Masson Lees has had a bit of a chequered history but has now established itself as one of the better modern quarries in the Peak. It is a genuine hole in the ground, which makes it sheltered from the wind and also has a cave entrance and the steep dry-tooling area at the far southern end.The developed climbing is on the two facing side walls which give contrasting routes and conditions. The left-hand side is sunny and mostly slabbier with friendly and popular routes. The darker right-hand side receives much less sun, is slow to dry and has more steep and technical wall climbs.Access to the quarry is not fully clear but it seems to be tolerated. There have been attempts to back-fill the quarry although these appear to have stopped now.
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
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1 |
Wake Up Call | Red Wall | 6b | |
2 |
Crack o' Dawn | Red Wall | 5a | |
3 |
Mourning has Broken | Red Wall | 6a+ | |
4 |
Slumberland | Red Wall | 5a | |
5 |
Dawn's Chorus | Red Wall | 4c | |
6 |
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go | Red Wall | 4a | |
7 |
Oh to Lie In | Red Wall | 5a | |
8 |
Sludge Money | Red Wall | 4a | |
9 |
Five Years and Waiting | Red Wall | 4a | |
10 |
Auto Pilot | Red Wall | 6c | |
11 |
Moov Over | Red Wall | 1 | 6b |
12 |
Have a Cow | Red Wall | 1 | 6a+ |
13 |
Udderley | Red Wall | 5c | |
14 |
Featherlite Arete | Red Wall | 6a | |
15 |
Red and Ribbed for Your Pleasure | Red Wall | 1 | 6c |
16 |
Who Sat on my Satsuma? | Red Wall | 2 | 6a |
17 |
A Life of Grime | Red Wall | 1 | 6a |
18 |
Fun in the Sun | Red Wall | 1 | 6a+ |
19 |
End o' Taffs Corner | Red Wall | 1 | 4c |
20 |
The Chemistry Mates | Red Wall | 1 | 3a |
21 |
Physics Too | Red Wall | 6b | |
1 |
Reactn | Black Wall | 6b+ | |
2 |
Java Script | Black Wall | 7a | |
3 |
In the Pocket | Black Wall | 1 | 6c+ |
4 |
Pocket Rocket | Black Wall | 2 | 6c |
5 |
Eye, Eye | Black Wall | 2 | 6b+ |
6 |
Exorcised | Black Wall | 2 | 7b |
7 |
Exo6 | Black Wall | 2 | 7a+ |
8 |
Bison Fute | Black Wall | 1 | 7a+ |
9 |
Pierluigi Galena | Black Wall | 1 | 7a |
10 |
Second Class Citizen | Black Wall | 6c+ | |
11 |
Handy Borehole | Black Wall | 2 | 6c+ |
12 |
Quatrieme Quartier | Black Wall | 7a | |
13 |
The Premier Club | Black Wall | 1 | 7a+ |
14 |
The Pete Clark Diaries | Black Wall | 7a | |
15 |
The Masson Chronicles | Black Wall | 1 | 7b |
16 |
Nice One Masson | Black Wall | 2 | 7a+ |
17 |
Woof Justice | Black Wall | 2 | 7a+ |
18 |
Grand Theft Auto | Black Wall | 1 | 7a |
19 |
The Cows, The Cows | Black Wall | 1 | 7a+ |
20 |
Masson Accomplished | Black Wall | 1 | 7a+ |
21 |
Unveiled | Black Wall | 7a | |
22 |
Seventh Time Lucky | Black Wall | 1 | 7b |
23 |
Never to Rise | Black Wall | 1 | 7a+ |
24 |
Long Black Veil | Black Wall | 2 | 7a |
25 |
Fuck Your Gods | Black Wall | 2 | 7a |
26 |
Cattle Mutilation Expedition | Black Wall | 2 | 6c+ |
27 |
Masson Impossible | Black Wall | 6c | |
28 |
The Numbers Game | Black Wall | 6b | |
29 |
Lifelong Learning | Black Wall | 5c | |
30 |
Closing Chapter | Black Wall | 6b+ | |
31 |
Opening Salvo | Black Wall | 6b+ | |
32 |
Last Offence | Black Wall | 6b+ | |
33 |
Better Luck Next Time Steve | Black Wall | 6b+ | |
1 |
Maitre d'Hotel | White Wall | 6a | |
2 |
Major Dormo | White Wall | 5b | |
3 |
Four by Four | White Wall | 6c+ | |
4 |
Leap of Fete | White Wall | 7a | |
5 |
Tapering Out | White Wall | 7a | |
6 |
Last Orders | White Wall | 1 | 6c |
7 |
Smear for yer Beer | White Wall | 7b | |
8 |
Calling Time | White Wall | 1 | 7a+ |
9 |
Lager than Life | White Wall | 7b | |
10 |
Leffe and Out | White Wall | 6b+ | |
11 |
From Beer to Eternity | White Wall | 6b+ | |
12 |
The Crash Test Dummies | White Wall | 7a | |
13 |
Bish, Bash, Bosch | White Wall | 6c | |
14 |
Twist of Feet | White Wall | 7a+ | |
15 |
Elbowed Out | White Wall | 6b | |
16 |
Hilti Sound System | White Wall | 2 | 7a |
17 |
Forefinger Exercise | White Wall | 1 | 7a |
18 |
Piano Fingers | White Wall | 7a | |
19 |
Fill it In | White Wall | 6a | |
20 |
Final Dregs | White Wall | 6a | |
21 |
The Doldrums | White Wall | 6b | |
22 |
Hole in the Wall | White Wall | 6c+ | |
23 |
Snapping Turtle | White Wall | 7a |
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