Trowbarrow

Climbs 164
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 **	1230
4	Coral Sea Direct		E1 5c	64
5	Coral Sea Super Direct		f7B+ **	3
6	Barrier Reef		S 4a *	538
7	To Hell in a Handcart	-	VS 4a **	7
8	Ask Les		S 4a *	14
9	Boomerang	-	VD	62
10	Boomerang Direct		S 4a	4
11	Aborigine Wall		VS 4c	50
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 **	124
18	Rumal		HVS 5a *	94
19	Truffle		HS 4c **	159
20	Sour Milk Groove		HVS 5a *	91
21	Clotted Cream	-	E1 5b	10
22	Day of the Beanpoles		E3 6b *	2
23	A Sense of Doubt		E4 6b ***	146
24	Doubting Thomas		E5 6b **	9
25	Scary Monsters		E5 6a *	51
26	Boundary Groove		D	70
27	Javelin		E1 5b **	119
28	Sleeping Sickness		E2 5c **	163
29	Assagai		HVS 5a ***	741
30	Frontage	-	HS 4b	218
31	Bob		HS 4b	15
32	Night Flight		VS 4c	80
33	Incantations	-	E1 5a	13
34	Sluice		HVS 5a *	147
35	Crinoid		VD	33
36	Sickening Practice		HVS 5a *	1
37	Very Ordinary Route		M	98
38	Jomo		VD ***	976
39	Pigfall		S 4a	110
40	Pig in a Poke		HVS 4c	8
41	Ramp Ant		S 4a *	707
42	Eclipse *		VS 4c *	3
	Asylum Wall
44	Diaries Of A Madman		E5 6b **
45	The Nut House		E5 6a *	5
46	The Asylum		E5 6a **	18
47	The Idiot	-	E5 6a	2
48	Memoirs of a Lunatic		E5 6a **	41
49	Diary Of A Sane Man	-	E7 6b
50	Original Route		VD	256
51	Original Route (Crystal slabs finish)		S *	32
52	Red Slab		VS 4c/4b	21
	Main Wall
54	Oniscus		S 4a	8
55	Magic Making		E1 5b	3
56	Cracked Actor		E2 5c ***	467
57	Aladdinsane		E1 5a **	220
58	Blow Out	-	E6 6a	5

	Climb name		Grade
59	Jean Jeanie		VS 4c ***	1264
60	Eek		E4 5c **	5
61	Moondance	-	E5 6a	4
62	Major Tom		E2 5c **	29
63	A Touch of Class		E2 5c **	71
64	A Touch of Class (alternative start)	-	HVS 5a *	30
65	Harijan		VS 4c ***	512
66	Hollow Earth		HVS 5a ***	330
67	Warspite Direct		E2 5b *	30
68	Warspite		HVS 5a	35
69	Heroes		E3 5c *	10
70	Helden	-	E1 5b	5
71	Space Oddity		E1 5a *	2
	Yellow Wall
73	Street Boy Blues		E2 5c *	5
74	Mellow Yellow	-	HVS 5a *	4
75	Earth Eater		VS 4c	20
76	Willy the Dish		HVS 5a	4
77	Teardrop	-	E2 5c *	5
	Chossy Area - Right of Yellow Wall
79	Lone Wall		E2 5a **	17
80	Arc	-	HVS 5a *	13
81	Blue Daz	-	S 4a	15
82	Facial Gymnastics	-	E2 5b *	3
83	Square Deal Surf		VS 4c	22
84	True Blue		E3 6a *	1
85	Deep Throat		S 4a	2
86	Rock and Roll Suicide	-	E2 5b	1
87	Biological Agent K9	-	HVS 5b *	24
	Red Wall
89	Wrongo Sal		E5 6a *	1
90	Limestone John	-	E3 5c *	8
91	Essence Direct		E4 6a *	6
92	Essence of a Giraffe		E3 6a *	31
93	American Express	-	E2 5b **	8
94	Willy the Fink		E5 6b	3
95	Fluoroscopic Kid	-	E4 6a	6
96	Nova Express		E3 6a **	34
97	Exequy		E6 6b **	23
98	Homophobia		E6 6b *	4
99	Izzy the Push		E2 5c *	87
100	Heavy Metal Kid		E3 5c *	40
101	Michelin Man		E2 5c	8
102	Acid Drop		HVS 4c **	1
103	Drop Acid		HVS 5a
	Red Wall - Bouldering & Traverses
105	Red Traverse		7b+ *	33
106	Shallow Grave		f7A+ **	81
107	Shallow Grave Super Direct		f7B	8
108	Yin Yang		f7B *	2
109	Yin Yang LH		f7C *	1
110	Spring Loaded		f7B *	3
111	Grave Journey		f6B *	11
112	The Crack		f5	86
113	Optimus Primetime		f7A+ *	18
114	Warm Up Traverse		f6A+ *	32
115	Bulge direct SS		f6C *	44
116	Mud Monkey	-	f5	13

	Climb name		Grade
117	Funky Breeze		f6B	13
118	Dead Man Walking		f7B+ **	11
119	American Express (ss)		f6A *	78
120	American Express (standing start)	-	f5	47
121	Prophets of Sound (AKA:The Dots Dyno)		f7C+	3
122	Prophets of Sound (ss)		f8A	2
123	Mike's Problem Supercharged		f6C+ *	10
124	Grimlocks New Brain		f7A *	17
125	The 80's Dream		f7A+ *	6
126	Greg's Dyno		f7B *	27
127	6 Foot Sicks		f7C *
128	Nick's Problem		f6B *	67
129	G's Variation		f7A	4
130	Diagonal Diagnosis		f6B *	15
131	The Classic Sitter	-	f5	19
132	Classic Rock Over		f4	34
133	The Easy Groove		f3	37
134	The Undercut Problem		f7A	4
135	Parallax	-	f7A	5
136	Problem 4, Red Wall		f6A	11
137	Undercut 2		V6	1
138	Galvatron's Greed	-	V9	1
	Shelter Stone (AKA Trowbarrow Boulder)
140	Texas Hold Em'		f7B+ *	25
141	Free Jump		f6B+ *	16
142	Isla De Encanta		f8B ***	1
143	Free Hang (ss)		f8A *	10
144	Free Hang		f5	24
145	Ramp Traverse		f6C+ *	83
146	Shallow Groove		f8A *	6
147	The Slab		f3	42
148	Il Pirata		f8C
149	Regular John		f7A+ *	7
150	Man From Barrow	-	f7C+ *	3
151	The Buccaneer		f7C	14
152	The Pit Problem (low start)		f7B+	51
153	The Pit Problem		f7B *	102
154	Pit Problem Regular		f7B+ **	1
155	Wheel Barrow		f7C *	20
156	Pacman		f8A	7
157	Pacman Right Hand		f8A	2
158	Ned's Problem		f7B *	61
159	Ned's Problem Footless		f7C *	1
160	The Jazz Phenomena		f7A+ *	22
161	The Groove		f6C+ *	48
162	Iron Man		f8A **	14
163	Iron Man Right Hand		f8A	6
164	Vitruvian Man Right Hand	-	f7C **	25
165	Vitruvian Man		f7C **	90
166	Pie Man		f7C	16
167	The Descent		f3+	5
168	Barbaric Yawp	-	f7C+	1
169	The Funk Phenomena		f7A *	67
170	Wamdue Project		f6B+	17
171	Atrocity Exhibition		f8A
172	Mojo		f7A+ *	4
173	One Hand Dyno *		f7A+ *	2

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