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A long mountaineering outing that has some excellent climbing in exposed positions. The ridge that links the buttress to the main cliff is unusual. Pay attention to the descent options, which are tricky and can be time consuming. Start on a worn series of foot-ledges 5m right of a tree.
1) 4a, 20m. Move up to a wide rib with a short ramp on its left. Gain the ramp and a spike runner at its top. Step right and pull up the short wall to easier ground and a belay ledge.
2) 4a, 20m. Climb the crack and spikes above to a thread, then take the open corner leftwards to a stance on the wall just left of the overhang/leaning wall.
3) 4a, 30m. Move right to some good holds on the wall above the overhang and traverse out to the arete and meet it level with an overlap. Follow the line of ribs and ledges to a belay in a vegetated bay.
4) 4a, 30m. Climb a short thin crack on the right side of the bay then continue up walls and cracks to a belay on a ridge.
5) 30m. The ridge past pinnacles leads to a col with steep gullies on either side. © Rockfax

Ticklists

Lakeland Revival 2015 , Lakeland's Best Multi-pitch Routes up to HVS , Arc'teryx Lakeland Revival 2017 , Mountaineering Routes in the Lake District , A Lakeland Apprenticeship , Turbo-Punter's Tradification , Eastern lakes multipitch , Lake District Multipitch Climbing

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biggianthead 8 Jun, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: A great mountaineering route. It's a shame some abseil off at top of pitch 3. Pitch 4 is great (as described by FRCC variation), although the belay needs a bit of thought. The pinnacles are fun. The last pitch up to the summit is about 30m (again belays need thought) Gentle amble down (better than mucking about in a gully)
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βeta: A great mountaineering route. It's a shame some abseil off at top of pitch 3. Pitch 4 is great (as described by FRCC variation), although the belay needs a bit of thought. The pinnacles are fun. The last pitch up to the summit is about 30m (again belays need thought) Gentle amble down (better than mucking about in a gully)
jlury 19 May, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: v good. feels q adventurous. beautiful location on a big crag. did as 6 pitches. p4 the left hand FRCC variant is much better, as described by other users. p5 is the pinnacles (v good!), p6 is loose-ish terrain (still VD or S) to the top. Carry your shoes for the long walk down steep grass (to the R looking in).
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βeta: v good. feels q adventurous. beautiful location on a big crag. did as 6 pitches. p4 the left hand FRCC variant is much better, as described by other users. p5 is the pinnacles (v good!), p6 is loose-ish terrain (still VD or S) to the top. Carry your shoes for the long walk down steep grass (to the R looking in).
GPN 7 May, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: Alternative pitch 4 (as described in the FRCC guide) is very good. From the belay at the top of the third pitch move up to behind the flakey pinnacle on the left side of the bay. Step up and left and follow cracks and flakes up to the final ridge (4a).
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βeta: Alternative pitch 4 (as described in the FRCC guide) is very good. From the belay at the top of the third pitch move up to behind the flakey pinnacle on the left side of the bay. Step up and left and follow cracks and flakes up to the final ridge (4a).
KKormos 6 Feb, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: Instead of the downclimb to the right, we abseiled through it off a rock spike.
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βeta: Instead of the downclimb to the right, we abseiled through it off a rock spike.
K Farrell 28 Feb, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: The walk off is totally fine. Walk to the left (looking in) for a fair way until you can look down and see a wide grassy ledge with rocks on about 80m below. You can then follow that back down. Easily spotted from the bottom before you start climbing!
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βeta: The walk off is totally fine. Walk to the left (looking in) for a fair way until you can look down and see a wide grassy ledge with rocks on about 80m below. You can then follow that back down. Easily spotted from the bottom before you start climbing!
slacky 28 Sep, 2020 Show βeta
βeta: Went left for alternative finish climbing the run, felt more like VS, going left off rib up Grove is probably what is described in the guide.
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βeta: Went left for alternative finish climbing the run, felt more like VS, going left off rib up Grove is probably what is described in the guide.
glaramara 21 Jun, 2020 Show βeta
βeta: Make sure you top out then walk off is easy.
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βeta: Make sure you top out then walk off is easy.
glaramara 21 Jun, 2020 Show βeta
βeta: 1st pitch is hard until u remember to step right avoiding the blank crack. 4 pitches of climbing and 2 of scrambling. If u go right to the top walk off is straight forward.
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βeta: 1st pitch is hard until u remember to step right avoiding the blank crack. 4 pitches of climbing and 2 of scrambling. If u go right to the top walk off is straight forward.

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Kestrel wall

Grade: S 4a ***
(Eagle Crag (Grisedale))

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