UKH Hills - Snowdonia and The Lakes Classic Rock Summer Challenge

Contributed by Rob Greenwood - UKClimbing Mar/21 - This public hilllist has been seen 3,772 times

To celebrate the 55th Anniversary of the Joe Brown Shops in Snowdonia, The International School of Mountaineering (ISM), The Climbers Shop, The Joe Brown Shops and UKC have teamed up to offer you a fantastic summer rock climbing challenge right here in the UK.

In 2021, we challenge you to focus a summers energy exploring these 15 Classic Rock climbs in the Lake District and/or 21 in Snowdonia, enjoying some of the best climbing at the grade; all of which are below VS.

For more details visit the competition page here.

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	User	Percentage	Latest Log
1st	Ste Ridd	100%	15 Oct
2nd	manmike	97%	15 Oct
3rd	Spencer Noble	77%	10 Nov
4th	Mike Shamash	69%	2022
5th	Hidden	63%	19 Mar, 2022
5th	steveboote	63%	18 May
6th	Matt Schwarz	61%	23 Sep
7th	BigHairyIan	58%	15 May, 2022
7th	Paul Sagar	58%	13 May
8th	pauldrew	55%	22 Jun

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Note: Only showing summits, scrambles, winter routes, and low grade climbs

Distribution of grades - Trad

Top 12 photos of this hilllist

Chris Bonington still climbing at 78. Legend

"Katie, can you climb Little Chamonix in a dinosaur suit?" "You bet Jurassican!"

The first 'climb to BASE' exit of Tophet Wall.

Anna Taylor cruising her way up The Wrinkle on the classic rock round

Will Birkett races up the top pitch of Little Chamonix as night falls, the final route of The Lakes Classic Rock Round.

Troutdale pinnacle on a perfect autumn day

Eliza and Matt moving together on the upper section of Needle Ridge.

This ticklist is limited to ascents between 12 Apr, 2021 and 31 Oct, 2021

Add	Climb name	Grade	Ticks?	Height		Crag name
	SNOWDONIA
1	Great Gully	S ***	236	267m	• 11	Craig Yr Ysfa
2	Gashed Crag	VD **	1192	190m	• 6	Tryfan
3	Overlapping Ridge Route (First Pinnacle Rib)	D **	1508	150m		Tryfan
4	Grooved Arête	HVD 4a ***	4282	230m	• 8	Tryfan
5	Direct Route	HVD ***	3538	85m	• 5	Tryfan
6	Pulpit Route	VD **	2247	87m	• 5	Tryfan
7	Direct Route	VS 4c ***	828	88m	• 7	Glyder Fach
8	Hope	VD ***	4545	135m	• 4	Idwal Slabs (aka...
9	Lazarus	S 4a ***	2348	43m	• 2	Idwal Slabs (aka...
10	The Arete	VD **	1251	24m		Idwal Slabs (aka...
11	Grey Slab	VS 4b ***	404	81m	• 2	Glyder Fawr
12	Nea	VS 4b **	2078	75m	• 4	Clogwyn y Grochan
13	Crackstone Rib	S 4a ***	3640	55m	• 3	Carreg Wastad
14	The Wrinkle	VD **	2029	75m	• 3	Carreg Wastad
15	Flying Buttress	VD ***	3082	87m	• 6	Dinas Cromlech
16	Spiral Stairs	VD ***	1592	84m		Dinas Cromlech
17	The Cracks	HS 4c ***	2367	90m	• 5	Dinas Mot
18	Main Wall	HS 4b ***	1643	140m	• 6	Cyrn Las (Gyrn Las)
19	Avalanche/Red Wall/Longlands	S 4b **	672	286m	• 12	Y Lliwedd
20	Creagh Dhu Wall	HS 4b ***	1854	65m	• 2	Craig y Castell...
21	Will o' the Wisp	HVD ***	500	95m	• 6	Craig Cywarch (aka...
	THE LAKES
22	Murray's Route	S 4a ***	1075	?		Dow Crag
23	Ash Tree Slabs	VD ***	1708	?		Gimmer Crag
24	'C' Route	S 4b ***	999	?		Gimmer Crag
25	Bracket and Slab Climb	VS 4b ***	1429	97m	• 5	Gimmer Crag
26	Bowfell Buttress	HS 4b ***	1138	110m	• 4	Bowfell
27	Jone's Route Direct from Lord's Rake	HS 4b ***	295	?		Scafell Crag
28	Moss Ghyll Grooves	VS 4c ***	650	79m	• 4	Scafell Crag
29	Tophet Wall	HS 4b ***	1304	75m	• 4	The Napes
30	Needle Ridge	VD ***	1582	114m	• 5	The Napes
31	The Wasdale Crack	HS 4c ***	1195	17m	• 2	The Napes
32	Rib and Slab Climb	HS 4b ***	319	?		Pillar
33	New West Climb	VD ***	435	?		Pillar
34	Gillercombe Buttress	S 4a ***	1784	?		Gillercombe
35	Troutdale Pinnacle	S ***	3684	105m	• 6	Black Crag...
36	Little Chamonix	VD ***	7645	70m	• 4	Shepherd’s Crag
		101 stars	67,078	3,099m	141

Users who have completed the full list are:
Ste Ridd