a selection of roaches slabs,from easy to tough from the 2004 bmc guide
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Map of routes in this ticklist
Distribution of grades - Trad
Top 12 photos of this ticklist
Wings of Unreason
The famous crux dyno, Wings of Unreason.
© Jon Read
Wings of Unreason
Callum eyeing up the dyno on wings
© Harry Chaplin
Wings of Unreason
The Wings dyno -- Turner's turn.
© Jon Read
Elegy
Dave on "Elegy", Roaches Classic (E2 5c)
© PeteWilson
Maud's Garden
Maud's garden
© bibster1989
Counterstroke of Equity
A nice old find of Pete fully committed soloing Counterstroke on the Skyline.
© davidj
Counterstroke of Equity
Grit surfing
© Stuart Johnston
Elegy
© Will Rupp
Elegy
Padding up the exposed finish of ‘Elegy’, E2 5c, at the Roaches, Staffordshire.
© si cooke
San Melas
Dan O'Brien, Takes a Winger on San Melas E3 5c ***, Roaches Skyline
© Graham Haslehurst
San Melas
Slab School, Lesson One - He who looks for handholds before footholds will only find air time.
© KiaranR
Wings of Unreason
Flying to the top!
© Dafydd Llywelyn
| Add | Climb name | Grade | Ticks? | Height | Crag name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maud's Garden | HVD 3c *** | 3555 | 22m | • 2 | Roaches Upper Tier | |||
| Slab and Arête | S 4a ** | 668 | 18m | Roaches Skyline | ||||
| Technical Slab | HS 4a *** | 2182 | 24m | Roaches Upper Tier | ||||
| Condor Slab | VS 4c ** | 527 | 14m | Roaches Skyline | ||||
| Mantelshelf Slab | VS 4b * | 218 | 12m | Roaches Skyline | ||||
| Prelude to Space | HVS 4c ** | 357 | 10m | Roaches Skyline | ||||
| Hawkwing | E1 5b *** | 735 | 22m | Roaches Lower Tier | ||||
| Elegy | E2 5c *** | 603 | 16m | Roaches Lower Tier | ||||
| San Melas | E3 5c *** | 452 | 8m | Roaches Skyline | ||||
| Wings of Unreason | E4 6a *** | 549 | 10m | Roaches Skyline | ||||
| Counterstroke of Equity | E5 6c * | 11 | 10m | Roaches Skyline | ||||
| Obsession Fatale | E8 6c *** | 100 | 10m | Roaches Lower Tier | ||||
| 23 e, 29 stars | 9,957 | 176m | 13 | |||||
Gus, Hidden