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Table of contents
- 1. Gordale Scar
172 in Crag
- 1.1. The Upper Left Wing 23 in Crag
- 1.2. The Lower Left Wing 42 in Crag
- 1.3. The Gorge Left Wall 18 in Crag
- 1.4. Backwater Buttress 12 in Crag
- 1.5. Karst Buttress 5 in Crag
- 1.6. The Grotto 3 in Crag
- 1.7. Waterfall Buttress 9 in Crag
- 1.8. The Right Wall 24 in Crag
- 1.9. The Upper Right Wing 36 in Crag
- 2. Index by grade
1. Gordale Scar 172 routes in Crag
- Summary:
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Mostly Trad or Sport
Long/Lat: -2.163309, 54.076982
- Description:
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Gordale Scar is a vally cut into the land witch offers climbing routes on both sides and streches over half a mile
- Approach:
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The best approach it to arrive at Malham village there is significant parking and cafes, then it a short walk to the Malham Cove heading north, from here head north east for about 1k to arrive at Gordale Scar
1.1. The Upper Left Wing 23 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- All Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Greaser | HS 4a | 6m | |||
| 2 | Juggy Corner | D | 6m | |||
| 3 | Grey Crack | MVS 4b | 6m | |||
| 4 | Dinner Crack | S | 6m | |||
| 5 |
| M | 8m | |||
| 6 |
| S | 9m | |||
| 7 | Slanting Scoop | VD | 11m | |||
| 8 |
| HS 4a | 9m | |||
| 9 | One Man and His Dog | E2 5b | 9m | |||
| 10 | Sheep's Groove | VS 4c | 9m | |||
| 11 |
| HVS 5a | 9m | |||
| 12 |
| E2 5c | 14m | |||
| 13 | Waltzing Matilda | E4 6b | 11m | |||
| 14 |
| E2 5c | 12m | |||
| 15 | Smidge | E1 5b | 11m | |||
| 16 | Smudge | E3 5c | 13m | |||
| 17 |
| HVS 5a | 12m | |||
| 18 | The Gibbon | VS 4c | 12m | |||
| 19 | Baby Boom | E2 5c | 11m | |||
| 20 | The Lizard | VS 5a | 11m | |||
| 21 | Rat's Tail | VS 5a | 11m | |||
| 22 | Trollenburg Terror | E2 6a | 12m | |||
| 23 | Boulder Rib | VS 4c | 11m | |||
1.2. The Lower Left Wing 42 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- All Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| HS 4b | 7m | |||
| 2 | Stingo | VS 5a | 7m | |||
| 3 | The Riddler | VS 4c | 12m | |||
| 4 |
| E1 6a | 11m | |||
| 5 | The Spinner | HVS 6a | 11m | |||
| 6 | Spin Off | E1 6a | 12m | |||
| 7 |
| E4 6a | 11m | |||
| 8 |
| E2 5c | 11m | |||
| 9 | The Bulger | HVS 5a | 12m | |||
| 10 | Deception | S | 12m | |||
| 11 | Parallel Cracks | HS 4a | 12m | |||
| 12 | Corner Tree Climb | VD | 9m | |||
| 13 |
| VS 4c | 26m | |||
| 14 |
| VS 4c | 27m | |||
| 15 |
| HS 4b | 12m | |||
| 16 |
| HVS 5a | 33m | |||
| 17 | White Rook | E1 5c | 35m | |||
| 18 |
| VS 5a | 36m | |||
| 19 | Blat | HVS 5c | 18m | |||
| 20 | The Gaffer | VS 5a | 30m | |||
| 21 | Gaffer Direct | HVS 5b | ||||
| 22 | Microchasm | HVS 5a | 27m | |||
| 23 | Poison Ivy | VS | 33m | |||
| 24 | Fallen Block Chimney | HVS 5a | 36m | |||
| 25 | Briar Wall | HVS | ||||
| 26 | Narrowing Crack | VS 5a | 33m | |||
| 27 | Quivering Chimney | HS 4b | 32m | |||
| 28 | Botany Bay | 30m | ||||
| 29 | Badfinger | E1 5b | 30m | |||
| 30 | Plaster Crack | S | 36m | |||
| 31 | Hidden Corner | S | 33m | |||
| 32 | The Norper | E1 5b | 30m | |||
| 33 |
| E2 5c | 30m | |||
| 34 |
| E2 5c | 35m | |||
| 35 |
| E2 5c | 30m | |||
| 36 | Arnold Freerouter | E3 6a | 29m | |||
| 37 | Yark Lefthand | E1 5b | 30m | |||
| 38 |
| E1 5b | 29m | |||
| 39 | Bushmaster | HVS 5a | 30m | |||
| 40 | Nutcracker | S | 30m | |||
| 41 | The Comeback | MVS 4b | 35m | |||
| 42 | King Tut | VS 4c | 35m | |||
1.3. The Gorge Left Wall 18 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- Mostly Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| 6b+ | 25m |
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| 2 |
| E5 6a | 35m | |||
| 3 |
| E5 6b | 35m | |||
| 4 |
| E6 6a | 45m | |||
| 5 |
| E6 6c | 52m | |||
| 6 |
| E3 6a | 47m | |||
| 7 | Traverse of the Gobs | E4 6a | 51m | |||
| 8 |
| E5 6a | 26m | |||
| 9 |
