Twll Mawr

Twll Mawr translates as 'Big Hole' and lives up to its name. Although it was first developed way back in 1971 by the legendary Joe Brown with the route Opening Gambit, it really saw little attention until the 1980s when a mini-boom followed Johnny Dawes' ascent of The Quarryman. More recently a series of long sport routes has transformed this area into a place where any 6c/7a climber can have a great adventurous day out on well-bolted multi-pitch routes. These routes can feel committing but most of the belays are rigged for abseil, so twin ropes will help you retreat if you are caught out.


Order Climb Buttress Stars Grade
1
The Daddy Club Golgotha E1 5b
2
Green Slip Golgotha 7a
3
Slip of the Tongue Golgotha 2 E6 6c
4
Slip Sliding Away Golgotha 1 E5 6b
5
Split Decision Golgotha 2 E6 6c
6
Tales of the Golden Monkey Golgotha 1 E2 5c
1
In Between Red and Green Combat Rock E1 5a
2
Snoring Exploring Combat Rock E1 5b
3
Watford Gap West Combat Rock VS 4b
4
Combat Rock Combat Rock 2 E1 5a
5
Rhyfelwr Combat Rock 2 E2 5b
6
Teenage Kicks Combat Rock E4 6a
7
Purple Haze Combat Rock 2 E3 5b
8
The Colour Purple Combat Rock 2 E4 6b
9
Cyclone B Combat Rock 1 E3 6a
10
Lethal Injection Combat Rock 3 E2 5c
11
Legal Murders Combat Rock 1 E3 6a
12
Top Gear Combat Rock E1 5b
13
Drunken Laughs Combat Rock E2 5b
1
Booooom, Blast and Ruin South Wall 1 VS 4c
2
Dark Side of the Moon South Wall 1 7b
3
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun South Wall 2 7a
4
Imagine Dragons South Wall 2 6b
5
Lost in the Echo South Wall 1 E2 5b
6
Champagne Supernova South Wall 2 7b
7
Cam-ikaze Corner South Wall 1 E3 6a
8
Black Holes and Revelations South Wall 2 7a
9
In The Line of Fire South Wall 7c+
10
Supermassive Black Hole South Wall 3 7a
11
Running Scared South Wall 1 8a
12
Black Hole Sun South Wall 3 7a+
13
Black Hole of Calcutta South Wall 1 7a
14
Black Hole of Calcutta (P2) South Wall 1 6a+
1
Wolfhound Quarryman Wall 1 E4 6a
2
Birdman of Cae'r Berllan Quarryman Wall E2 5c
3
A Winter's Tale Quarryman Wall 1 6b
4
The Hunted Quarryman Wall 2 E7 6c
5
Fleur-de-Lis Quarryman Wall 1 E6 6c
6
Beijqueiro Quarryman Wall 2 E4 6b
7
Coeur De Lion Quarryman Wall 3 E8 7a
8
Blockhead Quarryman Wall 3 E7 6c
9
The Quarryman Quarryman Wall 3 E8 7a
10
Meltdown Quarryman Wall 3 9a
11
King of the Mezz Quarryman Wall 1 E7 6c
12
The Fire Escape Quarryman Wall 2 E7 6c
13
Phil's Harmonica Quarryman Wall 1 E6 6c
14
Mike's Trombone Quarryman Wall 2 E6 6b
15
The Wonderful World of Walt Disney Quarryman Wall 3 E6 6b
16
Disney Pixar Quarryman Wall 3 E7 6c
17
The Dyke Quarryman Wall 2 E6 6a
18
Opening Gambit Quarryman Wall XS
19
The Gay Blade Quarryman Wall 1 E6 6a
20
The Rock Bottom Line Quarryman Wall 3 7b+
1
Long in the Twll/The North Will Rise Again North Wall 2 6c+
2
Hamadryad North Wall 1 E3 5c
3
Tân y Ddraig North Wall 2 7a
4
The Desolation of Smaug! North Wall 2 6c
5
The Antiquarian North Wall 1 E5 6b
6
Twll Love North Wall 2 E5 6a
7
The Razor's Edge North Wall 1 E3 6b
8
The Baron North Wall 1 E5 6b
9
The True Finish North Wall 1 E4 6b
10
Burning Bush North Wall 1 E7 6b
11
Bushmaster North Wall 1 E3 6b
12
Taith Mawr North Wall E4 6a
13
The Punter's Retreat North Wall E3 5b
14
Scorpion North Wall XS 5b
15
Island of Stability North Wall 2 6c
16
Bonza Crack North Wall 1 HVS 5b

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