UKC Logbook - 'Grotto Slab'

12m.

Rockfax Description
Often used as a descent route but also worthwhile as a beginners' route. Start at the toe of the slab and ascend to its tip - not much gear. A couple of short awkward corners complete the route. The right edge is even easier. © Rockfax

FA. Henry Bishop et al early 1910s.

Ticklists

Stanage; Diffs on the cliffs , Stanage Routes BMC Graded List , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Gritstone Climbs , 50 Stars in 20 Routes at Stanage Popular , Stanage Popular Greens , ROCKFAX Eastern Grit (2006): Top 500 , Stanage 'Difficults' , Graham Hoey’s Best Peak District Gritstone Routes for Beginners , Pre-WW1 Stanage

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User	Date		Notes
Jgaskell27	26 Sep	Show βeta βeta: Fun route, pretty poor gear	βeta?
Show beta βeta: Fun route, pretty poor gear
Queen of the Traverse	6 Sep	Show βeta βeta: Getting off the ledge halfway up via the corner is pretty bold for the non-lanky-man-sized - looked like a step up onto the face from top of the boulder behind, but a big step up and unprotected! (If there is gear I couldn't reach it). Cheated and went up on the left but no way that move was Mod - would even question that one move being Diff.
Show beta βeta: Getting off the ledge halfway up via the corner is pretty bold for the non-lanky-man-sized - looked like a step up onto the face from top of the boulder behind, but a big step up and unprotected! (If there is gear I couldn't reach it). Cheated and went up on the left but no way that move was Mod - would even question that one move being Diff.
Stanley	18 Jun	Show βeta βeta: Descent	βeta?
Show beta βeta: Descent
springfall2008	24 Sep, 2020	Show βeta βeta: One slightly tricker move off the ledge	βeta?
Show beta βeta: One slightly tricker move off the ledge
Lancs Lad	3 May, 2005	Show βeta βeta: 2 * Easy Diff, nice ramble up easy rock, protectable where needed, easy solo tho	βeta?
Show beta βeta: 2 * Easy Diff, nice ramble up easy rock, protectable where needed, easy solo tho
Richard Hession	10 Feb, 2005	Show βeta βeta: Nice cave 2/3 of the way up for a bivi :P	βeta?
Show beta βeta: Nice cave 2/3 of the way up for a bivi :P
Si dH	22 Jul, 2004	Show βeta βeta: This was my firs tever climb outdoors, its more of a mod as people say. I used it as a descent at stanage today.	βeta?
Show beta βeta: This was my firs tever climb outdoors, its more of a mod as people say. I used it as a descent at stanage today.
Dominion	13 Jun, 2004	Show βeta βeta: Bit of a cakewalk, and definitely more of a Mod than a Diff, didn't bother with a rope or pro for my 2nd gritstone "lead"	βeta?
Show beta βeta: Bit of a cakewalk, and definitely more of a Mod than a Diff, didn't bother with a rope or pro for my 2nd gritstone "lead"
Simon Caldwell	7 Apr, 2003	Show βeta βeta: Very hard to protect so could be quite scary as a first lead. But then again, if Black Hawk Right Hand is Diff, this is surely only Mod?!	βeta?
Show beta βeta: Very hard to protect so could be quite scary as a first lead. But then again, if Black Hawk Right Hand is Diff, this is surely only Mod?!