Rockfax Description
A tremendous tour of the face. Start at a well-worn short belay crack located just above where the approach scramble reaches Ash Tree Ledge.
1) 17m. Move up to gain a blocky traverse rightwards to a big ledge. Move down right to a belay under a short curving crack.
2) 14m. Make a couple of awkward moves up the curving crack to a ledge, then traverse 7m left to below a wide open corner - the 'Forty Foot Corner' - belay here.
3) 14m. Climb the corner to ledges and belay.
4) 8m. Move left to below a groove and climb it to a good ledge and belay.
5) 4a, 14m. Move up easily leftwards to below a steep crack. Climb the crack (difficult to start) to the top. © Rockfax
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| Margee | 12 Jun |
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βeta: Gear retrieval, due to various reason we had to back off from the top of the second pitch yesterday evening. There is a full anchor built we used to abseil off, we would be very grateful if we could be reunited with our gear, pls contact one of the names on the toughtags to arrange. Thank you! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Gear retrieval, due to various reason we had to back off from the top of the second pitch yesterday evening. There is a full anchor built we used to abseil off, we would be very grateful if we could be reunited with our gear, pls contact one of the names on the toughtags to arrange. Thank you! |
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| CathS | 11 Jul, 2022 |
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βeta: Avoid on a busy day, as the top half of the route is directly beneath the heavily-used abseil chain. You will have ab ropes dropped on you - sometimes without warning... | βeta? | |
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βeta: Avoid on a busy day, as the top half of the route is directly beneath the heavily-used abseil chain. You will have ab ropes dropped on you - sometimes without warning... |
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| LakesWinter | 25 Apr, 2022 |
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βeta: HVD not S, superb climbing once the 40ft corner is reached. | βeta? | |
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βeta: HVD not S, superb climbing once the 40ft corner is reached. |
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| C Rettiw | 29 Aug, 2021 |
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βeta: Not really a great route in the modern idiom. The first sections traverse around in a pedestrian manner. The 40ft corner is reasonable climbing, but the belay ledge is cramped for a novice. The top section is also the ab line, so it's often better to finish up C Route or similar. C Route and D route are much better overall, at the same grade. | ||
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βeta: Not really a great route in the modern idiom. The first sections traverse around in a pedestrian manner. The 40ft corner is reasonable climbing, but the belay ledge is cramped for a novice. The top section is also the ab line, so it's often better to finish up C Route or similar. C Route and D route are much better overall, at the same grade. |
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Sergeant's Crag Gully (summer)
Grade: S ***
(Sergeant Crag)