Routes in Orroral Ridge

A meter left of The Belfry is a vague scoop with a couple of bolts (first one is missing a hanger as of july '18). Details unknown but appears to be a start to the Belfry that skips the wide stuff.

A short, sharp, thin tips crack. Difficulty dependent on finger size.

Sit start as for Bakers Dozen.

Starts at a short crack. Pass many bolts up the slab to lower-off. Re-equipped but still waiting for a clean ascent.

The arête at the end of the chimney has been bolted. It’s either an easy ~12 ish chimney or a hard dyke climb.

The first two pitches of 'Deep Space', followed by the last pitch of 'Sickle'.

This has probably been done before but is worth recording as it is fun and serves as a great warm up for the area. Start standing on the flake just off the ground about 2 metres right of 'The Renaissance Man'. Traverse right along the horizontal crack past 'California Dreaming' to top out at the far right of the wall.

Start at the furthest left end of the boulder, powerful move straight up then mantle.

Stand start on good crimps, end up on a good high crimp with feet on the ledge. Another variant for an extra grade heads left from the start holds and ends in the same place.

about 10m left of 'Blood on the Cracks' is a short, slightly overhanging crack.

Up the crack until it runs out, then step right to the bolts

Whales tales starts with both hands down low on the sharp flake (matched as low as you can) and moves up the arete via the big sheild. The stand start (V8) starts with one hand on the arete right hand crimp and left hand on the face crimp a bit higher up. Tall man beta might drop a grade on both of these.

To the right of 'Bad Press' is an entrance to the cave. This route is directly ahead of you as you enter the cave.

Straight up the wall.

The flakey overhanging arete on the left edge of the boulder left of 'Vertigo' (i.e. down and right from 'Atom Blaster') has been bolted but not claimed.

Many eliminate's can be made on this boulder problem. Start low on crimp jugs and cruise to the top.

In the open courtyard inside the cave complex before scrambling up to ' Stepping Out'. On the southern side of the open courtyard. Bolts and gear up the wall and huge hanging boulder to a trad belay on top.

Scramble up and start from the top of the boulder that creates the halfway ledge on the left side of the route. Belaying from the ground level of the cave is best. Place a low cam and then lean out to clip the bolt, pull out onto the face and hard, technical crimping out to the right leads to a delicate slab to the top.

The direct start past one bolt from the ground level is now an open project - all yours if you want it!

Straight up the slab past the intrusion at 2 meters

Stand start on two tiny crimps, move up and right to the big shield and then top out the proud arete

Adds a great left leaning hand crack, and a bombay chimney to the best pitches of Dipthong. (or it could be the original if you take the route description with a lot of salt) Start 3 meters left of Dipthong at a slanted crack or chimeny

1. 10m, climb the dirty crack on the right or the chimney to a stance on a dirt ledge

2. 15m, climb the left leaning hand crack out to the arete before pulling back right and into the Bombay chimney to emerge on the ledge below Diphong's third pitch.

3. Finish up the fun pitches of Diphong

This route starts at ground level 3 meters left of a squeeze chimney.

1. 20, Up the wall to a bolt, tend left onto the slab to another two bolts.

2. 14, From the ledge (start of Watch Me), tend left past another two bolts, one of which actually has a hanger.

Start low on good holds, try not to get tangled between the crossing over and heel hooks, and pull out your best slab master to get to the top.

Step left off the block to gain the steep slab. Pad up this to the top

Sit start as for The Other Problem. Head left on the crimps then battle the mantle.

The bolted arete directly below the chossy approach slab and opposite Julius Caesar. Very delicate arete climbing on bolts to chain

Short slab arete with a hard start.

An obvious line on 'Barrel Boulder' that begins in the depths, on slopes, whilst lying on your back.

Start low down on two crimps at the furthest left of the boulder, no feet and small crimps lead into the start of the flippster. Take a 7 if you start a little further in.

Start as for Dead Fingers Talk, heading left up the ramp

Branch out from Vertigo at mid height and head for the tiny seam to the right. Lower off fixed biner. The rest of the route (unclimbed) would be bat hooks and bolts to the top.

Starts on a very low jug to the left; up to a slope and out right to a powerful undercling, finishing on more slopes.

There's a steep north-west facing wall, with 4 right angle hangers

The easiest way to the top. Wander up a series of chimneys on the eastern side, to a ledge. Climb the mossy slab from the ledge to the belay station (poorly protected).

