Corby's Bridge

Approach

Park in a layby at the bridge just south of Corby's Crags (Corby''s Bridge). Cross the fence at it's left hand end and head up through the wood, heading slightly right, for a hundred metres or so to the crag.

Routes

The Boneyard

This is the first area reached from the road and consists of a bay with a deep crevice at the back corner, and a short wall further right ending in a rounded arete.

1 4+ 5a The crack at the left hand end of the bay. Sitting start, only the crack is allowed for the hands.

2 5 6c * Sitting start in the cave as for the crack, then mantel the slab above

3 4 4c * Sitting start in the entrance to the tunnel at the right hand side of the bay, facing left with feet on the slab. Squirm up, twist round and swarm up the sharp arete.

4 4+ 5b * Sitting start at the short blunt arete underneath the overhang right of the previous problem, hands on the break under the overhang. Straight up.

5 4+ 5b Traverse the lip right to left, starting at the right hand end of the roof

6 5b * The rounded arete at the right hand end. Sitting start.

The Nebs

Two nebs above and to the right of the Boneyard

7 5 The leftmost neb, higher up the hillside. A one mover.

8 5a The rightmost neb, finishing on the left

The Slabs

The slabby area has 2 problems

9 4 4c Left of the rake, ending up the triangular slab.

10 6m 3+ 6a ** Takes the centre of the main slab, starting just right of the heather and going straight over the white patch on the slab, finishing just left of the small tree at the top. Top roped.

11 The Prow (no adj grade) ***

The obvious prow right of the slabs.

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