Yorkshire Statistics

General area statistics

Area Name: Yorkshire
Number Routes: 8,730
Number Areas: 960
Number Activity Updates: 16,316
Number Ascents: 3,189
Areas With Description: 31
Routes With Description: 181
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 1,550
Trad Routes: 1,155
Sport Routes: 163
Top Rope Routes
Multipitch Routes: 5
Aid Routes: 37
Boulder Problems: 1,383
Alpine Routes
Ice Routes
Average Height: 13
Route Grade Contributions: 8,770
Number Topos: 4
Number Routes With Topos: 3
Number Favorite Crags
Number Shortcuts: 49
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 2,677
Trad Route Ascents: 1,070
Sport Route Ascents: 208
Multipitch Route Ascents: 14
Aid Route Ascents: 1
Boulder Route Ascents: 164
Alpine Route Ascents
Ice Route Ascents
Number Ticks: 2,624
Number Hits: 29
Number Ghosts: 8
Number Pure Ascents: 829
Number Repeat Ascents: 179
Number Routes Repeated: 160
Number Quality Ratings: 1,304
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 8
Number Ascent Comments: 708
Number Photos: 88
Number Distinct Route Photos: 41
Number Contributing Publications
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 146
Height Profile
Difficulty Band Profile
YDS Grade Profile
AU Grade Profile
FR Grade Profile
Rating System Profile
Protection Rating Profile
Tick Type Profile
Quality Assessment Profile
Relative Difficulty Assessment Profile
Ascent YDS Grade Profile
Ascent AU Grade Profile
Ascent FR Grade Profile
Month Ascent Profile
Hardest Tick Ascent
Hardest Clean Ascent
Hardest Lead Ascent
Hardest Onsight Ascent: Gavel Neese {E2 5b}
Hardest Flash Ascent: Jam pot {5+}
Hardest Redpoint Ascent: Pippi Longstocking {E5}
Hardest Pinkpoint Ascent
Hardest Second Ascent
Hardest Clean Second Ascent
Hardest Solo Ascent
Hardest Top Rope Ascent
Hardest Clean Top Rope Ascent
Hardest Aid Ascent
Area Quality Score: 51
Area Difficulty Score: 37
Area Busyness Score: 6
Area Grade Accuracy Score: 50
Hardest Routes: Serenata {V15}; Serenataon {8C}; The Last Anasazi {8C}; Bordello - SD {8C}; Rainman {9b}; Serenade {8B+}; Tomahawk {8B+}; Serendipity {8B+}; Violent New Breed {9a+}; Overshadow {9a+}
Easiest Routes: Three Chockstones Chimney {E}; Decent Gully {E}; Novitiate {E}; Descent {E}; Gentle Slab {E}; Hanging Corner {1}; Dead Mans Drop {M}; Down Chimney {M}; Old Rake {M}; Small Ways {M}
Busiest Routes: Fluted Columns {VD}; Bird's Nest Crack {HS 4b}; Great Western {HVS 5a}; Low Man Easy Way {D 4b}; Pinnacle Flake Climb {S 4b}; Stew Pot {HVD}; Crack of Doom {VS 4c}; Square Chimney & Whisky Crack {MVS}; Righthand Crack {VS 4b}; The Traditional Climb {VS 4c}
Busiest Beginner Routes: Fluted Columns {VD}; Stew Pot {HVD}; Long Chimney {HVD}; Fairy Steps {HVD}; Razor Rib {VD}; Pinnacle Direct {HVD}; Three Chockstones Chimney {E}; Difficult Crack {VD}; Cracked Corner {VD}; Flake Crack {HS 4a}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: Bird's Nest Crack {HS 4b}; Great Western {HVS 5a}; Low Man Easy Way {D 4b}; Pinnacle Flake Climb {S 4b}; Crack of Doom {VS 4c}; Square Chimney & Whisky Crack {MVS}; Righthand Crack {VS 4b}; The Traditional Climb {VS 4c}; Overhanging Groove {HVS 5a}; S Crack {VS 4c}