Stand start on good matched hold and mantle the nose, down and left of the slabbin it boulder, this boulder has 3 or 4 other lines on it that have been done, update with photos soon

Start at the bottom of the slab, step on and trust the rubber

To the right of noble rise

The line of bolts up a very nice textured slab. The deathtrap aluminium hangers have been replaced

Straight up the bolted slab between Penny and Chopper

Stand start matched on good rail, big move up to blind pinch and then work your way up and around the boulder

Walk in to the top of 30 Degrees,

Tend left up the dyke and through intermittent cracks. Well protected by gear

The first arete you come to

Up the South corner of the 'Demon' block above Oxygen Arete - Rap off bolts on top that serve mostly to TR Demon

Start as for Deep Space. Initially up the pinnacle and at 5m take the right-hand crack straight up. After the horizontal break go straight up the slab past a couple of carrot bolts. Another carrot then rejoin Deep Space at the steep headwall before the ledge.

Just to the left of 44 Home, climb up the steep two faced wall, looks like you can stem and it will be easy.....good luck. starts on good rail out right

Walk in to the top of 30 Degrees, Tend right up the continued slab

Start low matched on arete crimp, head up arete for a few moves make some big moves across right to a good crimp, followed by some tricky moves to end up with feet on this crimp. (may have already been done please let me know if it has)

Start on crimp on the arete, some smooth compression moves up sees you matched the sharp arete hold a few meters off the ground. (probably done by someone else, feel free to change)

The arete right of 'Demon'. An easier variant, but the ground is further away. Not that it'll make a difference really.

Just left of the Skin It Back alcove, on the valley side, is this line of shiny bolts up a vertical wall. Rumoured to be an old Matt Rizzuto project. There is also a single bolt to its right, which would make a hard bouldery start to the arete above.

Stand start and up via the angled crack. Watch out for the ants.

Add the final pitch of Sickle to take you to the top.

The rightwards curving crack on the wall above and to the right of 'Mushroom Rock', originally with one aid move.

Hideous, don't say you weren't warned. Start in the cave, graunching up the chock filled chimney to a leftwards weakness. Follow this to under an overlap and step left around an arete to a ledge.

The line of bolts one metre right of 'Power Cat'; a bad joke even by sports climbing standards.

Start on jugs at head height follow-up obvious flake line far right of the boulder, potential for an extra few grades if you start at the same place as The Bull traverse. Spot well as the rocks is a little crumbly still. Link ups between the two flakes are also good and worth doing- however not separate climbs

The chimney between the slab block and the back of poachers forms a nice start to Skyline

The enjoyable crack and groove starting below and four metres left of 'Penny'.

Worth the effort to see the view. Start on the left side of the easy-angle slab. Take the short slab and crack to the right arete, then up this to the top. There is now a triple bolt belay/rap station.

Finally freed but still popular as an aid climb, hence double bolts at the top of the wall. The impressive overhanging crack on the valley side. Up the crack to the fork and take the right-hand crack to the top. Also popular as a commercial abseiling site.

The obvious rightwards curving crack. Start in the corner at the left end of the slabs.

1. 12 metres - Climb the left-hand (or the easier right-hand) chimney to the top of the huge block.

2. 30 metres - Step off the block and climb the crack to a sitting stance.

3. 15 metres - Constricted moves over the water runnel to a bush belay.

4. 23 metres - Move back left past the bush for a few metres, then pull onto the wall above, and delicately along the thin diagonal to gain the handcrack (phew!). Cruise to the top.

A good second pitch. Start at a flake pinnacle at the lowest point of the cliff.

1. 26 metres - Climb the pinnacle and the crack above the apex, moving left to belay on top of a flake.

2. 34 metres - Straight up the unprotected slab to a sloping ramp. Right along the ramp and up a short wall to belay on the ledge.

3. 30 metres - Up the slab above by a shallow groove.

Now chossy. Start 45 metres right of 'Deep Space' at a groove.

1. 20 metres - Crux. Climb the groove to a tree.

2. 26 metres - Up the cracks to a ledge, left to a mossy slab and up to bushes.

3. 44 metres - Up the easy cracks on the right.

The groove-ramp on the right side of the first large boulder seen as you stroll down the path; move right at the top. A rap station replaces the traditional leap across to the top of 'Penny'.

The original route on the crag, first climbed with a point of aid. Start at the crack about 10 metres right of the 'West Face of Belfry'.

1. 25 metres - Climb the crack, step left and up another crack and through the bulge to a ledge. A short corner (about 19) leads directly to the top from here, but the original route traverses right.

2. 25 metres - Move across the slab to a small ledge, traverse right around the corner (don't look down!) to gain the 'helter-skelter' ramp leading to the top. Poorly protected.

Scramble up to a wide, mossy chimney above and right from 'Snow Queen'.

1. 20 metres - Up the sloping chimney into a cave.

2. 20 metres - From within the extensive cave system, scramble out through a roof hole using a vertical flake, or more easily to the right.

