50m, 3 pitches.

Rockfax Description
The eye-catching line up the nose of the buttress. Start left of the base of the nose, at a steep slab with a short finger-crack up to its right.
1) 5b, 30m. Climb up the slab, move right and pull past an overhang (with difficulty) into a corner that leads to a ledge (possible belay). Traverse left to an open groove and climb this to where easier ground leads up the rib on the right to ledges and a belay next to a large block.
2) 4b, 15m. From the top of the block, finish up the slab and rib. © Rockfax

Ticklists

UK Lonely Leads , Lakeland's Best Multi-pitch Routes up to HVS , Ultimate HVS ticklist , Steve Ashton's 100 Classic Climbs The Lake District , ROCKFAX Lake District: Top 50 , Bill Birkett (Classic Rock Climbs in the Lake District) Below E3 , Lakeland E1 Classics , ROCKFAX TOP 50s upto e3 , Lake District To Do List , Cumbria for the Recreational User

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BenKent 17 Jun, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: bit of a nightmare route to second if using double ropes, easy to get one stuck round the overhang when you reach up
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βeta: bit of a nightmare route to second if using double ropes, easy to get one stuck round the overhang when you reach up
C Witter 3 Apr, 2021 Show βeta
βeta: Definitely E1 5b - it's not been HVS since 1934. A hard crux, even for E1, with small holds and smeared feet. After that, it eases back to pleasant 5a.
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βeta: Definitely E1 5b - it's not been HVS since 1934. A hard crux, even for E1, with small holds and smeared feet. After that, it eases back to pleasant 5a.

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Style of Ascent
Lead
Followed
Alt Leads
Not Set
Onsighted
Repeated
Dogged
Redpoint
Flashed (β)
Ground Up
Not Set
Route of Interest
Totalitarian

Grade: E1 5c ***
(Raven Crag, Thirlmere)

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