Busiest Experienced Routes: The Wall of Horrors {E3 6a}; Consenting Adults {7a}; Morrell's Wall {V2}; Black Wall Eliminate {E2 5c}; Tufted Crack {E1 5c}; Western Front {E3 5c}; The Directissima {6c}; Z Climb Eliminate {E1 5b}; Great Buttress Arete {E1 5b}; Pebble Wall {V5}
Busiest Expert Routes: Urgent Action {8a+}; The Thumb {8a}; Dark Stranger {8a}; I Ain't No Sponsored Jelly Bean (link-up) {8a+}; 50 for 5 {7b+}; Dominatrix {7c}; Seventh Aardvark {7b}; Syrett's Roof {E3 6b}; Six Cee (Sit Start) {6C}; Raindogs {8a}
Busiest Elite Routes: Rainshadow {9a}; Batman {9a}; Northern Lights {9a}; Rainman {9b}; North Star {9a}; Overshadow {9a+}
Busiest Sport Routes: Urgent Action {8a+}; Consenting Adults {7a}; The Directissima {6c}; The Thumb {8a}; Free'n'Even Easier {7a+}; Puddle Jumper {7a}; Rainshadow {9a}; Wheels On Fire {6a+}; The Jim Grin {7a}; Rose Coronary {7a}
Busiest Trad Routes: Fluted Columns {VD}; Bird's Nest Crack {HS 4b}; Great Western {HVS 5a}; Low Man Easy Way {D 4b}; Pinnacle Flake Climb {S 4b}; Stew Pot {HVD}; Crack of Doom {VS 4c}; Righthand Crack {VS 4b}; The Traditional Climb {VS 4c}; Overhanging Groove {HVS 5a}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Morrell's Wall {V2}; Matterhorn Ridge {S V0}; Rabbit's Paw Wall {HVS 5B}; Pebble Wall {V5}; Matterhorn Ridge {4C+}; Route 2 {VS 4B}; Central Route {VS 5A}; 1 Angel's Wall {V1}; Central Pepperpot {6B}; The Crucifix Arete {V3}
Most Desirable Routes: Psycho {E5}; Adrenalin Rush {E5}; High Noon {E4 6a}; Pig's Ear {HVS}; Strans Gill {D}; Parsons' Chimney {HS 4b}; Josephine Superdirect {MVS 4b}; The Wall of Horrors {E3 6a}; Z Climb Eliminate {E1 5b}; Syrett's Roof {E3 6b}
Purist Routes: The Traditional Climb {VS 4c}; Great Western {HVS 5a}; Square Chimney & Whisky Crack {MVS}; S Crack {VS 4c}; Pinnacle Flake Climb {S 4b}; Bird's Nest Crack {HS 4b}; Fluted Columns {VD}; Stew Pot {HVD}; Low Man Easy Way {D 4b}; Angel's Wall {HVS 5a}
Highest Quality Routes: Raindogs {8a}; Pet's Corner {HS 4b}; Dental Slab {S}; Ron's Crack (II) {E3}; Dominatrix {7c}; Desert Island Arete {E6 6c}; Defcon 3 {8a}; Himmelswillen {VS 4c}; Comedy {7c}; Let Them Eat Jellybeans {7c+}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: Razor Rib {VD}; Slingsby's Chimney {VD}; President's Slab {HD}; On the Lash {3B}; Fluted Columns {VD}; Flying Arete {HVD}; Long Chimney {D}; Overhanging Arete {VD}; Pilot Crack {HVD}; V Chimney and Traverse {HVD}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: Pet's Corner {HS 4b}; Dental Slab {S}; Parsons' Chimney {HS 4b}; Himmelswillen {VS 4c}; Hatter's Groove {HVS 5a}; Allan's Crack {VS 4c}; Rough Wall {VS 5a}; Birch Tree Wall {VS 4c}; Great Western {HVS 5a}; Tower Face {HS 4b}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: Yosemite Wall {7a+}; Quiet Flight {7a+}; The Jim Grin {7a}; The Directissima {6c}; The Wall of Horrors {E3 6a}; Carnage Left Hand {E1 5b}; Wheels On Fire {6a+}; Tufted Crack {E1 5c}; Western Front {E3 5c}; Lurcher Direct {6B}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: Frankie Comes To Kilnsey {7b}; Biological Need {7c}; Raindogs {8a}; Ron's Crack (II) {E3}; The Ashes {7c+}; Dominatrix {7c}; Desert Island Arete {E6 6c}; The Thumb {8a}; Comedy {7c}; Let Them Eat Jellybeans {7c+}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: Raindogs {8a}; The Ashes {7c+}; The Bulge {8a}; Dominatrix {7c}; Yosemite Wall {7a+}; Defcon 3 {8a}; The Thumb {8a}; Comedy {7c}; The Jim Grin {7a}; The Directissima {6c}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: Pet's Corner {HS 4b}; Parsons' Chimney {HS 4b}; Desert Island Arete {E6 6c}; Himmelswillen {VS 4c}; The Wall of Horrors {E3 6a}; Hatter's Groove {HVS 5a}; Carnage Left Hand {E1 5b}; Allan's Crack {VS 4c}; Rough Wall {VS 5a}; Western Front {E3 5c}
Highest Quality Boulder Routes: Dolphin belly slap {7A}; The Flying Arete {6B}; The Whack {V10}; Andy's Problem {V8}; Master Pepperpot {6B}; Pebble Wall {V5}; Lurcher Direct {6B}; Hair of the Dog {6B+}; Central Route {VS 5A}; On the Lash {3B}
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: North Face; Highcliff Nab; The Yellow Wall; Chevin Buttress; Chevin Quarry & Buttress; Attermire Scar; Baildon Bank; Foredale Quarry; Dib Scar; Duck Boulders
Hightest Quality Major Areas: Almscliff High Man; Almscliff; Yorkshire Limestone; Yorkshire Gritstone; Yorkshire; Brimham Rocks; North York Moors; Scot Crag; North Yorkshire; Scugdale
Hardest Minor Areas: Dark Art Roof; Bullet Roof; Woody's Rock; Queen's Pool Right-Hand; Wave Area; The Upper Central Wall Right Side; South Buttress; Caveat Wall; The Lower Central Wall; Anston Stones
Hardest Major Areas: Anston Stones; The Lower Central Wall; Kilnsey; Dihedral Wall Area; Malham Cove; Lower Tier; The Right Wing; Blue Scar; Roadside Buttress; Adrenaline Rush Boulders
Easiest Minor Areas: North West Buttress; Oak Buttress; Oriel Wall; Stoney Wicks; North Face; Scarth Wood Buttress; Sheep Walk; Great Gully; Rake's Buttress; Wrinkled Wall Area
Easiest Major Areas: Danby Crag; Tranmire; Scot Crag; Eston Nab; Pule Hill; Hawkswick Crag; Main Crag; The Escarpment; Twistleton Scars; Cold Moor
Busiest Minor Areas: Romulus and Remus Buttress; Rake's Buttress; Oriel Wall; Almscliff Low Man; The Razor; Almscliff High Man; Scot Crag; The Quarry; The Prow; The Pulpit
Busiest Major Areas: Almscliff High Man; Scot Crag; Almscliff; Scugdale; Ilkley; North York Moors; Caley Crags; Yorkshire Gritstone; Yorkshire; Brimham Rocks
Highest Quality Crags: Bridestones; Ilkley; Almscliff; Caley Crags; Malham Cove; Crookrise; Twistleton Scars; Brimham Rocks; North York Moors; North Yorkshire
Busiest Crags: Almscliff; Ilkley; North York Moors; Caley Crags; Crookrise; Brimham Rocks; Pule Hill; Malham Cove; Hetchell Crag; Bridestones; North Yorkshire; Twistleton Scars
Classic Crags: Almscliff; Brimham Rocks; North York Moors; Kilnsey; Ilkley; Caley Crags; Malham Cove; North Yorkshire; Crookrise; Wharncliffe Crag; Bridestones; Rylstone; Twistleton Scars; Baildon Bank; Foredale Quarry; Robin Proctor's Scar; Pule Hill; Chevin Quarry & Buttress; Heptonstall; Eavestone Crag
Grade Icons: VD - Fluted Columns; S - Pet's Corner; MVS - Himmelswillen; E2 - Ron's Crack (II); E3 - The Directissima; E4 - The Jim Grin; E5 - Frankie Comes To Kilnsey; E6 - Dominatrix; E7 - Defcon 3