High Crag

Page: 248   Alt: 800m   GR: 344 137   Direction: East

High Crag is the large broken buttress which divides the upper part of Ruthwaite Cove. The rock is fissile and there is a lot of grass. Two routes have been climbed but neither can be recommended.

Miranda

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A steep line up the left-hand side of the crag beginning above a big embedded boulder near the top of the scree.

First ascent: (15/04/1957) D Johnson and Party

Polytour

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Starts at the lowest point of the crag and takes a poor line up insecure grass and rock.

First ascent: (02/01/1956) JE Howard, GA Leaver (alt)