Contributed by The Ivanator Feb/11 - This public hilllist has been seen 50,867 times

Includes all 16 VS ticks from Classic and Hard Rock and adds another 84 to make a round 100. List compiled and selected from a wealth of contributions from UKC regulars via the Forums. Enjoy!

A few are not graded VS in the UKC logbooks, but are generally accepted as VS.

Dave and Ally on the first stance of Nea  © allysingo
Dave and Ally on the first stance of Nea
© allysingo, Sep 2008

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1st Graeme Hammond 69% 15 Sep, 2023
2nd Hidden 68% 16 Apr, 2021
3rd alan moore 64% 6 Jul, 2022
4th Bob M 61% 30 Apr
5th Hidden 60% 19 May
6th Hidden 57% 3 Jun, 2022
7th Graham Westbrook 56% 11 Jun, 2022
7th Iain Brown 56% 7 Aug, 2023

Map of routes in this ticklist

Least routes Most routes

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

Distribution of grades

Top 12 photos of this hilllist

Diamond Solitaire (VS)** Lundy.

Diamond Solitaire
Diamond Solitaire (VS)** Lundy.
© rockcat

The File, Sunset Solo

The File
The File, Sunset Solo
© Dan Arkle

Big seas on Lundy

Diamond Solitaire
Big seas on Lundy
© Bryan Wakeley

Alex Randall on Lost Horizon Vs 5a

Lost Horizon
Alex Randall on Lost Horizon Vs 5a
© benkelsey

Ffion on blue sky, Pembroke

Blue Sky
Ffion on blue sky, Pembroke
© sambarstow

The Night Shift

Armorican
The Night Shift
© PontiusPirate

Glen Etive from top of the slabs

Spartan Slab
Glen Etive from top of the slabs
© A Crook

Jade making her way up Botterill's Slab in the cloud.

Botterill's Slab
Jade making her way up Botterill's Slab in the cloud.
© JohnHartley

Belayer gets a good shower on Blue Sky (at least I think it's Blue Sky - please correct me if necessary) at Saddle Head

Blue Sky
Belayer gets a good shower on Blue Sky (at least I think it's Blue Sky - please correct me if necessary) at Saddle Head
© Steve Kirman (Lindsey CC)

Evening view from the top of Carnmore Crag after finishing Fionn Buttress

Fionn Buttress
Evening view from the top of Carnmore Crag after finishing Fionn Buttress
© Bob M

Mike on the end of a route

Lost Horizon
Mike on the end of a route
© Richard Pollard

Stu soloing the File on Higgar Tor, before finding out the downclimb was covered in ice!

The File
Stu soloing the File on Higgar Tor, before finding out the downclimb was covered in ice!
© Simon Richardson