3. 20 metres - Cross the small courtyard and finish up a corner chimney.

Start in a corner 70 metres left of 'Worm's Tunnel'.

1. 10 metres - A hard first move, then scramble up the chimney to beneath the chockstone.

2. 20 metres - Up the chimney to belay in the corner.

3. 20 metres - Follow the crack traversing left across the slab.

4. 15 metres - Climb up the textured slab and into the cave above. The easiest exit is left, towards the valley

Pretty grim. The rightwards leaning chimney with a big leaning block above.

The same crack as 'Darkling' on the other side of the boulder.

The chimney in the right-hand wall of the recess left of 'Paper Tiger'.

At the left-hand end of the line of slabby boulders below the 'Back Wall'. The bent, easy angled chimney.

A crack and corner with a hard start. Up the crack and corner, descend into the chimney and finish as for 'Kid's Stuff'. First climbed in two pitches.

An enjoyable start but poorly protected at the top.

From back when kids were tough. The horrendous chimney five metres right of 'Child's Play', and just left of 'Leaning Tower', originally done in two pitches.

The crack up the back of 'Mushroom Rock', about 10 metres right of 'Hotline'. Step across the gap and up the crack.

"Recommended for those who enjoy a good thrutch". Need we say more? Start left of 'The Morrigan'.

1. 10 metres - Up the crack, past the tree on its left.

2. 25 metres - Climb the tapering chimney to a ledge.

The chimney with a slanting crack in the left wall. Belay from a flaky bollard, as for 'Lazy Dynamite'.

Wanders into the cliff. Start 20 meters left of Labyrinth in a small recess.

1. 25 metres - Climb a slanting crack for five metres, then move right (past a shrub) along a ledge to a corner (on Labyrinth).

2. 8 metres - Climb the corner to the shrub, then up any of the cracks to the ledge above.

3. 30 metres (unroped) - First scramble through to a flat floored chimney, then head left through the squeeze for about 30m past several corners.

4. a) 15 meters - When you see a chockstone at 4 meters, chimney up and over it, then up the lake/slab directly in front of you.

   b) 12 metres - Continue out the final squeeze and double back at a slightly higher level and head up the flake/slab above the chimney

A vicious off-width, overhung and flared chimney crack high up right on 'Mushroom Rock'. Start below a corner formed by large flakes.

1. 10 metres (13) - Climb the corner to a roof, traverse left and around the nose to a good stance.

2. 22 metres (20) - Crux. climb the strenuous and sustained crack.

Disjointed. Start as for 'Split the Difference'.

1. 10 metres - Up the slanting crack to a good stance.

2. 8 metres - Up the crack and rightwards up to a ledge near third stance on Labyrinth

3. 7 metres - Reach up and traverse the leftwards slanting flake to the rock pile labyrinth emerges from

4. 10 metres - walk a few meters and climb the easy chimney between a few of those boulders. Walk back 10 meters to a cleft on the right.

5. 10 meters - Ascend the pinnacle using the crack on the right to a slab.

The chimney above the path between 'Pigs on the Wing' and 'Swine Fever'.

The obvious curving chimney at the left end of the 'Elephant Special' outcrop. Takes the chimney and crack in its right wall.

A chimney "located in the heart of the outcrop" below 'Sour Grapes'.

Just left of the top pitch of UD Start from half height, accessed stepping right from zen

Start: in the open cave facing the valley, at the left end of the sector. Climb the crack which is formed by a slab and the roof.

Downhill and right from 'White Witch' is the initially overhanging crack.

The mossy crack a few metres right of 'Manic Depression'. Done in two pitches.

"A cold kind of bitch." The strenuous off-width in the corner five metres right of 'Half Moon Chimney'.

The off-width crack in the vertical wall on the western side of the outcrop.

The chimney five metres right of the main wall. Up over chockstones, eventually traversing out under boulders to a good ledge.

A leftwards leaning fist-and-wider crack. From 'Leaning Tower' walk downhill and slightly left (as you face the valley) for 20m, then zig back right for 20m.

The imposing off-width corner, just right of 'Flying Legal', which overhangs at the top.

The clean cut chimney in the corner halfway between 'Motown' and 'Technocrat'. Well protected with tubes and larger cams.

One of the better, if typically short, cracks at 'Legoland'. The obvious crack in the left wall of the passage out of the enclosure.

Walk up the rather slick slab on the left of a tree.

The slab right of 'Ace High'.

Obscure. "The squeeze chimney about 20 metres left of 'Norm's Nees', done in two pitches, moving right to avoid the overhang."

This is the closest thing that I've found, although why you would split it into 2 pitches is beyond me. I may have to climb it.

The prominent off-width crack right of the central chasm. Climb the crack and exit right to belay from a flaky bollard.