Routes: Routes as trad in Western Gritstone

Grade	Route	Gear style
Whaley Bridge Area Windgather North Buttress
VS 5a	The Rib	Trad
HVD 4a	The Rib right hand	Trad
M	★ The Staircase	Trad 8m
S 4b	Green slab	Trad
HVD	Black Slab	Trad 8m
VD	★ Chimney and Crack	Trad 10m
S 4a	Green Crack	Trad 10m
VS 5a	★ North Buttress Arête Direct	Trad
D	Heather Butress	Trad 8m
Whaley Bridge Area Windgather Middle Buttress
S 4b	Small Wall	Trad 6m
M	★ The Corner	Trad 8m
HVS 5a	★ Portfolio	Trad
HVD	★ Wall Climb	Trad 10m
S 4a	★★ Centre Route	Trad 10m
HVD	The Slant Start	Trad 10m
S 4a	Mississippi	Trad 10m
VD	★★ Middle Buttress Arete	Trad 10m
D	★ Chockstone Chimney	Trad 10m
S 4a	★★ Mississippi Crack	Trad 10m
HS 4a	★ The Medicine	Trad 10m
Whaley Bridge Area Windgather High Buttress
S 4a	★ Bulging Arete	Trad 10m
D	★ The Corner	Trad 10m
VD	★ Toe Nail	Trad 10m
D	★ Zigzag	Trad 14m
VD	★ Footprint	Trad 10m
HVD	★★ Nose Direct	Trad 12m
VS 4c	★★ Director	Trad 12m
D	★★ High Buttress Arete	Trad 12m
HVD	★ Heather Face	Trad 10m
Whaley Bridge Area Windgather Buttress Two
M	Rib and Slab	Trad 8m
M	★★ Buttress Two Gully	Trad 8m
D	★★ Leg Stump	Trad 8m
D	★ Middle and Leg	Trad 8m
HVD 3c	★ Centre	Trad 8m
HVD	★ Squashed Finger	Trad 8m
VS 4c	Struggle	Trad 8m
VD	★ Corner Crack	Trad 8m
S 4a	★ Aged Crack	Trad 8m
HS 4a	★★ Traditional	Trad 8m
D	★ Broken Groove	Trad 8m
VS 5a	Cheek	Trad 8m
Whaley Bridge Area Windgather Buttress One
D	Face Route 2	Trad 8m
HVD	★ Face Route 1	Trad 8m
VD	★★ First's Arete	Trad 8m
S 4a	Side Face	Trad 8m
Whaley Bridge Area Windgather South Buttress
VD	Overhanging Arete	Trad 10m
VS 4b	Leg Up	Trad 10m
VS 4b	Route 2	Trad 10m
HVS 4c	★ Route 1.5	Trad 10m
VS 5a	★ Editor's Note	Trad 10m
E1 5b	South Buttress Arete Direct	Trad 10m
HS 4b	Route 1	Trad 10m
M	★ South Buttress Crack	Trad 10m
M	★ Left Triplet Crack	Trad 6m
S 4a	Middle Triplet Crack	Trad 6m
S 4a	★★ Right Triplet Crack	Trad 6m
S 4a	★★ Overlapping Wall	Trad 6m
Whaley Bridge Area Castle Naze
VD	★ Double Crack	Trad 4m
D	Easy Crack	Trad
VD	★ Sheltered Crack	Trad 6m
HVD 3c	★ Bow Crack	Trad 6m
S 4a	★ Slanting Crack	Trad 6m
VD	★ Overhanging Chockstone Crack	Trad 8m
HVS 5a	The Fifth Horseman Up the left edge.	Trad 8m
VS 5a	Thin Crack Thin crack to the ledge.	Trad 8m
VD	★ Muscle Crack	Trad 8m
S 4a	★★ Bloody/Blocks Cracks	Trad 8m
S 4a	★★★ The Flywalk	Trad 10m
S 4a	★★ The Niche	Trad 12m
E1 6a	Orm and Cheep	Trad 12m
HS 4b	★★ Studio	Trad 12m
VS 4b	Little Pillar	Trad 12m
HVD 4a	★ Footstool right it needs to go in the Scoop face area FA: Dave Gregory & 1984	Trad 8m
VS 4b	★★ Keep Arete	Trad 12m
HVS 5a	★★ Scoop face	Trad 12m
VS 4b	★★ The Crack Jam town.	Trad 14m
VS 4c	★★★ Nozag Big cam required.	Trad 14m
VD	Zig a Zag a	Trad 12m
VD	Long Climb	Trad 14m
VD	Layback	Trad 8m
Whaley Bridge Area Black Rocks Shield Buttress
VD	Barely Anything	Trad
S 4a	The Quality of Local Lichen	Trad
HVD 4a	Fingerjug & Eye	Trad
VD	Lumpy Frigidaire	Trad
VD	Shield Edge	Trad
HVD	Shield Bulge	Trad
D	Flaky Pate	Trad
VD	Jiggy Box	Trad
Whaley Bridge Area Black Rocks Proud Prow
HS 4b	Nasty Side	Trad
S 4a	Proud Prow	Trad
HVD 4a	Proud Rift	Trad
Whaley Bridge Area New Mills Torrs The Alcove
VS 4c	Vegetable Flake	Trad 6m
E1 5b	Basic Arête	Trad 8m
E1 5c	The Stork	Trad 20m
HVS 5a	★★ Alcove Crack From New Mills (9 miles SE of Stockport just off the A6) follow signs to 'The Tors' (5 min); or from New Mills Central bus station or train station follow signs for the Millenium walkway bridge - the crag is just beyond. Alternatively park on Albion Road, walk down Jodrell Street and down the long ramp from the Rock Inn and you'll see the crag in front of you. The best post-crag pubs are the Rock Inn on Torr Vale Road (nice beer garden when sunny) or the Beehive on Albion Road. The best chippy is the one on Market Street in the town centre and the best cafe is Llamedos, further up Market Street. 20m. The dramatic fissure splitting the back wall of the shady recess of the Alcove is a steep and well-protected tussle	Trad 20m
E4 6b	Like a Ship without an Anchor	Trad 20m
E1 5b	The Sandman	Trad 20m
E5 6b	"54"	Trad 15m
E2 5c	Soiled Goods	Trad 8m
HVS 5c	Porky's Wall	Trad 8m

