The cliffs around the famous cascade of the Kinder Downfall are amongst the most popular on the moor mainly because of the dramatic setting but also because it is the location of a good set of routes across a spread of grades. The outcrops here tend to face between south and west and so get plenty of afternoon and evening sunshine. The shape of the valley tends to funnel westerly winds up towards the rim of the moor making climbing here a wild experience under these conditions (and also turning the Kinder Downfall into the Kinder Upflow). The Downfall offers the Peak’s best ice climbing venue in increasingly infrequent harsh winters, though get here early if you don’t want to find a just a big pile of ice-cubes!
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Yellow Brick Road | Upper Western Buttress | 1 | E2 6a |
2 |
The Jolsen Finish | Upper Western Buttress | 1 | VS 4b |
3 |
Spike Chimney | Upper Western Buttress | 2 | Diff |
4 |
Once in a Blue Moon | Upper Western Buttress | 2 | E3 6a |
5 |
The Dark Side of the Moon | Upper Western Buttress | 3 | E3 5c |
6 |
Extinguisher Chimney | Upper Western Buttress | 3 | VS 4c |
7 |
Candle Buttress | Upper Western Buttress | 1 | HVS 5a |
8 |
The Atrocity Exhibition | Upper Western Buttress | 1 | E1 5b |
9 |
Leaf Shelf | Upper Western Buttress | VS 4c | |
10 |
Intermediate Route | Upper Western Buttress | HS 4b | |
11 |
South Wall | Upper Western Buttress | 2 | VD |
12 |
Pedestal Climb | Upper Western Buttress | 1 | Diff |
13 |
45 Degrees | Upper Western Buttress | HVS 5b | |
14 |
Curving Crack | Upper Western Buttress | S 4b | |
15 |
Rock Reptile | Upper Western Buttress | HVS 5b | |
16 |
Singer Corner | Upper Western Buttress | S 4b | |
17 |
M.G. Route | Upper Western Buttress | HS 4a | |
18 |
Monkey Magic | Upper Western Buttress | 1 | HVS 5b |
19 |
Esgee Crack | Upper Western Buttress | S 4b | |
20 |
The Funnel | Upper Western Buttress | HS 4b | |
21 |
Eastern Promise | Upper Western Buttress | HVS 5b | |
22 |
Eastern Crack | Upper Western Buttress | 1 | S 4a |
23 |
Eastern Arete | Upper Western Buttress | HVS 5b | |
24 |
End Wall | Upper Western Buttress | 1 | VS 4c |
1 |
Foreigner | Kinder Buttress | 1 | E3 5c |
2 |
The Mermaid's Ridge | Kinder Buttress | 3 | VS 4c |
3 |
Glory Boys | Kinder Buttress | VS 4c | |
4 |
Left Twin Chimney | Kinder Buttress | 2 | VS 4c |
5 |
Pumping Irony | Kinder Buttress | 1 | E3 5c |
6 |
Right Twin Chimney | Kinder Buttress | 2 | HVS 5a |
7 |
Final Judgement | Kinder Buttress | 3 | E3 5c |
8 |
Boulevard Traverse | Kinder Buttress | HS 4a | |
9 |
Atone | Kinder Buttress | E1 5b | |
1 |
Domino Wall | The Amphitheatre | 1 | E1 5b |
2 |
The Ledge Shufflers | The Amphitheatre | 2 | E6 6c |
3 |
Raggald's Wall | The Amphitheatre | 2 | E1 5a |
4 |
Great Chimney Left-hand | The Amphitheatre | 2 | VS 4c |
5 |
The Great Chimney | The Amphitheatre | 2 | HS 4b |
6 |
The Ensemble Exit | The Amphitheatre | 2 | HVS 5a |
7 |
Professor's Chimney | The Amphitheatre | 1 | Diff |
8 |
Professor's Chimney Direct | The Amphitheatre | 1 | VD |
9 |
Pegasus Left-hand | The Amphitheatre | 1 | E1 5b |
10 |
Pegasus Right-hand | The Amphitheatre | 1 | VS 4c |
11 |
Left Fork Chimney | The Amphitheatre | 1 | Diff |
12 |
Right Fork Chimney | The Amphitheatre | 1 | S 4a |
13 |
Embarkation Parade | The Amphitheatre | 1 | VS 4c |
14 |
Final Frontier | The Amphitheatre | E2 5b | |
15 |
Crooked Overhang | The Amphitheatre | VS 4c | |
16 |
Rodeo | The Amphitheatre | 1 | VS 4c |
17 |
Crooked Arete | The Amphitheatre | 1 | HVS 5a |
18 |
Zig-zag | The Amphitheatre | 3 | VD |
19 |
Zig-zag Crack | The Amphitheatre | 1 | S 4a |
20 |
Spin-up | The Amphitheatre | 1 | E1 5b |
21 |
Toss up | The Amphitheatre | HVS 5a | |
22 |
Chockstone Chimney | The Amphitheatre | 1 | VD |
23 |
The Last Fling | The Amphitheatre | 1 | E2 5b |
24 |
Amphitheatre Crack | The Amphitheatre | 1 | S 4b |
25 |
Amphitheatre Face Climb | The Amphitheatre | 1 | HS 4b |
26 |
Five Ten | The Amphitheatre | HS 4a | |
27 |
Square Chimney | The Amphitheatre | M | |
1 |
North Tier Climb | The Downfall | 1 | VS 4c |
2 |
Dud Chimney | The Downfall | E1 5a | |
3 |
Slip Sliding Away | The Downfall | E3 5c | |
4 |
The Glorious Twelfth | The Downfall | E2 5b | |
5 |
The Hunter | The Downfall | 1 | E3 5b |
6 |
The Beast | The Downfall | E2 5b | |
7 |
The Bloody Thirteenth | The Downfall | 1 | E1 5b |
8 |
Shotgun Grooves | The Downfall | 1 | HVS 5b |
9 |
Poacher's Crack | The Downfall | 1 | HVS 5a |
10 |
Downfall Groove | The Downfall | 1 | HVS 5a |
11 |
Independence Crack | The Downfall | 1 | E2 5c |
12 |
Hard Times | The Downfall | 1 | E2 5c |
13 |
Downfall Climb | The Downfall | 2 | M |
14 |
Harvest | The Downfall | 1 | HVS 5a |
15 |
Downfall South Corner | The Downfall | 2 | VD |
1 |
The Direct | The Downfall in Winter | 2 | S-IV |
2 |
Central Direct | The Downfall in Winter | 1 | S-III |
3 |
Downfall Climb | The Downfall in Winter | 2 | S-II/III |
1 |
Central Chimney | Great Buttress | 1 | Diff |
2 |
Central Chimney Direct | Great Buttress | VS 4c | |
3 |
Don't Look Back | Great Buttress | 2 | HVS 5a |
4 |
Gomorrah | Great Buttress | 1 | VS 4c |
5 |
Sodom | Great Buttress | VD | |
6 |
Trio Wall | Great Buttress | 1 | VS 4c |
7 |
Pigeon Corner | Great Buttress | VS 4c | |
8 |
Pocket Wall | Great Buttress | 1 | VS 4c |
9 |
Great Slab | Great Buttress | S 4a |
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