4 pitches.

Rockfax Description
170m. One of the classic VS routes of the Peak which provides a great outing with amazing situations for the grade. Not a good route for a busy weekend but fun and fairly dry (certainly the hardest bits) in light rain. The long version starts up Doggone Groove but you can miss the first traverse pitch by starting up The Chopper.
1) 4b, 25m. Climb Doggone Groove to a belay on the left.
2) 4b, 42m. Traverse the break to a tricky descent to easy ground. Belay above Match of the Day.
3) 4a, 35m. Traverse into the gully then out to reach a yew tree above Queer Street. The scenery is starting to get better.
4) 5a, 30m. Follow the break past many belays and threads, with a hard move above Ceramic to a great hanging stance.
5) 4c, 35m. Keep going across the groove of Alfresco (tricky crossing the left wall), until you reach the tree/lower-off of Mortlock's Arete. Abseil off - 20m to the ground. © Rockfax

FA. C.Jackson, J.Atkinson, B.Starkey 1964.

Ticklists

Hard Rock , The 100 Best UK VS routes? , Rockfax Peak Limestone (2012) Top 50 , 100 best limestone climbs in Britain , Peak Rock/10/White Life , Low grade quality Cheedale Trad , Definitive *** Peak Lime , Extreme Girdle , Magical mysterious and unusual beasts of rock & myth , Hard Rock 2020 , Traverses of trady radness , Jem's Time in the Peaks , Chris Jackson’s 100 Classic Limestone Climbs , Off The Radar 300, Every Crag in The Peak , HS-HVS adventures , Peak Traverses

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MattRose22 15 Jul, 2023 Show βeta
βeta: Don't go to the abseil tree, after the final corner, stop at a lower off and abseil off there, it only misses 1 move of climbing and you won't die.
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βeta: Don't go to the abseil tree, after the final corner, stop at a lower off and abseil off there, it only misses 1 move of climbing and you won't die.
Misha 7 Jul, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: The abseil tree is pretty much dead. Backed it up with a couple of wires 6.7.22 but it needs a couple of bolts really.
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βeta: The abseil tree is pretty much dead. Backed it up with a couple of wires 6.7.22 but it needs a couple of bolts really.
bclifton 13 Apr, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: There was a nesting bird on the route today. No idea what kind of bird. Seemed like a bird of prey as it flew into my face
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βeta: There was a nesting bird on the route today. No idea what kind of bird. Seemed like a bird of prey as it flew into my face
Chambers81 14 Oct, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Night time traverse, pitch black, head torches, great fun.
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βeta: Night time traverse, pitch black, head torches, great fun.
peakschris 5 Sep, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: The ab tree with chains at the end of p5 looked puny so we backtracked and abbed from the last insitu thread mid p5
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βeta: The ab tree with chains at the end of p5 looked puny so we backtracked and abbed from the last insitu thread mid p5
Annaproffitt 12 Jul, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Maybe put some shoes at the bottom of the abseil for the walk back over!
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βeta: Maybe put some shoes at the bottom of the abseil for the walk back over!
JamieSparkes 2 Apr, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: The majority of belays have been replaced along the main girdle.
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βeta: The majority of belays have been replaced along the main girdle.
Etta 30 Aug, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: I removed a large wobbly block from half way up P1. It is now at the bottom of the route as a memento: there are more loose rocks on the route
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βeta: I removed a large wobbly block from half way up P1. It is now at the bottom of the route as a memento: there are more loose rocks on the route
simoncov 30 Aug, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: Beware loose rock on P1, more is bound to come out. Obvious tree at top of P1 also looks dead, I used a small one back right instead.
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βeta: Beware loose rock on P1, more is bound to come out. Obvious tree at top of P1 also looks dead, I used a small one back right instead.
climberclimber321 9 Aug, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: Climbed the first 2 pitches then abbed off. Super overgrown and not fun. Probably should have carried on for the last couple of pitches but thought the first 2 pitches were was pretty rubbish.
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βeta: Climbed the first 2 pitches then abbed off. Super overgrown and not fun. Probably should have carried on for the last couple of pitches but thought the first 2 pitches were was pretty rubbish.
The Grist 18 Apr, 2006 Show βeta
βeta: Did this in a rainy day in April. Last pitch proved the most difficult. I slipped with a bit of clay stuck to my boot but stayed on. Lots of bomber in situ threads of various ages. Great fun.
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βeta: Did this in a rainy day in April. Last pitch proved the most difficult. I slipped with a bit of clay stuck to my boot but stayed on. Lots of bomber in situ threads of various ages. Great fun.

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Grade: VS 5a ***
(Kinder Southern Edges)

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