Northumbrian Climbing Guide

From the large square recess climb out on the right wall to reach the big ledge at 5m. Start up the hanging corner right of the tree, using it initially to bridge into the corner. After a few meters move left onto the wall and up to a hard mantelshelf onto a sloping ledge, followed by an equally difficult mantleshelf to finish.

From the incut corner make a rising hand traverse across the left wall, up to the large ledge. Climb the hanging corner right of the tree as for Out On A Limb but continue straight up, passing the small Rhododendron on it's left to an awkward finish.

Climb up the incut corner to below the bulging block. Move right then back left onto the undercut wall and make some hard moves to mount the left end of the ledge. Climb the left side of the wall above, moving right at the top to make an awkward mantleshelf.

Climb the right wall of the incut corner to gain the foot of the thin vertical crack at 3m. Follow the crack and wall above to reach a flake in the recess. Climb up boldly to reach the right end of the ledge to make an awkward mantleshelf. Continue up the corner to the top.

Step up onto the ledge on the right side of the wall and gain sufficient height to step around the edge into the short vertical crack and climb up to the flake in the recess. Traverse right to a short corner and follow it up onto the slab, climbing up the line of thin cracks to the top.

Climb up the small corner and crack to a chockstone (crux) and up onto the lower left end of a large ledge. Continue up the corner above onto the slab and follow its right edge and the corner to the top. 6a for the short.

Starts below the right hand end of the large ledge at 6m. Climb up the wall for 3m. then hand traverse the horizontal crack to the chockstone on Bigwig to gain the left end of the ledge. Climb the corner above to reach the right end of the horizontal crack splitting the slab and traverse into the vertical cracks. Climb up, then left across the slab via two pockets to the left ar? and up to the top.

Start below the right hand end of the large ledge as for Cruising The Line. Climb the wall to the ledge moving left into the corner. Climb the corner to gain the flake on the right wall and hand traverse out on it to make an awkward move up onto its top. Make difficult moves up onto the steep slab and continue boldly to reach the V slot in the headwall to gain the top.

Climbs the prominent ar? above the break. Start at the foot of the wall below the ar?. Climb up to the left end of a small roof and pull past it via a pocket above to reach a higher pocket. Using the flake make a difficult move to reach a horizontal break. Climb the ar? on it's right side (protection in a pocket at half height) with the most exciting moves at the top. A Northumbrian classic!

Climb up in the broken corner below the small roof and traverse right then up via the large pothole to the ledge. Start up the false crack line for 2m then diagonally left across the wall to the ar? (protection in a pocket). Move back right onto the wall and boldly climb up its centre to the top.

From below the right hand side of the wall on the left of the open book corner, climb up leftwards to the large pothole and onto the ledge. Climb the flake crack line (dubious protection in a finger pocket at 3m) with a difficult move to reach a shallow pocket. Continued sustained climbing brings good horizontal holds within reach followed by a thin crack line and an awkward move onto the top.

From the rock step below the crack in the left side of the open book corner, climb up to make an awkward mantelshelf onto the ledge at 5m. Continue up the open corner to a ledge below a Birch tree, and finish up the wall on the left.

Start at a twisting crack below the centre of the open book corner. Climb up the ledge at 5m. Traverse left across the face to the ar? and step around into the foot of the large corner. Climb the corner; the difficulties easing towards the top.

Start at the shallow open groove in the right side of the open book corner. Follow the groove to the first ledge and move left into the centre of the corner. Continue up past a drill hole to the slab above and exit right, climbing the obvious scoop to the top.

Start as for the previous route but continue directly up the right corner to finish up the obvious scoop to the top.

Start 2m right of the open book corner and climb up to the thin crack line 2m right of the corner. Follow the line of the crack to the notch in the large ledge and step left to climb the rib to reach grass ledges on the right.

Start 3m right of the open book corner. Climb the wall to the horizontal break to reach the foot of the vertical finger crack which is followed to the large ledge.

Start 4m right of the open book corner. Climb up to the pothole above the break and climb the wall on the right of the crack to the ledge.

Start in a shallow recess 6m right of the open book corner. Climb up to the break and finish up the wall 2m left of the ar?.