Climbs 61
Rocktype Gritstone
Altitude 708m a.s.l
Faces SE
Katie Mckay on the first ascent of Radical Prolapse on Wild Boar Fell © gaddesm
Crag features
Situated at an altitude of 700m, in a stunning location, on the eastern slopes of Wild Boar Fell above Mallerstang, Yorkshire Dales National Park, is a collection of gritstone buttresses up to 15m high. GR 763 990. There is an Interim Guide available and some topos in the Photos section.
Character. The buttresses are of generally good quality gritstone up to 15m in height. However, no matter how good the rock, the climbs have had so few ascents that there is bound to be some loose rock in places. It’s a great place to climb, as long as you don’t expect rock that has been cleaned by the passage of many hands and feet!
Approach notes
From the cairn on The Nab summit, perched block arête is visible to the right. Walk 30m south to find two small circular ponds and head rightwards down an easy grassy slope to reach the right (looking outwards) edge of the buttress. A few metres down the grassy gully take a faint sheep trod, past several small cairns. It traverses at a fairly high level, gradually descending to reach the base of Triple Tier Buttress, at the right angled corner of Born Again. Scramble down a step or two and round the corner; the Amphitheatre will come into view).
(An alternative, perhaps easier to find, but steeper, descent may be made down the large grassy right angled bay that is the amphitheatre. It is about 150m on from the cairn.)
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