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Roaches Skyline & Beyond - Gritstone
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Top 10 problems: (view all problems)
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The Staffordshire Flyer (6B) -
Sidepull Wall (7A (soft)) -
The Drowning Pool (7A+) -
The Arete Sitstart (7B) -
The Arete (6C) -
Triptych Groove (6C+)
All problems: (view only the best problems)
| Cave Buttress (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7B (soft) |
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King Ding | Effectively the direct start to King swing. Start sitting facing the baffling array of undercuts and sidepulls, undercut with precarious feet, until a right sidepull can be held, high right foot, then pop for the crimpy rail above. finish more easily to the jutting prow of King Swing. finish the route or climb down. | Edit | Delete | |
| Parrot Slab (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7A+ (soft) |
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One Eyed Willy | Start sitting, with both hand on the lip of the overhang. Use the huge pocket underneath to toe hook, balance and rock the other foot onto the lip, move on this to gain a shallow 2 finger pocket with the hand, now rock over using these. Climb the slab above on very sticky rock. Could be trickier for the tall. 6c from standing. | Edit | Delete | |
| Doxy's Pool (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7A |
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The Man with the Red Face | Named after stu brooks after a trip to the lakes. This problem is on the back of the doxys pool boulders climbs up ripples to a delicate rock over onto the slab | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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Back Arete | Climb the furthest back arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A |
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Soggy Bottom Crack | Left of Ledge Jump. The puddle beneath is unsurprisingly soggy. The crack above is unsurprisingly cracky. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Ledge Jump | The front left arete. Reach the ledge by jumping. Mantel. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B |
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The Staffordshire Flyer | Take on the impressive overhanging on the furthest left block. Use thin holds to cross the roof. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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The Arete | The arete, from standing. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B |
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The Arete Sitstart | From a sitstart on undercuts, work up the arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7C |
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Another Nadin Traverse | Start as for The Arete Sitstart. Folow the lip rightwards using slopers. Finish up the flake, as for The Drowning Pool. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A+ |
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The Drowning Pool | from the low jug, move left to a sloper. From here, aim for the hanging flake. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Groovy Crack | Aim for the hanging crack. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 (hard) |
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Chipped Wall | Edit | Delete | ||
| 4+ |
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Flake Line | On the right of the block is an obvious flake line. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Arete LH | The left arete on its left. | Edit | Delete | |
| 5+ |
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Arete RH | Edit | Delete | ||
| 5+ |
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Flake Eliminate | Climb the flake without the arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C+ |
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Pocket LH | From the niche, head up and slightly right via a pocket. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C (hard) |
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Pocket RH | From the left end of the arch, head up and left via a pocket. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Archway | Follow the arch feature from left to right and up. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Flake Direct | Climb straight up to the flake right of the arch. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Flake Direct (Low start) | Start on undercuts, finish up Flake Direct. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B+ |
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Square Arete | Start on low undercuts and assault the right arete of the block. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 (soft) |
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Jamming Crack | Edit | Delete | ||
| 4 (soft) |
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Pancake Arete | Climb the left arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Pancake | A large dish awaits your best recipe for success. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 (hard) |
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Crack Groove | On the block right of Pancake. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 (hard) |
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Arete | Right of Crack Groove. | Edit | Delete | |
| Chasm Boulder 1 (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6B |
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Gritstone Pimple | On the front left of the boulder (nearest to the path) use to pimple feature to make a worrying move to the top. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Ramp | On the right of the front side of the boulder, climb the right-trending ramp, finishing off right. | Edit | Delete | |
| 7A (soft) |
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Acne Arete | The left arete in the corridor. One hard pull gains an easy finish. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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Squeezer's Spots | Tackle the wall, from a sitstart. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B |
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Spotter's Pop | From a sitstart on crimps, climb the wall. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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Puss in Boots | Sitstart on the right (on the side facing boulder 4), with feet using the back. | Edit | Delete | |
| Chasm Boulder 2 (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 4+ |
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Mantel | Mantel the left side of the front face (nearest the path). | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Harder Mantel | Mantel through the middle of the wall. | Edit | Delete | |
| Chasm Boulder 3 (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 4 |
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Rounded Feature | Use a rounded feature to reach the arete, left of Triptych Groove. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C+ |
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Triptych Groove | From a sitstart, ascend the arete and groove. | Edit | Delete | |
| Chasm Boulder 4 (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7A |
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Spotter's Slop | From the sloper, gain the top. | Edit | Delete | |
| Art Nouveau Boulder 1 (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7A (soft) |
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Sidepull Wall | On the left side of the path-side face, climb the wall right of the arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 3 |
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Easy Crack | On the right side of the path-side face. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Flaky Romp | Up flakes at the far arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 4 |
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Juggy Flakeline | Dodgy landing. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Crack and Arete | On the side near the smaller boulder. | Edit | Delete | |
| Art Nouveau Boulder 2 (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 3 |
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Mono Slab | The easy slab on the backside of the smaller boulder. | Edit | Delete | |
| Safety Net Area (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6A (soft) |
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Ear 'ere | On the upper tier of the buttress above the route Safety Net. A highball with a sketchy landing, perhaps more like E2 5c. Make a tricky move to gain the juggy earlike flake and another one to leave it. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B (hard) |
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Shortercomings | Sit start on crimps on the right, below the slopey rail and climb up and left to finish at the break. Good variations and eliminates exist | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B (soft) |