| E6 6b | 50m | |||
| 10 |
| E5 6a | 60m | |||
| 11 |
| E5 6b | 47m | |||
| 12 |
| E5 6b | 50m | |||
| 13 |
| E5 6b | 50m | |||
| 14 | Manque | E1 5c A3 | 45m | |||
| 15 | Grot | A4 | 49m | |||
| 16 | King Rat | E5 6a A2 | 68m | |||
| 17 | Magic Roundabout | VS 4c | 62m | |||
| 18 |
| E2 5c | 140m | |||
1.4. Backwater Buttress 12 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- All Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Bottom | E1 5b | 27m | |||
| 2 | The Missing Link | HVS 5b | 30m | |||
| 3 |
| 7b | 25m | |||
| 4 |
| 7b | 25m | |||
| 5 | Pedestal Wall | HVS 5a | 26m | |||
| 6 |
| HS 4b | 24m | |||
| 7 |
| 7b+ | 20m | |||
| 8 |
| E3 5c | 24m | |||
| 9 |
| 7a | 24m | |||
| 10 | What Do You Want Me To Do With It | 7a+ | 20m | |||
| 11 | Don't Matter Just Don't Bite It | 7a+ | 20m | |||
| 12 | Erotic Nightmare | 7b+ | 10m | |||
1.5. Karst Buttress 5 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- All Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wire Wound | E2 5c | 10m | |||
| 2 |
| 6c | 10m | |||
| 3 |
| 6b+ | 10m | |||
| 4 |
| 7a+ | 10m |
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| 5 | Soft Option | 6b+ | 12m | |||
1.6. The Grotto 3 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- All Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| 7b+ | 10m | |||
| 2 |
| 7b+ | 10m | |||
| 3 |
| 7c | 10m | |||
1.7. Waterfall Buttress 9 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- All Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Splash | E4 6b | 30m | |||
| 2 |
| E6 6b | 25m | |||
| 3 |
| E6 6b | 27m | |||
| 4 |
| E4 6a | 36m | |||
| 5 | Sunshine | VS 4c | 40m | |||
| 6 | Darkness | 35m | ||||
| 7 |
| E2 5c | 35m | |||
| 8 |
| E1 5b | 36m | |||
| 9 |
| E2 5c | 85m | |||
1.8. The Right Wall 24 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- Mostly Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
| E5 6a | 45m | |||
| 2 |
| E5 6b | 45m | |||
| 3 | Dolostone | E3 5c | 32m | |||
| 4 | West Face Route | VS 4b | 70m | |||
| 5 | The Soft Machine | VS 4c | 54m | |||
| 6 |
| E5 6a | 20m | |||
| 7 | Climacteric | HVS A3 | 90m | |||
| 8 | The Main Overhang | E1 5b A3 | 68m | |||
| 9 | Main Overhang Direct | E1 5b A3 | 57m | |||
| 10 |
| 6c | 20m | |||
| 11 |
| E3 5c | 50m | |||
| 12 | Comedy of Errors | E5 6a | 40m | |||
| 13 |
| 7b+ | 50m | |||
| 14 |
| E6 6c | 45m | |||
| 15 |
| 8b | 35m | |||
| 16 |
| 8a+ | 35m | |||
| 17 |
| E6 6c | 30m | |||
| 18 |
| E6 6b | 48m | |||
| 19 |
| 7c+ | 35m | |||
| 20 |
| 7c+ | 46m | |||
| 21 |
| E6 6b | 47m | |||
| 22 | Trubble | 8a+ | 10m | |||
| 23 |
| E6 6b | 75m | |||
| 24 |
| E7 6b | 65m | |||
1.9. The Upper Right Wing 36 routes in Crag
- Summary:
- All Unknown
| Route | Grade | Style | Popularity | Selected ascents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucifer Sam | MVS 4b | 9m | |||
| 2 | D.K. | VD | 9m | |||
| 3 | Willy Nilly | S | 12m | |||
| 4 |
| VS 4c | 11m | |||
| 5 |
| E1 5c | 12m | |||
| 6 | David | VD | 11m | |||
| 7 | Obtuse Corner | S | 11m | |||
| 8 | Jonathon | VD | 11m | |||
| 9 |
| MVS 4b | 9m | |||
| 10 | December Dodos | S | 10m | |||
| 11 | Gates | S | 11m | |||
| 12 | Full Deck | E3 6a | 12m | |||
| 13 |
| VS 4c | 12m | |||
| 14 |
| E4 6a | 12m | |||
| 15 | The Knave | HVS 5a | 12m | |||
| 16 | High Roller | E3 5c | 12m | |||
| 17 |
| HVS 5a | 12m | |||
| 18 |
| E2 5b | 12m | |||
| 19 |
| E3 6a | 12m | |||
| 20 | Double or Quits | E3 6a | 12m | |||
| 21 | Black Jack | E1 5b | 12m | |||
| 22 | Stacked Deck | E2 5b | 12m | |||
| 23 | Faked Cards | VS 4c | 12m | |||
| 24 | Fingers | S | 11m | |||
| 25 | Disappointment | HVS 5a | 10m | |||
| 26 |
| S | 11m | |||
| 27 | January Crack | S | 9m | |||
| 28 | Chockstone Crack | VD | 6m | |||
| 29 | Jenny Spinner | MVS 4b | 8m | |||
| 30 |
| HS 4a | 8m | |||
| 31 |
| VS 4c | 8m | |||
| 32 | Bogside | HVS 5a | 9m | |||
| 33 |
| VS 4c | 9m | |||
| 34 | S.G.B. | MS | 18m | |||
| 35 | The Corner | S | 18m | |||
| 36 | The Wall | HS 4b | 9m | |||
