Lake District Bouldering

Lake District Bouldering cover photo
Author Greg Chapman
Published Vertebrate Publishing, Sheffield (2019)
ISBN 978-1-910240-73-1

Website lakesbloc.com

Review

Lake District Bouldering is the long-awaited guide to bouldering in the Lake District National Park. Written by Greg Chapman, one of the pioneers of bouldering in the Lakes, it features almost 3,000 individually numbered problems and dozens of variations and linkups at over 70 venues.


Crags covered by this Guide
Cumbria crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Armathwaite 161 Sandstone (soft) SW
Ash Bank Bouldering 46 Andesite SE
Badger Rock 67 Rhyolite all
Binka Stone 14 - E
Black Crag (Wrynose) 145 Andesite SW
Carrock Fell Crag 385 Gabbro E
Chapel Stile Boulders 58 Slate ?
Cold Pike Bouldering 46 Rhyolite ?
Coniston Bouldering 305 Rhyolite E
Dunnerdale Boulders 86 Andesite SE
Ellerbeck Crag 13 Granite NW
Ennerdale Boulders 17 Rhyolite SW
Eskdale Fisherground 125 Granite S
Farleton Crag 148 Limestone W
Fleswick Bay 76 Sandstone (soft) W
Gillercombe Boulders 45 Rhyolite ?
Harter Gold Boulders 71 Volcanic tuff S
Hell Moss 29 Limestone NE
Heron Stones 21 - all
Honister Boulders 38 - ?
Humphrey Head 76 Limestone W
Kentmere Boulders 192 Rhyolite ?
Langdale Boulders 66 Rhyolite all
Langstrath Boulders 33 Rhyolite ?
Newbiggin Crag 84 Limestone SW
Rakerigg Crag 8 Rhyolite ?
Rolling Rock 37 - all
Sampson's Stones 93 Rhyolite all
Seathwaite Bouldering Circuit 70 Andesite SW
Settle Earth Boulders 50 Rhyolite all
Sour Milk Boulders 33 Rhyolite E
St. Bees Head 412 Sandstone (soft) W
Stirrup Boulders (Wasdale) 48 Rhyolite SE
Stonestar Crag 62 Rhyolite SW
Swarthbeck Gill (Ravens Crag Boulders) 65 Rhyolite W
Tear Drop Boulder, Eskdale 17 Granite all
The Bowderstone 173 Rhyolite all
Thirlmere Boulders 54 Gabbro all
Lancashire crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Cringlesport 19 Limestone SE
Fairy Steps 299 Limestone W
Hyning Wood Crags 18 Limestone ?
Trowbarrow 251 Limestone W
Warton Pinnacle Crag 149 Limestone W
Woodwell 219 Limestone ?

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