Rockfax Description
Delightful climbing. Start 2m right of the large vegetated corner that defines the left side of the slab. Move up to a narrow right-facing corner/groove and climb this to a small ledge. Continue up a thin crack and at its end move up right slightly on pockets at the change in angle to below another thin crack. Take the thin crack and easier ground above to the top. © Rockfax
UKC Logbook Description
Walk off from the top.
Do not leave abseil tat on the trees at the top
As the definative GWR guide says, this is not HVS but a tough VS 4c.
Ticklists
West Country Climbs , Consolidation and developmental path to VS , Top 25 UKC South West VS/HVS , Top 50 Most Logged Climbs in the South West , Bristol Area Easy Trad Ticklist , Somerset Sufferfest
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| Isaac_Blanc | 8 Jul, 2021 |
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βeta: My second pulled a brick-sized block loose on the last few meters of the climb. Possibly lulled into a false sense of security by the fact that the rock is pretty solid until the very end. | βeta? | |
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βeta: My second pulled a brick-sized block loose on the last few meters of the climb. Possibly lulled into a false sense of security by the fact that the rock is pretty solid until the very end. |
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| VinnyW | 16 Jul, 2020 |
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βeta: Great route. GWR guide says VS 4c and I agree! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Great route. GWR guide says VS 4c and I agree! |
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| PaulJepson | 29 May, 2020 |
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βeta: Some of the best and hardest climbing on this is above the bolts. Don't short-change yourself; go to the trees! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Some of the best and hardest climbing on this is above the bolts. Don't short-change yourself; go to the trees! |
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| Steve Neads | 18 Jul, 2019 |
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βeta: Well protected and worth going all the way to the top, but 50m rope essential to reach tree belay. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Well protected and worth going all the way to the top, but 50m rope essential to reach tree belay. |
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| Mbowell | 17 Jun, 2019 |
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βeta: VS in GWR guide book | βeta? | |
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βeta: VS in GWR guide book |
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Hell Gates
Grade: HVS 5a ***
(Avon Gorge (Suspension Bridge Area))