All the *, ** and *** VS routes, 36 in total, from the 1989 definitive Stanage guide. Best done in a day, or over a weekend. No specific rules but traditionally all routes led and seconded as a partner team. Allow 10 hours for an average team.
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Map of routes in this ticklist
Note: Only showing summits, scrambles, winter routes, and low grade climbs
Distribution of grades - Trad
Top 12 photos of this hilllist
Wall End Slab
Wall End Slab at Stanage. Mike James (aged 20, 1955), Alan James (aged 20, 1984), Sam James-Louwerse (aged 24, 2021)
© Alan James - Rockfax
Fairy Steps
Pete leading Fairy Steps (VS 4a), Stanage Plantation
© http://Climbers.net
High Neb Buttress
High Neb Buttress - gritstone VS's don't get much better.
© Simon Richardson
Gargoyle Buttress
Debbie on Gargoyle Buttress
© Joe_Killick
Narrow Buttress
Best Feeling in the World. Thank God Jugs on Narrow Buttress, Stanage.
© ChrisJD
Narrow Buttress
Paraglider over Narrow Buttress, Stanage
© Graham Withers
Wall End Slab
Mike James climbing Wall End Slab in 1955
© Mike James
Inverted V
Ann S on Inverted V at sunset
© just wanna climb
High Neb Buttress
Autumn Evening
© lena.drapella
Paradise Wall
Martin enjoying the twin cracks of Paradise Wall
© ssutton
High Neb Buttress
Ruth Smitton enjoys a Spring evening on High Neb Buttress (VS 4c), Stanage.
© Simon Richardson
Narrow Buttress
Phil topping out on Narrow Buttress, Stanage
© Chris Tan
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