The landowner has protested strongly to the BMC about damage to trees and erosion to footpaths around the crag. Avoid the area to the right of Altar Crack. Respect its integrity as a conservation area. Any further damage to trees will result in the loss of all access for climbing.
Seasonal Restrictions: Nesting Birds
1 March to 30 June
Tawny Owls and Kestrels were (May 2021) nesting in Rhododendron Crack / Entrapment (Rivelin Quarries). Please avoid these routes until further notice.
Tawny owls sometimes nest on the crag in the spring (previously on Kremlin Crack or Roof Route) - avoid the route(s) they are occupying until the nest is vacated.
Tawny owls have been known to viciously attack people climbing near their nest. You have been warned!
Park at Rivelin Lower Reservoir parking (gates locked at 18h every day) and walk back to the road, A57. Take footpath opposite and follow it, bearing right through a damp area. Take a left fork which goes up the hill, ignore paths leading right, and you should see the Rivelin Needle after a few hundred metres.
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Author(s): C. Craggs, A. James
Date: 2022
The guidebook covering 4305 routes in the eastern gritstone edges of the Peak District - including Stanage, Burbage. Millstone, Froggatt, Curbar, Birchen and Cratcliffe plus an other 20 quality gritstone crags ranging from Wharncliffe in the north to Black Rocks in the south.
Author(s): Alan James & Adrian Berry
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9781873341988
A comprehensive guidebook describing the bouldering in the Peak District, covering well over 3,000 boulder problems. It includes all the areas from Wimberry in the north, through the Eastern Edges, to the Central Gritstone and Limestone and the grit of Staffordshire.
Author(s): S. Broadbent
Date: 2022
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E3 5c | ★★★ Exit |
Stu Bolton on ★★★ Roof Route HVS 5b - Stu attempting a heel hook to get into easy territory.
Stu Bolton on ★★★ Roof Route HVS 5b - Stu below the crux, putting gear in.
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