Date/Time
Date(s) - 14/05/2022
All Day
Location
Grey Crag, Buttermere
Meet organiser: Brendan Caris
Pub afterwards: The Buttermere Court
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Park in the Gatesgarth Farm carpark (at the end of Buttermere).
Good selection of quality easier routes up to 40m long on several buttresses which link well together to give a good days climbing. Best routes are Mitre Buttress Direct(VD), Harrow Buttress(D), Slabs West(HS), Suaviter(S), Oxford and Cambridge Direct(MS), Dexter Wall(VS).
One and a half hour uphill walk from Gatesgarth Farm. Farmer charges £4 to park but there are other places nearby. Or walk from Buttermere, takes about 15 minutes longer.
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Hello to you all,
Next Saturday we will be climbing on the
Great Mountain Crag Of Gray Crag.
At the moment the weather looks a bit unsettled, and
mixed. Hope we will get away with it.
I will update you on the weather forecast Thursday evening.We will meet up at Gatesgarth farm Gr: 19527 14985.
At 0900hrs. It is a fantastic climbing area of all
Climbing grades.
The walk in is a pleasant walk, around 1.5 Hrs.Hope to see a few of you there.
Brendan.
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Well what can I say, about a fantastic day’s
Climbing on Grey Crag. The conditions were
near perfect.
We all meet up at Gatesgarth farm at 0900hrs
to pair up who we were climbing with, ropes, racks etc.
The walk into Grey Crag takes about 1.5hrs to 2hrs up
A high mountain path to the foot of Harrow Buttress, the
Gearing up point.
From there we began to go our ways, to our first
Climbs.
To name but a few: Harrow Buttress, Chockstone Ridge,
Oxford & Cambridge Direct, Oxford & Cambridge Ordinary Route,
Mitre Buttress Direct, Return with a vengeance,
Slabs Ordinary Route and Rib & Wall.Around 1730 hrs ish we began our decent back
to Gatesgarth farm. From there the Pub was
Calling to a few, for a welcoming Beer or two.Well thats the end of a great day on the hill climbing.
We all look forward to a fantastic Summer, and more
Adventures to come.
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