Rockfax Description
A good route, but high in the grade.
1) 5a, 20m. Start either side of the large flake. From the top of the flake, climb the left wall via a thin crack, pass a ledge and head back right to a sloping stance.
2) 5b, 30m. Reverse to a tricky move left to gain a groove. Climb this leftwards to the overhang (which the rest of the route avoids by scuttling diagonally leftwards) and up below it to near its end. A tricky step left round a bulge leads to easier ground. Follow this up and right to a belay in the small square corner or the same spike as SS Special just below on the slab. Most people abseil off from here, the adventurous may wish to continue.
3) 4c, 18m. Trend leftwards across slabs, crossing the gully and climbing a short steep crack to reach a stance on Nea.
4) As for Nea. © Rockfax
Ticklists
North Wales Rock Graded List , Joe Browns Shops 50th Anniversary Celebration Routes List , Glyn's North Wales mid-grade ticklist , George's Ultimate Easy to Mid-Grade North Wales Trad Ticklist
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| iainJ | 15 Jul, 2021 |
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βeta: Undercut flake jug thing below the roof on the shared stance with SS Special is pretty concerningly wobbly / loose. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Undercut flake jug thing below the roof on the shared stance with SS Special is pretty concerningly wobbly / loose. |
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| perrys | 15 Sep, 2019 |
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βeta: Rockfax topo seems to be wrong on p1, the route goes left before the top of the flake. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Rockfax topo seems to be wrong on p1, the route goes left before the top of the flake. |
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Grade: HVS 5b ***
(Craig Pant Ifan (Tremadog))