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Elephant's Ear Buttress Guide

  • Grade context: UK
  • Ascents: 1

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Daniel Mateos

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Table of contents

1. Elephant's Ear Buttress 19 routes in Sector

Summary:
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Seasonality

Bouldering and Trad climbing

access issues

None

inherited from Baldstones

ethic

No chipping

inherited from Baldstones
RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 Ganderhole Crack

The crack starting behind a block.

S 4a Trad 4m
2 Fielder's Indirect

The wall and pockets left of the groove.

4 Boulder
3 Fielder's Corner

The groove above a nasty landing.

6A+ Boulder
4 Fielder's Wall

Climb the blank-looking wall using a sloping pocket - that's the only hold.

7B Boulder
5 Elephant's Eye

Start on the ear and reach out to the top pocket on the wall.

6B+ Boulder
6 Elephant's Ear

Up the splendid flake. The sit-start is f6C.

3 Boulder
7 Elephant's Ear Sit-start

The sit-start to Elephant's Ear has a burly arm-busting start.

6C Boulder
8 Clever Skin Left-hand

The sloping arete on its left side.

7B+ Boulder
9 Clever Skin

The sloping arete and wall with a skin-trashing hold.

7A+ Boulder
10 Groove and Arête 4 Boulder
11 Bun Mantel Left 6A Boulder
12 The Wart

From a poor pocket, mantel onto the left side of the boulder. The mantel on its own is f6A+.

7A+ Boulder
13 Bun Mantel Right 6A Boulder
14 Baby Elephant Walk

From a sit-start on the bottom right, traverse the rising lip of the small scrittly boulder in front of The Elephant Boulder. Top-out once you reach the top left above another rock. Esoterica for the lovers of lip traverses.

6A Boulder
15 Lucid Dreams E2 6a Trad 6m
16 Pyeclough VS 4b Trad
17 Heathylee S 4a Trad
18 End Game VS 4b Trad
19 Styli

The line of flakes and spikes just right of End Game.

D Trad

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
D Styli Trad
3 Elephant's Ear Boulder
S 4a Ganderhole Crack Trad 4m
Heathylee Trad
4 Fielder's Indirect Boulder
Groove and Arête Boulder
VS 4b End Game Trad
Pyeclough Trad
6A Baby Elephant Walk Boulder
Bun Mantel Left Boulder
Bun Mantel Right Boulder
6A+ Fielder's Corner Boulder
E2 6a Lucid Dreams Trad 6m
6B+ Elephant's Eye Boulder
6C Elephant's Ear Sit-start Boulder
7A+ Clever Skin Boulder
The Wart Boulder
7B Fielder's Wall Boulder
7B+ Clever Skin Left-hand Boulder
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