Crucifix Area

The Crucifix Wall is a short wall developed years ago that is mostly trad though some bolts protect the longish scramble back to higher anchors. There are loose rocks on the ledges above.There are several longer routes here also climbing up and left of the Crucifix Wall

Type:

Wall

Aspect:

North

Walk time:

Access:

On left side of the big scree below the Central Gully area.

Reference

Title

Grade

Length

Quality

Bolts

Gone

Natural pro

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Easy Like Sunday Morning

20 ,17 ,16

55m

Climb first pitch on Crown of Gorse then left to higher belay. Up and left to break through the roof on bolts then small cams and wires to belay.

#	Ewbank	Length	Trad
1	20	30m	Yes
	Climb first pitch on Crown of Gorse then left to higher belay. Up and left to break through the roof on bolts then small cams and wires to belay.
2	17	15m	Yes
	The fine finger crack up to ledge and belay
3	16	10m	No
	the curving finger crack in the grey wall. rap from tree (lead by Ruari macfarlane) possibly has had prior ascents

Nick Van de Vleird, Murray Judge Dec 12

CoG

Crown of Gorse

15 ,18

45m

Just left of the main Crucifix Wall, up a band of clean rock between the vegetation.

#	Ewbank	Length	Bolts	Trad
1	15	15m	2	Yes
	Ascend the short wall to small ledge, using the right-hand crack for pro.
2	18	30m	4	Yes
	Move above the ledge, past bolts, to a big ledge & rap station.

Anton Wopereis

CoGD

Crown of Gorse Direct

30m

Start the 2nd pitch of COG following bolts left to finish as for Crown of Thorns. Belay is well back.

Sam Waetford 2018 Equipped by Lewis Ainsworth

Crown of Thorns

Starts from the ledge at the top of Crucifix. Follow the vegetated crack trending slightly L. on face left of arete on gear. This route is crossed by the 2nd pitch of Crown of Gorse which trends R. Would need cleaning. Finishes L of a block pillar as you look up.

Allan Adams

Golgotha

17m

Climbs the face and arete R of Crown of Gorse starting from the toe of the arete above the Crucifix Wall. Climbs the face left of the arete in the lower half and the face/arete higher up. Don’t get sucked into the trad route (Crown of Thorns) to the left which starts at the same place. A few holds vanished near the top and the bottom changing how it was meant to climb which might explain a few repositioned bolts.

Simon Middlemass 11/17

Crucifix

23m

The Crucifix Wall is a small north-facing wall on the left side of the large scree 50+m to the R of Twin Cracks.The track continues to the base of the Central Gully and the start of routes such as Santas Chimney,

Allan Adams

Doubtful Thomas

23m