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Safety net Traverse | Traverse the slopey break from right to left, moing up at the crack of safety net and follow a higher break to the end. | Edit | Delete | |
| Very Far Skyline (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 7A |
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Triple Point Direct RH | A harder and better way to do the direct start. Climbs the arete on it's right side all the way. Heel round left to start. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C+ |
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Triple Point Direct | Direct start to the left arete. Climbs the left side of the arete for the hard start | Edit | Delete | |
| 7B (hard) |
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Perverse Traverse | Sitstart 1m right of the start of Wild Thing. Traverse under the roof to a good hold and make a long reach to the arete finish up the arete. | Edit | Delete | |
| 6B |
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Wild Thing Sitstart | Sitstart the route of the same name. | Edit | Delete | |
| Very Far Skyline Boulders (Delete all problems from this boulder to delete the boulder) | ||||||
| 6B+ |
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Leek Hills | The right arete of the Flight Exam block | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C |
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The Shepard | The thin seams up the faint rib right of Flight Exam | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 (soft) |
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Flight Exam | The slab on the furthest right boulder, rocking up past a big pocket | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A+ |
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Inner Tube | The side wall half way along the crag, starting sitting in a porthole | Edit | Delete | |
| 6A |
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Max | The fin-like arete to the right of the Two Pocket Slab face | Edit | Delete | |
| 6C (hard) |
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Max Sit Start (aka Clamp Arete) | The sit start to the steep arete, starting with the right hand in a slot | Edit | Delete | |
| 5+ |
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Lazy Trout | The highest section of the slabby face on the left of the crag, eliminating holds on two pocket slab and the arete to the right | Edit | Delete | |
| 5 |
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Two Pocket Slab | On the slabby face at the lefthand end of the slab, climb up past two pockets to the juggy cracks above | Edit | Delete | |
- paddyisidle sent Leek Hills, Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 12 Nov 2011, details
- paddyisidle sent Flight Exam , Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 12 Nov 2011, details
- paddyisidle sent Lazy Trout, Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 12 Nov 2011, details
- paddyisidle sent Two Pocket Slab, Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 12 Nov 2011, details
- NTL sent Sidepull Wall, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Oct 2011, details
- Krank sent Sidepull Wall, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 12 Mar 2011, details
- Krank sent Triptych Groove, Chasm Boulder 3, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 12 Mar 2011, details
- Krank sent The Drowning Pool, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 12 Mar 2011, details
- mea03jdg sent The Staffordshire Flyer, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Date not known, details
- mea03jdg sent The Arete, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Date not known, details
- BenB sent Pocket RH, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 12 Feb 2011, details
- thegustin sent The Staffordshire Flyer, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Jun 2010, details
- thegustin sent The Arete, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Jun 2010, details
- Bonjoy sent Sidepull Wall, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Date not known, details
- r-man sent Sidepull Wall, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 26 Sep 2009, details
- Gareth sent Sidepull Wall, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 26 Sep 2009, details
- r-man sent Triptych Groove, Chasm Boulder 3, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 26 Sep 2009, details
- Gareth sent Triptych Groove, Chasm Boulder 3, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 26 Sep 2009, details
- r-man sent Acne Arete, Chasm Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 26 Sep 2009, details
- r-man sent The Arete Sitstart, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond, date: Saturday 26 Sep 2009, details
Latest Problem Updates:
- Lazy Trout, Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 08/05/2017 at 09:24AM
- Max Sit Start (aka Clamp Arete), Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 01/10/2015 at 06:57AM
- The Arete, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 17/05/2015 at 10:08PM
- One Eyed Willy, Parrot Slab, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 23/12/2012 at 07:46AM
- King Ding, Cave Buttress, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 20/12/2012 at 12:08PM
- Sidepull Wall, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 24/11/2011 at 07:01PM
- Two Pocket Slab, Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 12/11/2011 at 08:41PM
- Flight Exam , Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 12/11/2011 at 08:40PM
- Leek Hills, Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 12/11/2011 at 08:38PM
- Max, Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 12/11/2011 at 08:35PM
- Inner Tube, Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 12/11/2011 at 08:34PM
- The Shepard , Very Far Skyline Boulders, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 12/11/2011 at 08:30PM
- The Staffordshire Flyer, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 02/05/2011 at 12:49PM
- The Drowning Pool, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 27/03/2011 at 07:09PM
- Triptych Groove, Chasm Boulder 3, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 27/03/2011 at 07:03PM
- Ear 'ere, Safety Net Area, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 01/03/2011 at 07:07AM
- Shortercomings, Safety Net Area, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 01/03/2011 at 07:07AM
- Pocket RH, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 26/02/2011 at 09:39AM
- Safety net Traverse, Safety Net Area, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 08/12/2010 at 01:26PM
- Acne Arete, Chasm Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:38PM
- Harder Mantel, Chasm Boulder 2, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:38PM
- The Arete Sitstart, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:38PM
- Wild Thing Sitstart, Very Far Skyline, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Perverse Traverse, Very Far Skyline, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Triple Point Direct, Very Far Skyline, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Triple Point Direct RH, Very Far Skyline, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Puss in Boots, Chasm Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Spotter's Pop, Chasm Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Mantel, Chasm Boulder 2, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Rounded Feature, Chasm Boulder 3, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Spotter's Slop, Chasm Boulder 4, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Crack and Arete, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Juggy Flakeline, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Flaky Romp, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Easy Crack, Art Nouveau Boulder 1, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Mono Slab, Art Nouveau Boulder 2, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Pancake, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Pancake Arete, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Jamming Crack, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Square Arete, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Flake Direct (Low start), Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Flake Direct, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Archway, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Pocket LH, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Flake Eliminate, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Arete RH, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Arete LH, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Flake Line, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Chipped Wall, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
- Groovy Crack, Doxy's Pool, Roaches Skyline & Beyond updated on 04/09/2010 at 04:28PM
