Rockfax Description
A tremendous tour of the face. Start at a well-worn short belay crack located just above where the approach scramble reaches Ash Tree Ledge.
1) 17m. Move up to gain a blocky traverse rightwards to a big ledge. Move down right to a belay under a short curving crack.
2) 14m. Make a couple of awkward moves up the curving crack to a ledge, then traverse 7m left to below a wide open corner - the 'Forty Foot Corner' - belay here.
3) 14m. Climb the corner to ledges and belay.
4) 8m. Move left to below a groove and climb it to a good ledge and belay.
5) 4a, 14m. Move up easily leftwards to below a steep crack. Climb the crack (difficult to start) to the top. © Rockfax

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Lakeland's Best Multi-pitch Routes up to HVS , Langdale 3* Severes , UK Holiday Plans , Nuts of Legends , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Climbs The Lake District , Mountain Rock , ROCKFAX Lake District: Top 50 , Turbo-Punter's Tradification , Lake District Multipitch Climbing , ROCKFAX TOP 50s upto e3 , Chasing Stars across the UK , British Rock Tour April '24

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CathS 11 Jul, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: Avoid on a busy day, as the top half of the route is directly beneath the heavily-used abseil chain. You will have ab ropes dropped on you - sometimes without warning...
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βeta: Avoid on a busy day, as the top half of the route is directly beneath the heavily-used abseil chain. You will have ab ropes dropped on you - sometimes without warning...
LakesWinter 25 Apr, 2022 Show βeta
βeta: HVD not S, superb climbing once the 40ft corner is reached.
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βeta: HVD not S, superb climbing once the 40ft corner is reached.
C Witter 29 Aug, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Not really a great route in the modern idiom. The first sections traverse around in a pedestrian manner. The 40ft corner is reasonable climbing, but the belay ledge is cramped for a novice. The top section is also the ab line, so it's often better to finish up C Route or similar. C Route and D route are much better overall, at the same grade.
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βeta: Not really a great route in the modern idiom. The first sections traverse around in a pedestrian manner. The 40ft corner is reasonable climbing, but the belay ledge is cramped for a novice. The top section is also the ab line, so it's often better to finish up C Route or similar. C Route and D route are much better overall, at the same grade.

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Route of Interest
North Climb

Grade: S 4a ***
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