Whaley Bridge Area › Windgather › North Buttress
 • VS 5a    — The Rib
 • HVD 4a   — The Rib right hand
 • M        — The Staircase
 • S 4b     — Green slab
 • HVD      — Black Slab
 • VD       — Chimney and Crack
 • S 4a     — Green Crack
 • VS 5a    — North Buttress Arête Direct
 • D        — Heather Butress
Whaley Bridge Area › Windgather › Middle Buttress
 • S 4b     — Small Wall
 • M        — The Corner
 • HVS 5a   — Portfolio
 • HVD      — Wall Climb
 • S 4a     — Centre Route
 • HVD      — The Slant Start
 • S 4a     — Mississippi
 • VD       — Middle Buttress Arete
 • D        — Chockstone Chimney
 • S 4a     — Mississippi Crack
 • HS 4a    — The Medicine
Whaley Bridge Area › Windgather › High Buttress
 • S 4a    — Bulging Arete
 • D       — The Corner
 • VD      — Toe Nail
 • D       — Zigzag
 • VD      — Footprint
 • HVD     — Nose Direct
 • VS 4c   — Director
 • D       — High Buttress Arete
 • HVD     — Heather Face
Whaley Bridge Area › Windgather › Buttress Two
 • M        — Rib and Slab
 • M        — Buttress Two Gully
 • D        — Leg Stump
 • D        — Middle and Leg
 • HVD 3c   — Centre
 • HVD      — Squashed Finger
 • VS 4c    — Struggle
 • VD       — Corner Crack
 • S 4a     — Aged Crack
 • HS 4a    — Traditional
 • D        — Broken Groove
 • VS 5a    — Cheek
Whaley Bridge Area › Windgather › Buttress One
 • D      — Face Route 2
 • HVD    — Face Route 1
 • VD     — First's Arete
 • S 4a   — Side Face
Whaley Bridge Area › Windgather › South Buttress
 • VD       — Overhanging Arete
 • VS 4b    — Leg Up
 • VS 4b    — Route 2
 • HVS 4c   — Route 1.5
 • VS 5a    — Editor's Note
 • E1 5b    — South Buttress Arete Direct
 • HS 4b    — Route 1
 • M        — South Buttress Crack
 • M        — Left Triplet Crack
 • S 4a     — Middle Triplet Crack
 • S 4a     — Right Triplet Crack
 • S 4a     — Overlapping Wall
Whaley Bridge Area › Castle Naze
 • VD       — Double Crack
 • D        — Easy Crack
 • VD       — Sheltered Crack
 • HVD      — Bow Crack
 • S 4a     — Slanting Crack
 • VD       — Overhanging Chockstone Crack
 • HVS 5a   — The Fifth Horseman
 • VS 5a    — Thin Crack
 • VD       — Muscle Crack
 • S 4a     — Bloody/Blocks Cracks
 • S 4a     — The Flywalk
 • S 4a     — The Niche
 • E1 6a    — Orm and Cheep
 • HS 4b    — Studio
 • VS 4b    — Little Pillar
 • HVD 4a   — Footstool right
 • VS 4b    — Keep Arete
 • HVS 5a   — Scoop face
 • VS 4b    — The Crack
 • VS 4c    — Nozag
 • VD       — Zig a Zag a
 • VD       — Long Climb
 • VD       — Layback
Whaley Bridge Area › Black Rocks › Shield Buttress
 • VD       — Barely Anything
 • S 4a     — The Quality of Local Lichen
 • HVD 4a   — Fingerjug & Eye
 • VD       — Lumpy Frigidaire
 • VD       — Shield Edge
 • HVD      — Shield Bulge
 • D        — Flaky Pate
 • VD       — Jiggy Box
Whaley Bridge Area › Black Rocks › Proud Prow
 • HS 4b    — Nasty Side
 • S 4a     — Proud Prow
 • HVD 4a   — Proud Rift
Whaley Bridge Area › New Mills Torrs › The Alcove
 • VS 4c    — Vegetable Flake
 • E1 5b    — Basic Arête
 • E1 5c    — The Stork
 • HVS 5a   — Alcove Crack
 • E4 6b    — Like a Ship without an Anchor
 • E1 5b    — The Sandman
 • E5 6b    — "54"
 • E2 5c    — Soiled Goods
 • HVS 5c   — Porky's Wall

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