Rockfax Description
One of the best and most popular routes of its grade in the UK. Start beneath the well-worn corner with the letters 'GA' scratched on the rock on its right-hand side..
1) 4a, 30m. Climb the tricky polished corner then make a move rightwards onto a slab. Climb this and continue up a crack, or the wall to the left, to the top of the rib.
2) 12m. Walk/scramble easily up left to the base of a long groove with a roof at half-height.
3) 50m. Climb cracks on the right-hand side of the groove past the roof, then step left into the smaller continuation groove which leads to a ledge. Belay on the next ledge a little higher.
4) 30m. Scramble up right to a path and walk along this to the base of a rib and the letters 'GA' on the rock again.
5) 4a, 50m. Start on the right of the rib and climb up and leftwards to gain the groove above. Follow this until a step left gains a steeper continuation-groove. Climb this with increasing difficulty until a move leftwards gains The Haven - a good ledge, block belay well back.
6) 20m. The infamous Knight's Move pitch. How's your chess? Climb the crack behind the belay to reach the chessboard slab above. Exit this slab by the top right corner, step round the arete to find a comfortable stance.
7) 20m. Romp up the corner above the belay to reach a good stance. An escape rightwards from here is easy if the weather is bad or darkness is closing in.
8) 25m. Head a little way right and climb the steep rock to a rib. Follow this to an ever-easing finish. © Rockfax
UKC Logbook Description
One of the best and most popular routes of its grade in the UK. Start beneath the well-worn corner with the letters 'GA' scratched on the rock.
1) 4a, 30m. Climb the tricky polished corner then make a move rightwards onto a slab. Climb this and continue up a crack, or the wall to the left, to the top of the rib.
2) 12m. Walk/scramble easily up left to the base of a long groove with a roof at half-height.
3) 50m. Climb cracks on the right-hand side of the groove past the roof, then step left into the smaller continuation groove which leads to a ledge. Belay on the next ledge a little higher.
4) 30m. Scramble up right to a path and walk along this to the base of a rib and the letters 'GA' on the rock again.
5) 4a, 50m. Start on the right of the rib and climb up and leftwards to gain the groove above. Follow this until a step left gains a steeper continuation-groove. Climb this with increasing difficulty until a move leftwards gains The Haven - a good ledge, block belay well back.
6) 20m. The infamous Knight's Move pitch. How's your chess? Climb the crack behind the belay to reach the chessboard slab above. Exit this slab by the top right corner, step round the arete to find a comfortable stance.
7) 20m. Romp up the corner above the belay to reach a good stance. An escape rightwards from here is easy if the weather is bad or darkness is closing in.
8) 25m. Head a little way right and climb the steep rock to a rib. Follow this to an ever-easing finish.
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PMackereth | 24 Aug, 2022 |
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βeta: Midges were truly appalling all the way up, go on a windy day! | βeta? | |
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βeta: Midges were truly appalling all the way up, go on a windy day! |
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Fakey Rocks | 24 Aug, 2022 |
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βeta: Got absolutely savaged by midges all the way from pitch 2 onwards making for an especially memorable climb ! A following party sctratched pitch 8 and ran for their lives. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Got absolutely savaged by midges all the way from pitch 2 onwards making for an especially memorable climb ! A following party sctratched pitch 8 and ran for their lives. |
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janthony | 22 Jul, 2022 |
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βeta: My brother's first ever multi and my own in the UK! Fun route with some fantastic positions. A bit of low cloud rolled in but it only added to the atmosphere. Epic. | βeta? | |
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βeta: My brother's first ever multi and my own in the UK! Fun route with some fantastic positions. A bit of low cloud rolled in but it only added to the atmosphere. Epic. |
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Isaac_Blanc | 20 Apr, 2022 |
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βeta: The 'GA' scratched into the rock at the start is very faint, so don't conclude you're in the wrong place just because you can't see it. I could barely see it even when it was pointed out to me! | ||
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βeta: The 'GA' scratched into the rock at the start is very faint, so don't conclude you're in the wrong place just because you can't see it. I could barely see it even when it was pointed out to me! |
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Abi_Davies | 18 Oct, 2021 |
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βeta: Harder than expected because of the polished rock. Had to bail on the last pitch (pitch 8) because the sun was going down despite starting in the morning. There was a lot of waiting around because of several groups climbing the route at the same time. I would start as early as possible, unless climbing in the summer. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Harder than expected because of the polished rock. Had to bail on the last pitch (pitch 8) because the sun was going down despite starting in the morning. There was a lot of waiting around because of several groups climbing the route at the same time. I would start as early as possible, unless climbing in the summer. |
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Itsthegasman | 16 Oct, 2021 |
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βeta: Great route, some amazing positions higher up. Polish was tricky on pitch 3. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Great route, some amazing positions higher up. Polish was tricky on pitch 3. |
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simon snowdon | 25 Sep, 2021 |
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βeta: A great route once we’d found the start.. easy enough to climb as a three as we did | βeta? | |
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βeta: A great route once we’d found the start.. easy enough to climb as a three as we did |
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DylanDesachJones | 21 Sep, 2021 |
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βeta: care needed with very loose rocks near top of pitch 8 (last pitch) | βeta? | |
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βeta: care needed with very loose rocks near top of pitch 8 (last pitch) |
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Cameron3298 | 21 Aug, 2020 |
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βeta: Extremely polished still excellent climbing easy pro, soled a couple of pitches felt worth it :) | βeta? | |
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βeta: Extremely polished still excellent climbing easy pro, soled a couple of pitches felt worth it :) |
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Sasha.kitching | 15 Aug, 2020 |
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βeta: just combine pitch 1 and 2 | βeta? | |
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βeta: just combine pitch 1 and 2 |
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liamhughes1981 | 11 Aug, 2020 |
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βeta: Don't forget pitch 8! Pitch 7 spits you pretty much onto the path skirting round Tryfan but there is another pitch after this up the boulder and ridge above the belay. | βeta? | |
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βeta: Don't forget pitch 8! Pitch 7 spits you pretty much onto the path skirting round Tryfan but there is another pitch after this up the boulder and ridge above the belay. |
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DJF | 8 Jul, 2019 |
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βeta: Belay after checkerboard/ knights move is a difficult place to be with traffic. Try and check it's clear before getting on to the slab. | ||
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βeta: Belay after checkerboard/ knights move is a difficult place to be with traffic. Try and check it's clear before getting on to the slab. |
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odari | 16 Aug, 2015 |
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βeta: In the older Ogwen guide the description of 6 and 7th pitch is totally misleading. UKC description here is much clearer (and correct). Nice climb even with the polish. | ||
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βeta: In the older Ogwen guide the description of 6 and 7th pitch is totally misleading. UKC description here is much clearer (and correct). Nice climb even with the polish. |
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