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Description
This page provides a list of some of our favorite climbs within the lake District and Cumbria. One day we hope to add a little commentary about each one and the ability to sort them. If we have missed any of your favourites please let us know.
The Fell and Rock Climbing Club provide a good history of climbing in the Lake District.
| Napes Needle, 55ft Hard VDiff |
| Needle Ridge, The Napes, 325ft VDiff |
| Little Chamonix, Shepherd's Crag, 200ft VDiff |
| Gillercombe Buttress, Grey Knotts, 360ft Mild Severe |
| Troutdale Pinnacle, Black Crag, 375ft Mild Severe |
| Bracket and Slab, Gimmer Crag, 295ft Severe |
| Ash Tree Slabs and C Route, Gimmer Crag, 355ft Severe |
| Bowfell Butress, 350ft Hard Diff |
| Murray's Route, Dow Crag, 250ft Severe |
| Jone's Route Direct from Lord's Rake, Scafell Crag, 215ft Severe |
| Moss Ghyll Grooves, Scafell Crag, 260ft Hard Severe |
| Tophett Wall, The Napes, 245ft Hard Severe |
| New West Climb, Pillar Rock, 290ft, Hard Diff |
| Rib and Slab Climb, Pillar Rock, 300ft Severe |
| Central Buttress, Scafell Crag, 470ft, E1 |
| Ichabod, Scafell East Butress, 240ft E1 5b |
| Central Pillar, Esk Buttress, 495ft E2 5b |
| Gormenghast, Heron Crag, 300ft E1 5a |
| Engineer's Slabs, Gable Crag, 180ft VS 4c |
| Praying Mantis, Goat Crag, 260ft E1 5a |
| The Crack, Gimmer Crag, 240ft VS 4b |
| Kipling Groove, Gimmer Crag, 175ft HVS 5a |
| North Crag Eliminate, Castle Rock of Triermain, E1 5b |
| Extol, Dove Crag, 200ft E2 5b |
| Moss Ghyll, Scafell Crag, 400ft Grade 4 |
| Steep Ghyll, Scafell Crag, 650ft Grade 4/5 |
| Great Gully, Wasdale Screes, 1000ft Grade 4/5 |
| Inaccessible Gully, Dove Crag, 350ft Grade 4/5 |
| Dove Crag Gully, Grassmoor, 300ft Grade 4 |
| Great End Gully, 650ft Grade 3 |
| Raven Crag Gully, 500ft Grade 3 |
| Philistine, High Crag, E1 5b |
| Botterill's Slab, Scafell Crag, VS 4c |
| North West Arete and F Route, Gimmer, VS 4c |
| Overhanging Bastion, Castle Rock Triermain, VS 4c |
| Gordian knot, White Ghyll, VS 4c |
| Rake End Wall, Pavey Ark, VS 4c |
| Arcturus and Golden Slipper, Pavey Ark, HVS 5a |
| Eliminate A, Dow Crag, VS 4c |
| Brown Slabs, Shepherds Crag, Diff |
| Aros, Shepherds Crag, E1 5c |
| Ardus, Shepherds Crag, Hard Severe |
| Mandrake, Quayfoot Buttress, HVS 5a |
| Lakeland Cragsman, Sergeant Crag Slabs, HVS 5a |
| Eagles Nest Ridge Direct, The Napes, Mild VS 4b |
| Fools Paradise, Gowder Crag, Mild VS 4b |
| Corvus, Raven Crag, Diff |
| Eagle Front, Eagle Crag, VS4c |
| Kern Knotts Crack, Kern Knotts, VS 4c |
| Bridge's Route, Esk Buttress, Hard Severe |
| Mickledore Grooves, Scafell East Buttress, VS 4c |
| Great Eastern Route and Yellow Slab, Scafell East Buttress, MVS/HVS 5a |
| Grooved Arete, Pike's Cragm V Diff |
| Thomas, Wallowbarrow Crag, Hard Severe |
| Gordon and Craig's Route, Dow Crag, Hard VDiff |
| Middlefell Buttress, Raven Crag, Diff |
| Spinnup, Falcon Crag, VS 4c |
| Honister Wall, Buckstone How, Hard Severe |
| Harrow Buttress, Rib and Wall, Oxford and Cambridge Direct Route, Grey Crag, Mild Severe |
| North West Climb, Pillar Rock, Mild VS 4b |
| South West Climb, Pillar Rock, Mild VS 4b |
These are routes that we have enjoyed many times over the years and climb many of them on a pretty regular basis on our climbing courses and holidays.
Like to know more?
If you'd like to know more about these routes and/or Go Higher and our our services, please feel free to contact us.
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Napes Needle, locally regarded as the
birth place of rock climbing when ascended solo by Walter Parry Haskett-Smith
in June of 1886.
Photo: Abraham brothers (Courtesy of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club).
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