The best 50 UK "Orange Spot" Sports Routes? ticklist

contributed by The Ivanator Jan/16 - This public ticklist has been seen 2,772 times

An attempt to identify the best UK routes in the Rockfax "Orange Spot" zone of F5a - F6a+. Chosen following Forum discussion, and scouring the UKC logbooks/voting for gems. Quality has been the main criteria for the choices, but there is an attempt to achieve some geographical spread to the routes as well.

Add	Grade	Ticks?	Height		Crag name
	PORTLAND
1	Slings Shot	5a ***	2416	22m		Blacknor North
2	Reptile Smile	6a+ ***	1918	22m		Blacknor North
3	Shit Happens, Actually	6a **	1181	20m		Blacknor Central
4	Pregnant Pause	6a+ ***	1114	26m		Blacknor Central
5	Go With the Flow	6a **	531	22m		Blacknor Central
6	Lazy Days and Summer Haze	6a+ **	674	18m		Battleship Edge
7	Stalker's Zone	6a+ ***	622	28m		Wallsend South
8	The Man Who Never Found Himself	6a+ **	377	23m		Coastguard North
9	Xavier's Wall	6a ***	385	24m		Coastguard South
10	Coming of Age	6a **	277	24m		Coastguard South
11	Consommé	6a+ **	1466	17m		The Cuttings
12	For Michèle	6a	83	?		The Cuttings
	SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
13	Unseen Ripples of the Pebble	6a+ **	854	20m		Winspit
14	Supercalorific	6a+ ***	233	20m		Churston Quarries
15	Sunshine	6a *	204	60m	• 2	Anstey's Cove
16	More To Share	6a+ **	263	25m		The Perch Quarry
17	Still Nice and Still Sleazy	6a+ **	638	32m		Wintour's Leap
	SOUTH & CENTRAL WALES
18	Hung Over	6a+ ****	67	15m		Third Sister to...
19	Southeast Wall	6a+ ***	161	18m		Third Sister to...
20	Lemon Soul	6a ***	249	?		Rhossili Beach
21	Dawson's Corner	5a ***	106	?		Rhossili Beach
22	Don't Jis on my Sofa	6a+ ***	47	?	• 2	Barland Quarry
23	Nevermind	6a **	44	25m		Craig Cnwch
24	The Plumb	5b **	252	?		Gilwern
	NORTH WALES
25	Borderline	6a+ ***	654	12m		Trevor Quarry
26	Plastic Soldier	6a **	776	40m		Australia
27	We no speak Americano!	6a **	86	30m	• 2	California
28	The Horsin' Around Finish	6a+ **	338	?		Rainbow Slab Area
29	Tricky Fruitbat	6a+ *	88	20m		Fedw Fawr
30	Route 1	5a ***	2503	19m		Castle Inn Quarry
31	Skin Game	6a+ **	460	20m		Lower Pen Trwyn
	NORTHERN ENGLAND
32	School's Out	6a+ **	1637	20m		Horseshoe Quarry
33	Coral Seas	6a ***	917	28m		Harpur Hill Quarry
34	Bonhomie	6a+ ***	415	?		Giggleswick South
35	Wheels On Fire	6a+ ***	761	21m		Robin Proctor's Scar
36	Inertia Syndrome Revisited	6a+ **	448	21m		Robin Proctor's Scar
37	Silver Buttons	6a+ ***	66	45m	• 2	Langcliffe Quarry
38	Blencathra Badger	5b ***	296	27m		Bram Crag Quarry
39	The Sunshine Gang	6a ***	218	30m		Bram Crag Quarry
40	Fisherman's Friend	5c **	162	?		St. Bees Head
	SCOTLAND
41	Silence of the Clams	5c ***	42	?		Arbroath
42	The Deil's Heid	5c ***	106	15m		Arbroath
43	Sharp Practice	6a **	162	?		Cambus O'May...
44	Tale of the Tape	6a+ ***	115	?		Elephant Rock
45	The Groove	6a ***	94	15m		Ardvorlich
46	The Fly	6a+ **	245	15m		Moy Rock (Dingwall)
47	Corvus	5c **	424	22m		Moy Rock (Dingwall)
48	Above The Line	6a **	72	?		Creag Bheag (The...
49	Tain Spotting	6a **	143	?		Creag Bheag (The...
50	Double Jointed	5c ***	58	52m	• 2	Creag Mhor (The...
	121 stars	25,448	913m	• 55

Add

Climb name

Grade

Ticks?

Height

Crag name

PORTLAND

Slings Shot

5a ***

2416

22m

Blacknor North