Date/Time
Date(s) - 16/09/2023
All Day
Location
Gouther Crag, Swindale
Meet organiser: Jon Trotman
Pub afterwards: TBC
Categories
Gouther is generally a quiet crag with a selection of fine routes: Truss Buttress (VD) Kennel Wall (MS), Fang (MVS), Hernia (HVS), Fang Direct (HVS), Bloodhound (E2), One Step Beyond (E3), The Keswickian (E8). More traffic on the less popular routes would be useful, they are generally excellent and often much better than they might appear (e.g. the Snip, Sam and Zhivago Sassenach)
Similar bouldering nature with a few real classics.
Approach notes
There is no longer any parking near the steppings stones over the river. Park at the obvious lay-by where the signs proclaim there is no parking further on and walk 10-15 minutes up the road. Cross the river via the bridge or stepping stones and follow a path just above the dry stone wall to cross a hidden bridge then steeply up the hillside to Truss Buttress. Other approaches usually end in ferns. Fang buttress is approached the same way then head right for 200 metres.