A fine cliff in a lovely setting, though tilted a bit too much towards the north for maximum user-friendliness. The setting and collection of amenable routes means that Simonside has possibly the longest climbing history of any crag in Northumberland - the rocks were first explored around 1900 and the crag even had a small guidebook by the 1920s. If the conditions are right you will probably end up sharing the place with other teams, though the 60+ routes are quite spread out so there is always plenty to do.
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Zig-zag Route | Boulder Face | Diff | |
2 |
Swastika Chimney | Boulder Face | 1 | Diff |
3 |
Swastika Face | Boulder Face | HVD | |
4 |
Swastika Crack | Boulder Face | 1 | S 4a |
5 |
Kyley's Route | Boulder Face | 1 | HVS 5a |
6 |
Gaucherie Groove | Boulder Face | VS 4c | |
7 |
Boulder Face Chimney | Boulder Face | M | |
8 |
Flying Nun | Boulder Face | 1 | E1 5a |
9 |
Roth | Boulder Face | VS 5a | |
10 |
Overhanging Chimney | Boulder Face | VD | |
11 |
Flare Chimney | Boulder Face | Diff | |
1 |
Boulder Face Corner | Long Layback | M | |
2 |
Nameless Wall | Long Layback | VS 4c | |
3 |
Boulder Face Crack | Long Layback | Diff | |
4 |
Innominate Crack | Long Layback | 2 | VD |
5 |
Flake Corner | Long Layback | 1 | VS 4c |
6 |
Flake Corner Direct | Long Layback | 1 | HVS 5a |
7 |
Flake Chimney | Long Layback | VD | |
8 |
Vibram Wall | Long Layback | 2 | HVS 5a |
9 |
On Edge | Long Layback | 1 | E2 5b |
10 |
Long Layback Crack | Long Layback | 3 | VS 4c |
11 |
AKA Mr. Vegas | Long Layback | 3 | E7 6c |
12 |
Command Performance | Long Layback | 3 | E4 6b |
13 |
Over the Edge | Long Layback | 3 | E3 5c |
14 |
Dirty Corner | Long Layback | VD | |
15 |
On the Border | Long Layback | E3 5c | |
16 |
Dry Run | Long Layback | E2 5b | |
17 |
Staircase Chimney | Long Layback | Diff | |
1 |
The Privy | 'A' Buttress | HVS 5a | |
2 |
Giant's Stair | 'A' Buttress | 2 | VS 4c |
3 |
Great Chimney | 'A' Buttress | 3 | Diff |
4 |
'A' Buttress Left-hand | 'A' Buttress | VD | |
5 |
'A' Buttress Direct | 'A' Buttress | 2 | VD |
6 |
'A' Buttress Right-hand | 'A' Buttress | S 4a | |
7 |
The God Machine | 'A' Buttress | 1 | E3 5c |
8 |
The Wind Tunnel | 'A' Buttress | HVS 5a | |
9 |
Aeolian Wall | 'A' Buttress | 1 | VS 5a |
10 |
Delicatessen | 'A' Buttress | 3 | VS 4c |
11 |
Chockstone Crack | 'A' Buttress | Diff | |
12 |
Archer's Chimney | 'A' Buttress | Diff | |
13 |
Sagittarius | 'A' Buttress | 1 | VS 4c |
14 |
The Quiver | 'A' Buttress | 1 | VS 5a |
15 |
Wide Eyed and Witless | 'A' Buttress | VS 4c | |
1 |
Quartz Buttress | Buttress Face | 2 | HVS 5a |
2 |
Regular Nightmare | Buttress Face | 1 | E4 6a |
3 |
Blood on the Rooftops | Buttress Face | 1 | E5 6b |
4 |
Gillette | Buttress Face | 2 | E3 5b |
5 |
Cut Throat | Buttress Face | 2 | E4 6a |
6 |
The Stoic | Buttress Face | 2 | E2 5c |
7 |
Loophole Crack | Buttress Face | 1 | S 4a |
8 |
Les Perchass | Buttress Face | 1 | HVS 5b |
9 |
Nee Perchass | Buttress Face | 1 | VS 5a |
10 |
Broken Toe | Buttress Face | HVS 5a | |
11 |
Cairn Crack | Buttress Face | VD | |
12 |
Cairn Slab | Buttress Face | 1 | S 4a |
13 |
Cairn Scoop | Buttress Face | VD | |
14 |
Cairn Crack West | Buttress Face | VD | |
15 |
Sunset Wall | Buttress Face | S 4a | |
1 |
'B' Buttress Direct | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | HS 4b |
2 |
'B' Buttress Chimney | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | S 4b |
3 |
Bee Bumble | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | E5 5c |
4 |
Cairn Wall | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | S 4a |
5 |
Lightning Wall | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | HVS 5a |
6 |
Stormbringer | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | HVS 5a |
7 |
Thunder Crack | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 2 | E1 5b |
8 |
Master Plaster | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | E2 5b |
9 |
Dirty Thor't | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | E3 5c |
10 |
'D' Buttress Crack | 'B' and 'D' Buttresses | 1 | VS 4c |
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