Welcome to the FRCC guidebook downloads page. These downloads are offered as a service to the climbing community, some are designed so they can be printed as an A5 booklet.
Please also consider supporting our volunteer staffed guidebook productions by purchasing your own copy of the area guidebooks in our online guidebook shop.
Warning
The routes in these guides have not been checked and should be approached with caution. For a full explanation click here.
Terms of Use
By downloading and/or using any of the PDFs below you are acknowledging that you have read the warning and that you acknowledge and respect our copyright.
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Latest Additions
Langdale: Thrang Crags eGuide. January 2026 New Style
Sport and Slate: Tiberthwaite Quarry Update eGuide. November 2025 New Style
Langdale: Armalite Wall and Dead Oak Buttress. November 2025
Eskdale: Hare Crag Update eGuide. October 2025 New Style
Eskdale: Goat Crag eGuide. October 2025 New Style
Sport and Slate: Blue Quarries eGuide. October 2025 New Style
Eastern Crags: Yew Crag High Rigg eGuide. October 2025 New Style
Feedback: As you can see from the above we have a new style for our eGuides. We welcome feedback from users. Send your feedback to: climbs@frcc.co.uk
SPORTS & SLATE
Free Downloads, not free bolts!
These PDF mini-guidebooks are available to download for free as a service to the climbing community. However, the bolts and equipment you use cost. Once upon a time mini-guides were paper and sold in shops and the income generated went directly to the Bolt Funds. Now they are electronic and shared widely. So please consider donating to The Cumbria Bolt Fund to help develop new climbs and improve existing routes and equipment.
Note: Bursting Stone and Peat Field Quarries. The owners have indicated work has started again. There is no access, climbers are advised to stay away.
EASTERN CRAGS
LANGDALE
Middlefell Buttress, Armalite Wall and Dead Oak Buttress
[SKU34458] Price: £0.00
(Shipping £0.00)
DUDDON VALLEY
BUTTERMERE
DOW & COPPERMINES
EDEN VALLEY
ESKDALE
GABLE & PILLAR
WASDALE
BORROWDALE
SWALEDALE & NORTH PENNINES
Though technically in Yorkshire and Durham, the crags are just over the border from Cumbria. They are not covered in any printed guide elsewhere at the moment and are included here to promote their presence.
WARNING: Climbing is a dangerous activity that carries a risk of injury or death. You climb at your own risk. You are the sole judge of conditions. You take responsibility for your own actions. The information in these guides is derived from comments and route descriptions contributed by climbers to the FRCC website and other sources, often after the first ascent. Many crags and climbs are new or recent – descriptions, grades, rock quality, fixed gear, access and all other content may not have been checked, cannot be relied upon and you should use it with caution. Do not presume that any of this material is accurate. Neither the publisher nor anyone involved in the publication of this information can be held responsible for omissions, mistakes, nor held liable for any personal or third party injuries or damage, howsoever caused, arising from its use.
BMC Participation Statement: The British Mountaineering Council recognises that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement.
Bolts a Climbers Guide: The BMC has produced this guide, it includes specific safety concerns relating to bolts and advice. Bolts: a Climbers’ Guide.
Copyright: The information contained in these PDFs is copyrighted to the FRCC and is provided for non-commercial use. Commercial users, or those wishing to distribute any of this information, should contact the FRCC Guidebooks Secretary for permission – this requirement is waived for those writing routes reports and similar articles for the climbing press.