e.g. Barnicle, Acid Drop, Drop Acid, Earth Eater) Anyone know how to change/ add them to other sections or create another section. Believe more sections are needed for example Yellow Wall and ideally the others Diamond Wall, Suspension Wall, Washday Wall, Lower Wall though Chossy Area could cover the last 4 Sol Armer - 31/Mar/13
Redwall makes a great morning wall climb as the sun reaches it first warming it before the rest of the quarry. Sol Armer - 31/Mar/13
Has anyone found a Petzl harness at trowbarrow since Monday 30th May? Either at the bottom of barrier reef or by the shelter boulder? Thanks in advance. carlc75 - 05/Jun/11
I did a few routes here on a rainy morning, and am astounded at how fast this venue drys... Red Wall is also dry nearly all the time, and has some very good quality bouldering.. I didn't do much on the large boulder, since it's all very high grades- but the venue overall is a great one, that I shall be returning to! Evilllamas - 30/Apr/11
From a bouldering point of view Trowbarrow is very handy, the red wall stays dry in the most miserable conditions. And there are some good problems on the shelter stone. Check out Lakesbloc for topos. Mike Binks - 10/Feb/06
Part of the crag has fallen away over the last few years. This has made some of the climbing quite dangerous as all protection points on some routes have a good chace of falling out or bringing the rock out with it.(i know its happened!). I now top rope this crag even though your not supposed to. If the wrden sees you you'll get a slap on the wrists and that about it. Make sure you find a strong ancor points when climbing this and a helmet could save your life at this one!! James Hall - 27/Sep/05
The Red Wall in the trees opposite Main Wall is also well worth a look, I only did one route there but it was surprisingly fun despite the polished start and very well protected so I wouldn't go with the "usually top-roped" nonsense. Also, more bouldering info at Lakesbloc.com. Fiend - 07/May/04
Bouldering info about this crag can be found on nwbouldering.co.uk beardy - 28/Mar/03

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name		Grade
	Coral Sea Area
2	Barnacle	-	S 4a	49
3	Coral Sea		VS 4c **	1252
4	Coral Sea Direct		E1 5c	65
5	Coral Sea Super Direct		f7B+ **	3
6	Barrier Reef		S 4a *	548
7	To Hell in a Handcart	-	VS 4a **	9
8	Ask Les		S 4a *	23
9	Boomerang	-	VD	65
10	Boomerang Direct		S 4a	4
11	Aborigine Wall		VS 4c	51
12	Robbie's Route		HVS 5a
13	Quisquillae	-	HS 4a	37
14	Arafura *		E1 5c	2
	Assagai Wall
16	Perseverance		VD	25
17	Twentieth Century Schitzoid Man		D **	130
18	Rumal		HVS 5a *	96
19	Truffle		HS 4c **	164
20	Sour Milk Groove		HVS 5a *	92
21	Clotted Cream	-	E1 5b	15
22	Day of the Beanpoles		E3 6b *	2
23	A Sense of Doubt		E4 6b ***	150
24	Doubting Thomas		E5 6b **	9
25	Scary Monsters		E5 6a *	54
26	Boundary Groove		D	70
27	Javelin		E1 5b **	128
28	Sleeping Sickness		E2 5c **	156
29	Assagai		HVS 5a ***	763
30	Frontage	-	HS 4b	222
31	Bob		HS 4b	18
32	Night Flight		VS 4c	78
33	Incantations	-	E1 5a	13
34	Sluice		HVS 5a *	148
35	Crinoid		VD	33
36	Sickening Practice		HVS 5a *	1
37	Very Ordinary Route		M	97
38	Jomo		VD ***	995
39	Pigfall		S 4a	113
40	Pig in a Poke		HVS 4c	8
41	Ramp Ant		S 4a *	717
42	Eclipse *		VS 4c *	3
43	Not Scary *		E3 5c	3
	Asylum Wall
45	Diaries Of A Madman		E5 6b **
46	The Nut House		E5 6a *	5
47	The Asylum		E5 6a **	16
48	The Idiot	-	E5 6a	2
49	Memoirs of a Lunatic		E5 6a **	31
50	Diary Of A Sane Man	-	E7 6b
51	Original Route		VD	261
52	Original Route (Crystal slabs finish)		S *	31
53	Red Slab		VS 4c/4b	21
	Main Wall
55	Oniscus		S 4a	8
56	Magic Making		E1 5b	3
57	Cracked Actor		E2 5c ***	482
58	Aladdinsane		E1 5a **	227

