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Tharf Cake & Brooks' Layback Guide

  • Grade context: UK
  • Ascents: 18

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Contributors

Thanks to the following people who have contributed to this crag guide:

Jim Croft Matt Tranter @rob365 Campbell Gome Ian Holmes Matt Scase

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Table of contents

1. Tharf Cake & Brooks' Layback 17 routes in Cliff

Summary:
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Seasonality

Mostly Trad climbing

Lat / Long: 53.336994, -1.599100

RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 First Crack S 4b Trad 8m
2 Tharf Cake HVS 5a Trad 8m
3 Left Twin Crack S 4a Trad 8m
4 Right Twin Crack MS 4a Trad 8m
5 Farcical Arete HS 4a Trad 8m
6 The Irrepressible Urge E1 5b Trad 8m
7 Small Artic Mammal V3 6A Boulder 8m
8 Left Recess Crack S Trad 8m
9 Right Recess Crack HS 4a Trad 8m
10 Ace MVS 4b Trad 8m
11 The Crack HS 4a Trad 6m
12 The Chimney D Trad 6m
13 Thrall's Thrutch S 4a Trad 8m
14 Brooks' Layback

Right-angled corner crack. Very short

HS 4b Trad 8m
15 Wobblestone Crack HVD 4a Trad 8m
16 Red Shift E3 5c Trad 8m
17 Hollybush Gully VD Trad 8m

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
D The Chimney Trad 6m
VD Hollybush Gully Trad 8m
HVD 4a Wobblestone Crack Trad 8m
MS 4a Right Twin Crack Trad 8m
S 4a Left Twin Crack Trad 8m
Thrall's Thrutch Trad 8m
S 4b First Crack Trad 8m
S Left Recess Crack Trad 8m
HS 4a Farcical Arete Trad 8m
Right Recess Crack Trad 8m
The Crack Trad 6m
HS 4b Brooks' Layback Trad 8m
MVS 4b Ace Trad 8m
HVS 5a Tharf Cake Trad 8m
E1 5b The Irrepressible Urge Trad 8m
E3 5c Red Shift Trad 8m
V3 Small Artic Mammal Boulder 8m
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