The best of the cliffs that fall under the broad banner of Bleaklow, a tall and remote cliff that is at its best on high summer days when the the cotton (grass) is high and the curlews mew over the plateau. Many of the climbs follow steep cracks, requiring a high degree of proficiency in jamming and many of the routes tend to be green and gritty at the start of the season or after wet weather.
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Orang Arete | Phoenix Buttress | VS 4b | |
2 |
Grape Escape | Phoenix Buttress | 1 | E3 6a |
3 |
Monkey Puzzle | Phoenix Buttress | 1 | VS 4c |
4 |
East Rib | Phoenix Buttress | 3 | HVS 5a |
5 |
East Rib Direct | Phoenix Buttress | 1 | E5 6a |
6 |
Icon | Phoenix Buttress | 1 | HVS 5a |
7 |
Green Crack | Phoenix Buttress | HS 4b | |
8 |
Atherton Brothers | Phoenix Buttress | 2 | S 4a |
9 |
Phoenix Climb | Phoenix Buttress | 3 | VS 4c |
10 |
Via Principia | Phoenix Buttress | 3 | S 4a |
11 |
Subsidiary Chimney | Phoenix Buttress | 1 | S 4a |
12 |
Ave | Phoenix Buttress | 1 | VS 4c |
13 |
Powerplay | Phoenix Buttress | E2 6a | |
14 |
Little Red Pig | Phoenix Buttress | 1 | HVS 5b |
15 |
Vanishing Groove | Phoenix Buttress | S 4a | |
16 |
Birthday Chimney | Phoenix Buttress | VD | |
1 |
Short Crack | The Rainbow Flake | VS 4c | |
2 |
Satyr | The Rainbow Flake | 1 | E4 5c |
3 |
Solstice | The Rainbow Flake | HVS 5a | |
4 |
Some Product | The Rainbow Flake | E2 5c | |
5 |
Bloodrush | The Rainbow Flake | 3 | E6 6b |
6 |
Saucius Digitalis | The Rainbow Flake | 3 | E4 6a |
7 |
Nagger's Delight | The Rainbow Flake | 1 | HVS 5a |
8 |
Naaden | The Rainbow Flake | 1 | E1 5b |
9 |
Yerth | The Rainbow Flake | 1 | E2 5c |
10 |
Cistern Groove | The Rainbow Flake | VD | |
1 |
Pisa | Pisa Buttress | 1 | VS 5a |
2 |
Galileo | Pisa Buttress | 2 | E1 5c |
3 |
Pisa Direct | Pisa Buttress | 2 | HVS 5a |
4 |
Pisa Super Direct | Pisa Buttress | 3 | HVS 5a |
5 |
Stable Cracks | Pisa Buttress | 2 | VS 4b |
6 |
Plastic Saddle | Pisa Buttress | E1 5c | |
7 |
Typists' Chimney | Pisa Buttress | Diff | |
8 |
Unicorn Cracks | Pisa Buttress | HS 4b | |
9 |
Trungel Crack | Pisa Buttress | 1 | HVS 5a |
10 |
Obverse Route | Pisa Buttress | VD | |
11 |
East Face | Pisa Buttress | S 4a | |
1 |
The Big Wall | The Big Wall | 2 | E3 6a |
2 |
Holme Moss | The Big Wall | 1 | E1 5c |
3 |
Gremlin Groove | The Big Wall | 1 | VS 4c |
4 |
Gremlin Wall | The Big Wall | HVS 5a | |
5 |
Artifact | The Big Wall | VS 4c | |
6 |
Flake Groove | The Big Wall | VD | |
7 |
Flake Crack | The Big Wall | S 4a | |
8 |
Toadstool Crack | The Big Wall | VS 4c | |
9 |
Ordinary Route | The Big Wall | 1 | M |
1 |
Pinnacle Face | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | VS 4c |
2 |
Pinnacle Crack | Right-hand Buttresses | VS 4c | |
3 |
Phantom | Right-hand Buttresses | E3 6a | |
4 |
Nimrod | Right-hand Buttresses | S 4a | |
5 |
Free Fall | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | E3 5c |
6 |
Stag Party | Right-hand Buttresses | VD | |
7 |
Ladies' Day | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | S 4a |
8 |
Ladies' Day Direct | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | HVS 5a |
9 |
Middleton Groove | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | HS 4b |
10 |
Valhalla Crack | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | VS 4c |
11 |
Crack and Chimney | Right-hand Buttresses | VD | |
12 |
Sampson | Right-hand Buttresses | 2 | E4 6b |
13 |
Original Route | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | S 4b |
14 |
West Ridge | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | HVS 5a |
15 |
West Wall Route 1 | Right-hand Buttresses | 1 | VS 5a |
16 |
West Wall Route 2 | Right-hand Buttresses | VD | |
17 |
Finale | Right-hand Buttresses | S 4a | |
18 |
Encore | Right-hand Buttresses | S 4a | |
1 |
Shandy | The Lower Tier | VD | |
2 |
Lager Lout | The Lower Tier | 1 | HVS 5a |
3 |
Pint of Beer | The Lower Tier | 1 | VS 5a |
4 |
Omelette Crack | The Lower Tier | Diff | |
5 |
The Egg Bowl | The Lower Tier | S 4b | |
6 |
The Vice | The Lower Tier | VD | |
7 |
Main Wall Climb | The Lower Tier | 1 | VD |
8 |
Captain Zep | The Lower Tier | 1 | HVS 5a |
9 |
Dirtier Groove | The Lower Tier | Diff | |
10 |
The Rainbow | The Lower Tier | 1 | Diff |
11 |
Dirty Groove | The Lower Tier | Diff | |
12 |
Left Route | The Lower Tier | S 4a | |
13 |
Central Route | The Lower Tier | 1 | HVS 5a |
14 |
Right Route | The Lower Tier | VD |
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