Add Climb name Grade Ticks? Height Crag name
Benny A1 *** 159 50m • 3 The Promenade
Little Brown Jug VS 5a *** 2635 66m • 3 Bosigran
Anvil Chorus VS 4c *** 1795 54m • 5 Bosigran
Diocese VS 5a *** 927 56m • 4 Chair Ladder
South Face Direct VS 4c *** 1313 59m • 4 Chair Ladder
Wreckers' Slab VS 4b *** 772 115m • 3 Cornakey Cliff
Lost Horizon VS 5a *** 1670 40m Baggy Point
Kinkyboots VS 4c ** 972 61m • 2 Baggy Point
Albion VS 4c *** 857 107m • 4 Lundy
Diamond Solitaire VS 4c ** 616 40m • 2 Lundy
Inkerman Groove VS 4c *** 1366 35m Chudleigh Rocks -...
Whitt VS 4c *** 1076 37m • 2 Symonds Yat
The Angel's Girdle VS 5a *** 303 110m • 4 Wintour's Leap
Piton Route VS 4c ** 1256 58m • 3 Avon Gorge (Main...
Climbers' Club Ordinary VS 4b ** 1176 52m • 3 The Dewerstone
Osiris VS 4c *** 858 36m Fall Bay to Mewslade
Blue Sky VS 4b *** 1457 56m • 2 Saddle Head
Armorican VS 4c *** 2040 36m Caerfai Bay
Curving Crack VS 4c ** 301 66m • 3 Clogwyn Du'r...
Longland's Climb VS 4c ** 362 126m • 5 Clogwyn Du'r...
Sabre Cut VS 4c *** 1619 55m • 2 Dinas Cromlech
Direct Route VS 5b *** 1916 74m • 4 Dinas Mot
Belle Vue Bastion VS 4c ** 590 48m • 2 Tryfan
Kirkus's Route VS 4c ** 494 ? Craig Yr Ogof (Cwm...
Doom VS 4c *** 106 ? Craig Cywarch (aka...
Mur y Niwl VS 4c *** 467 ? Craig Yr Ysfa
Oxine VS 4c *** 554 ? Clogwyn y Wenallt
One Step in the Clouds VS 4c *** 4946 69m • 4 Craig Bwlch y Moch...
Green Light VS 4c *** 19 ? Smurf Zawn
Kinberg VS 4c *** 222 18m Pinfold Area
Nea VS 4b ** 2173 75m • 4 Clogwyn y Grochan
Grey Slab VS 4b *** 414 81m • 2 Glyder Fawr
Mississippi Buttress Direct VS 4c *** 5418 22m Stanage Popular
Valkyrie VS 4c *** 3498 40m • 2 Roaches Lower Tier
Tower Face VS 5a *** 297 18m Laddow
The Mall VS 4c *** 3363 22m Millstone Edge
Ten Craters of Wisdom VS 5a *** 533 32m • 2 Dovedale
Bachelor's Climb VS 4c *** 605 28m Hen Cloud
Phoenix Climb VS 4c *** 702 26m Shining Clough
Fairy Nuff VS 4c *** 245 18m Standing Stones
The File VS 4c *** 2089 10m Higgar Tor
Topsail VS 4c ** 4194 12m Birchen Edge
Central Climb VS 4c *** 1423 38m • 3 Hen Cloud
Via Dolorosa VS 4c *** 1861 32m Roaches Lower Tier
Hargreaves' Original VS 4c *** 7169 18m Stanage Popular
Chee Tor Girdle VS 5a *** 665 ? • 4 Chee Dale Lower
Eliminate 'A' VS 4c *** 1352 110m • 6 Dow Crag
Murray's Direct VS 4c *** 680 ? Dow Crag
North West Arete VS 4b *** 1339 ? Gimmer Crag
'F' Route VS 4c *** 1162 ? Gimmer Crag
Haste Not VS 4c *** 867 ? White Ghyll
Botterill's Slab VS 4c *** 794 87m • 3 Scafell Crag
Mickledore Grooves VS 5a *** 347 67m • 2 Scafell East...
North-West Climb VS 4b *** 155 ? Pillar
Adam VS 5a *** 2051 ? Shepherd’s Crag
Eagle Front VS 4c *** 322 150m • 8 Eagle Crag...
Overhanging Bastion HVS 5a *** 1014 ? Castle Rock of...
Square Chimney/Medusa Wall Combination VS 4c *** 191 ? Esk Buttress (Dow...
Jean Jeanie HVS 4c *** 2080 25m Trowbarrow
The Crack VS 4c *** 1249 60m Gimmer Crag
Engineer's Slabs VS 4c *** 459 60m • 2 Gable Crag
The Night Watch VS 4b *** 465 ? Whitestone Cliffe
Frankland's Green Crack VS 4c *** 897 18m Almscliff
Arête Direct VS 4c *** 187 ? Simon's Seat
Birch Tree Wall VS 4c *** 1728 15m Brimham Rocks
Tacitation VS 5a *** 1433 ? Kyloe Crag (Kyloe...
Pinnacle Face VS 4c *** 573 ? Crag Lough
Marcher Lord VS 5a *** 403 ? Berryhill
Original Route VS 5a *** 953 70m • 4 Old Man of Stoer
The Edge VS 4c *** 307 45m • 2 Loudoun Hill
Proud Corner VS 4c *** 792 30m Red Craig (Glen...
Grooved Arête VS 4b ** 201 90m • 3 Buachaille Etive Mor
The Mousetrap (Summer) VS 4c *** 223 ? Creag an Dubh-loch
Scabbard (Summer) VS 4c ** 163 105m • 3 Ben Macdui -...
King Bee VS 5a *** 603 ? • 2 Creag Dubh...
Fallout Corner (Summer) VS 4b *** 390 ? • 2 Cairn Gorm - Cairn...
Phantom Slab VS 4c ** 502 60m • 3 Polldubh Crags,...
Damnation VS 4c *** 807 30m Polldubh Crags,...
Spartan Slab VS 4c *** 1058 ? • 6 Beinn Trilleachan...
Sword of Gideon VS 4c *** 482 125m • 4 Sgurr a'...
Black Pig VS 4c *** 154 ? Reiff - Roinn...
Black Gold VS 4c *** 290 ? Reiff - Roinn...
Pain Pillar VS 4c *** 2060 25m Hawkcraig
Fionn Buttress VS 4c *** 154 240m • 11 Carnmore Crag
Whether Wall VS 4c *** 258 ? The Cobbler
Whither Whether VS 4b *** 348 40m The Cobbler
Jamie Jampot VS 4c *** 609 ? Suidhe Biorach
Shangri-La VS 4c *** 115 ? Sron na Ciche
Grand Diedre VS 4c *** 74 ? Thearlaich-Dubh...
Perfect Groove VS 4c *** 40 45m Eshaness Lighthouse
The Groove VS 5a *** 1239 30m Polney Crag (Craig...
The Long Climb VS ** 126 420m • 11 Ben Nevis
The Chasm (Summer) VS *** 238 450m • 16 Buachaille Etive Mor
The Clean Sweep VS 4c *** 488 185m • 4 Hell's Lum
South Ridge Direct VS 5a *** 804 395m • 13 Cir Mhor
The Great Prow HVS 5a * 92 85m • 5 Bla Bheinn
Groove Armada VS 4c *** 150 35m Sarclet
The Fence VS 4c *** 586 ? Fair Head
Girona VS 5a *** 556 ? • 2 Fair Head
Agag's Wall VS 4b *** 168 ? Lower Cove
284 stars 102,271 5,093m 246
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