Full Description
Lake District Bouldering is the long-awaited guide to bouldering in the Lake District National Park. Written by Greg Chapman, one of the pioneers of bouldering in the Lakes, it features almost 3,000 individually numbered problems and dozens of variations and linkups at over 70 venues.
Greg created the LakesBloc website in 2003 with the sole aim of providing the very best online information relating to bouldering in the Lakes and surrounding areas. Lake District Bouldering builds on LakesBloc and brings together this huge amount of information in a comprehensive guidebook for the very first time.
This guide is split into five sections: South-East, South-West, North-East, North-West and South Lakes Limestone. Featured crags include old-school venues such as the Langdale Boulders, the Bowderstone, Woodwell and Armathwaite; recently developed areas such as the Harter Gold Boulders in Dunnerdale and the Stirrup Stones in Wasdale, and nationally significant spots including Carrock Fell, Kentmere and St Bees Head.
Each crag features detailed access and approach information, including GPS coordinates for parking and crag grid references, together with conditions information and local knowledge. Alongside superb action photography, there are over 700 colour photo topos, plus overview and topo maps. A reference section with Ordnance Survey maps is included for selected mountain crags, and a detailed appendix includes everything you need to plan a visit: tourist information centres, cafes and pubs, campsites and accommodation, gear shops, climbing walls, and useful websites.
Contents
IntroductionA legal bitAcknowledgementsWhat's in and what's notSafety statementMountain RescueAccess BehaviourRespecting the rocksThe Countryside CodeNames and first ascentsStarsGradesMap keyUseful informationSouth Lakes LimestoneSilverdale AreaWarton CragHyning WoodCringlebarrowWoodwellTrowbarrow QuarryFairy Steps & Shuck's LairFarleton AreaFarleton Fell & Newbiggin CragsKendal AreaHell MossMinor Areas: South Lakes LimestoneSouth-EastKentmere AreaKentmereSettle Earth Boulders (Longsleddale)Brant FellLangdaleLangdale BouldersChapel Stile CircuitLittle Langdale & WrynoseBlake Rigg BouldersLong CragLong Scar & Black Crag BouldersCold PikeConistonVirtual CragLad StonesConiston Coppermines ValleyDow Crag CircuitMinor Areas: South-EastSouth-WestFurnessHumphrey HeadBirkrigg QuarryDuddon ValleyStonestar BoulderSeathwaite CircuitDunnerdaleHarter Gold BouldersEskdaleHorsehow Crag BouldersHeron StonesSampson's StonesMiterdale Forest BouldersEskdale FishergroundMon BoulderWasdaleOverbeck BoulderStirrup StonesMinor Areas: South-WestNorth-WestBorrowdaleThe BowderstoneLangstrath Boulders & Cam Crag BouldersSour Milk Ghyll & Gillercombe BouldersHonister PassEnnerdaleEnnerdaleWest CoastSt Bees Head: NorthSt Bees Head: Fleswick BaySt Bees Head: SouthMinor Areas: North-WestNorth-EastHaweswaterGouther CragPatterdaleThreshthwaite Cove & Rolling RockThirlmereThirlmere BouldersBinka StonePenrith AreaSwarthbeck BouldersCarrock FellEden ValleyArmathwaiteMinor Areas: North-EastGraded listProblems index
