40m, 2 pitches.

Rockfax Description
Start at the corner right of the Icarus flake.
1) 5a, 20m. Climb the corner to a ledge on the right. Head left and then back right awkwardly to the red ramp. Follow this to belay on Icarus.
2) 5b, 12m The right arete of Icarus is a fine and exposed finale. © Rockfax

UKC Logbook Description
A direct version of Icarus start in the obvious corner right f the Icarus Flake.
P1. 5a 22m corner - ledge system -left then right to narrow red ramp.
P2. 5a 12m climb the right arĂȘte of Icarus pitch 2.
Better route description in the new Gogarth South guide.

Ian Lloyd-Jones & Clive Stephenson 1990.

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North West Passage

Grade: E1 5b ***
(Gogarth South Stack)

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