Kinder Downfall

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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