Rockfax Description
One of the great Welsh mountain HVSs and a route finding masterpiece. The line takes the clean elongated rib that soars up the crag on its most continuous section of rock. The climbing and the rock are both good, but the route needs a long dry spell to come into condition.
1) 5a, 24m. Use a jammed block to gain a niche and exit this via some hard moves up a crack to a sloping ledge above. Go left into a groove and climb it and grassy ledges above to a belay on a very large ledge.
2) 5a, 30m. Climb slabby rock to a spike on the arete under an overhang. Move right around the arete and climb a crack until the arete can be accessed again at a ledge below a bulge. Pull over the bulge and climb up a groove to a belay at a block.
3) 4b, 15m. Go left and up the arete to the finishing ledge. © Rockfax
North Wales 100 Classic Climbs , ROCKFAX - Top 50 North Wales Climbs , Ultimate HVS ticklist , George's Ultimate Easy to Mid-Grade North Wales Trad Ticklist , ROCKFAX TOP 50s upto e3 , 3 Star - North Wales HS - HVS
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Graeme Hammond | 17 Jul, 2022 |
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βeta: P3 seems to have returned to nature, it is probably best climbing diagonally left along a line cleaned holds + good gear before topping out directly under the abseil station through the vegetation cornice. A relatively good pitch. The belaying left on the face would also be safer than amongst the blocks as described. | ||
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βeta: P3 seems to have returned to nature, it is probably best climbing diagonally left along a line cleaned holds + good gear before topping out directly under the abseil station through the vegetation cornice. A relatively good pitch. The belaying left on the face would also be safer than amongst the blocks as described. |
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pancakeandchips | 19 Sep, 2020 |
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βeta: Added some nuts to both abseil stations and replaced the tat. 19/09/2020 | βeta? | |
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βeta: Added some nuts to both abseil stations and replaced the tat. 19/09/2020 |
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The9inger | 31 Aug, 2020 |
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βeta: For those who chose to clip a rusty peg on the way out of the niche, It crumbled beneath my fingers and its remains are best avoided | βeta? | |
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βeta: For those who chose to clip a rusty peg on the way out of the niche, It crumbled beneath my fingers and its remains are best avoided |
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nomermaid39 | 9 May, 2020 |
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βeta: The original route (see 1973 Central Wales guide} took the OH on pitch 2 (as described for Voie Suisse) then moved back right. Slightly harder but much better than ducking round the corner from the spike. | βeta? | |
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βeta: The original route (see 1973 Central Wales guide} took the OH on pitch 2 (as described for Voie Suisse) then moved back right. Slightly harder but much better than ducking round the corner from the spike. |
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