	Climb name		Grade
59	Blow Out	-	E6 6a	5
60	Jean Jeanie		VS 4c ***	1308
61	Eek		E4 5c **	5
62	Moondance	-	E5 6a	4
63	Major Tom		E2 5c **	27
64	A Touch of Class		E2 5c **	68
65	A Touch of Class (alternative start)	-	HVS 5a *	30
66	Harijan		VS 4c ***	524
67	Hollow Earth		HVS 5a ***	340
68	Warspite Direct		E2 5b *	33
69	Warspite		HVS 5a	34
70	Heroes		E3 5c *	11
71	Helden	-	E1 5b	5
72	Space Oddity		E1 5a *	2
	Yellow Wall
74	Street Boy Blues		E2 5c *	9
75	Mellow Yellow	-	HVS 5a *	3
76	Earth Eater		VS 4c	20
77	Willy the Dish		HVS 5a	4
78	Teardrop	-	E2 5c *	5
	Chossy Area - Right of Yellow Wall
80	Lone Wall		E2 5a **	17
81	Arc	-	HVS 5a *	13
82	Blue Daz	-	S 4a	15
83	Facial Gymnastics	-	E2 5b *	3
84	Square Deal Surf		VS 4c	22
85	True Blue		E3 6a *	1
86	Deep Throat		S 4a	3
87	Rock and Roll Suicide	-	E2 5b	1
88	Biological Agent K9	-	HVS 5b *	23
	Red Wall
90	Wrongo Sal		E5 6a *	1
91	Limestone John	-	E3 5c *	8
92	Essence Direct		E4 6a *	6
93	Essence of a Giraffe		E3 6a *	31
94	American Express	-	E2 5b **	8
95	Willy the Fink		E5 6b	3
96	Fluoroscopic Kid	-	E4 6a	6
97	Nova Express		E3 6a **	37
98	Exequy		E6 6b **	26
99	Homophobia		E6 6b *	5
100	Izzy the Push		E2 5c *	88
101	Heavy Metal Kid		E3 5c *	41
102	Michelin Man		E2 5c	8
103	Acid Drop		HVS 4c **	1
104	Drop Acid		HVS 5a
	Red Wall - Bouldering & Traverses
106	Red Traverse		7b+ *	36
107	Shallow Grave		f7A+ **	86
108	Shallow Grave Super Direct		f7B	7
109	Yin Yang		f7B *	2
110	Yin Yang LH		f7C *	1
111	Spring Loaded		f7B *	3
112	Grave Journey		f6B *	11
113	The Crack		f5	88
114	Optimus Primetime		f7A+ *	20
115	Warm Up Traverse		f6A+ *	32
116	Bulge direct SS		f6C *	44

	Climb name		Grade
117	Mud Monkey	-	f5	13
118	Funky Breeze		f6B	13
119	Dead Man Walking		f7B+ **	10
120	American Express (ss)		f6A *	77
121	American Express (standing start)	-	f5	48
122	Prophets of Sound (AKA:The Dots Dyno)		f7C+	3
123	Prophets of Sound (ss)		f8A	2
124	Mike's Problem Supercharged		f6C+ *	10
125	Grimlocks New Brain		f7A *	17
126	The 80's Dream		f7A+ *	6
127	Greg's Dyno		f7B *	25
128	6 Foot Sicks		f7C *
129	Nick's Problem		f6B *	70
130	G's Variation		f7A	5
131	Diagonal Diagnosis		f6B *	17
132	The Classic Sitter	-	f5	21
133	Classic Rock Over		f4	34
134	The Easy Groove		f3	36
135	The Undercut Problem		f7A	4
136	Parallax	-	f7A	5
137	Problem 4, Red Wall		f6A	11
138	Undercut 2		V6	1
139	Galvatron's Greed	-	V9	1
	Shelter Stone (AKA Trowbarrow Boulder)
141	Texas Hold Em'		f7B+ *	21
142	Free Jump		f6B+ *	16
143	Isla De Encanta		f8B ***	1
144	Free Hang (ss)		f8A *	5
145	Free Hang		f5 5b	25
146	Ramp Traverse		f6C+ *	87
147	Shallow Groove		f8A *	5
148	The Slab		f3	42
149	Il Pirata		f8C
150	Regular John		f7A+ *	7
151	Man From Barrow	-	f7C+ *	3
152	The Buccaneer		f7C	11
153	The Pit Problem (low start)		f7B+	53
154	The Pit Problem		f7B *	104
155	Pit Problem Regular		f7B+ **	2
156	Wheel Barrow		f7C *	18
157	Pacman		f8A	5
158	Pacman Right Hand		f8A	2
159	Ned's Problem		f7B *	65
160	Ned's Problem Footless		f7C *	1
161	The Jazz Phenomena		f7A+ *	21
162	The Groove		f6C+ *	51
163	Iron Man		f8A **	10
164	Iron Man Right Hand		f8A	5
165	Vitruvian Man Right Hand	-	f7C **	26
166	Vitruvian Man		f7C **	71
167	Pie Man		f7C	18
168	The Descent		f3+	5
169	Barbaric Yawp	-	f7C+	1
170	The Funk Phenomena		f7A *	70
171	Wamdue Project		f6B+	17
172	Atrocity Exhibition		f8A
173	Mojo		f7A+ *	4
174	One Hand Dyno *		f7A+ *	2

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