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A small collection of boulders on a north-facing hillside by side of the road, just off the Otley to Blubberhouses road in North Yorkshire. Developed only recently, there are some excellent boulder problems here.

Topo Overview

Topo Expand Left-Hand Boulder

The left-most significant boulder on the hillside.
Tested on Animals (5), Snowden Crags
Tested on Animals 5 (V1)   2 photos 2 0 comments 0 0 votes 0
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Topo Nigel's Roof

This is a prominent large boulder with a big roof in its centre.
Snowball (6b+), Snowden Crags
Snowball 6b+ (V4)   3 photos 3 1 comment 1 0 votes 0
Start on the two pockets, gain the slopey break to reach an even slopier top.
Fore! (7a+), Snowden Crags
Fore! 7a+ (V7)   1 photo 1 2 comments 2 0 votes 0
Nigel's Roof Left-Hand (7a), Snowden Crags
Nigel's Roof Left-Hand 7a (V6)   3 photos 3 0 comments 0 1 vote 1
Start with hands and feet on back wall. Gain the pocket and join the lip left of vague rib, finish with a balancey mantel.
Nigel's Roof Right-Hand (7b), Snowden Crags
Nigel's Roof Right-Hand 7b (V8)   2 photos 2 0 comments 0 0 votes 0
Start as for the LH version, then go to the good hold on the lip and up the wall right of the vague rib.
The Girl Next Door (4), Snowden Crags
The Girl Next Door 4 (V0)   2 photos 2 0 comments 0 0 votes 0
Brave Blonde (4), Snowden Crags
Brave Blonde 4 (V0)   2 photos 2 0 comments 0 0 votes 0
Short and Sweet (4), Snowden Crags
Short and Sweet 4 (V0)   2 photos 2 0 comments 0 0 votes 0

Traverses and Links

Energy Crisis (7c+), Snowden Crags
Energy Crisis 7c+ (V10)   4 photos 4 1 comment 1 0 votes 0
A big traverse across the lip of the roof.

Topo Optical Illusion

The big prow in the centre of the hillside is fairly prominent.
Optical Illusion (6c+), Snowden Crags
Optical Illusion 6c+ (V5)   1 photo 1 video 1 3 comments 3 1 vote 1
The big, obvious prow, stepping in from the left.

Topo Expand Rainbow Wall

A short wall below Optical Illusion.
Rainbow (5+), Snowden Crags
Rainbow 5+ (V2)   2 photos 2 7 comments 7 1 vote 1
Climb the groove.
Rainbow Sit-Start (6b), Snowden Crags
Rainbow Sit-Start 6b (V4)   1 photo 1 2 comments 2 0 votes 0
The groove from a sit-start.
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Topo Expand The Brock

A small undercut boulder at the right-end of the hillside.
99 (6c+), Snowden Crags
99 6c+ (V5)   1 photo 1 video 1 1 comment 1 0 votes 0
The vague flake above the traverse of The Brock, climbed from a sit start.
The Brock (7c), Snowden Crags
The Brock 7c (V9)   3 photos 3 video 1 10 comments 10 0 votes 0
A superb traverse along the lip of the roof.
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Topo Skull Wall

A boulder below The Brock.
JCB (7a), Snowden Crags
JCB 7a (V6)   1 photo 1 video 1 4 comments 4 2 votes 2
Bodger (5+), Snowden Crags
Bodger 5+ (V2)   1 photo 1 3 comments 3 1 vote 1
Skull Wall (6a), Snowden Crags
Skull Wall 6a (V3)   2 photos 2 5 comments 5 1 vote 1