The definitive BMC guidebook to Southern Peak Limestone including:
- Sizzling runouts on High Tor
- Mid Grade classics on Wildcat Crags
- Shady pleasures at Willersley Castle
- Brassington's dolomitic mini-crags
- a lazy lifetime of Dovedale gems
- the manyfold joys of the Manifold valley
- Beestones pocketed symphonies
- reclusive sport in the Wirksworth hinterland
Peak District Gritstone is a comprehensive guide to traditional gritstone climbing and covers the whole of the national park. Written by local climber Graham Hoey, it features over 2,000 carefully selected trad routes graded from Mod to E10. Graham has been an active grit climber for nearly 50 years. He was a member of the British Mountaineering Council's guidebook committee for 20 years and since 1979 has been a major contributor to the iconic Peak District climbing guidebook series. Over his grit career and during the course of his research for this guidebook he has climbed 95% of the routes in this book (many more than once!) and has checked the rest closely. No other guidebook author has climbed as extensively on Peak District gritstone; his passion for the genre, knowledge of the routes and his attention to detail are evident throughout the text. This guide is split into three sections: Eastern Gritstone - extending from Wharncliffe Crags down to Black Rocks; Staffordshire Gritstone- including The Roaches; and Moorland Gritstone- from the Chew Valley to Kinder. Alongside nationally significant crags such as Stanage and The Roaches, there are smaller and equally brilliant venues with their own unique features, such as the wild moorland edges of Wimberry and Ravenstones, or the urban quarried grit at New Mills Torrs. 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 from Mike Hutton, Adam Long, Keith Sharples and more, there are over 400 colour photo topos, plus overview and topo maps. A detailed introduction includes everything you need to plan a visit: tourist information centres, cafes and pubs, campsites and accommodation, gear shops, climbing walls and useful websites. 542 pages language english edition 2021 G. Hoey VP
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Peak Limestone covers sport and trad routes on all the main Peak District crags ranging from Stoney, Horseshoe and Harpur Hill; through Chee Dale, Raven Tor and Water-cum-Jolly; down Dovedale and across to the Matlock crags like High Tor and Wildcat. It is in a new design style bringing even more clarity to our coverage whilst integrating both our print and digital coverage to make the best out of both formats. All the new routes have been added and the crag photos retaken using the latest technology to give the biggest, most detailed crag photos ever seen. In the print version, this is combined with stunning action photography to create a superbly inspiring book. Lesser crags which don’t make the cut for the print book are fully covered in the digital version to give all the route information you need to make the most of the fine limestone found in the Peak area. Changes since 2012 edition – New set of crag and action photos, new maps and fully revised descriptions. Many new routes on existing crags. 16 new crags across print and digital. Crags Covered: Aldery Cliff, Beeston Tor, Chee Dale, Deep Rake, Dovedale, Harborough Rocks, Harpur Hill, Hidden Quarry, High Tor, Horseshoe Quarry, Horse Thief Quarry, Intake Quarry, Long Tor Quarry, Lorry Park Quarry, Masson Lees, Moss Rake, Peak Limestone, Pic Tor, Raven Tor, Ravensdale, Rheinstor, Smalldale, Staden Quarry, Stoney Middleton, Stoney West, Taddington, Thor's Cave, Water-Cum-Jolly, Wildcat, Willersley, Wolfscote Dale 544 pages language english edition 2020 A. James, C. Craggs Rockfax
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The fourth edition of the Rockfax covering the eastern gritstone edges of the Peak District. Since it was first published in 2001, this book has become the one of the UK's best loved climbing guidebooks. It covers the most popular traditional climbing areas in the country including Stanage, Burbage. Millstone, Froggatt, Curbar, Birchen and Cratcliffe plus an other 20 quality gritstone crags ranging from Wharncliffe in the north to Black Rocks in the south. Although it is a selected buttress guide, it has now developed into nearly comprehensive listing of all the major routes on the areas covered. Fully updated with many new crag photographs, new routes, grade and information changes and new maps.Areas:Wharncliffe, Agden Rocher, Rivelin, Dovestone Tor, Bamford, Stanage, Burbage North, Higgar Tor, Carl Wark, Burbage South, Over Owler Tor, Millstone, Lawrencefield, Yarncliffe, Froggatt, Curbar, Baslow, Gardom's, Birchen, Chatsworth, Robin Hood's Stride, Cratcliffe, Black Rocks, Turningstone Edge, Duke's Quarry, Shining Cliff576 pageslanguage englishedition 2022C. Craggs, A. JamesRockfax
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A tremendous guide that shines the definitive light on the classic limestone crags in the northern area of the Peak District. Coverage extends to Stoney Middleton, Horseshoe Quarry, Water-cum-Jolly, Raven Tor, Chee Dale, Ravensdale, Smalldale, Staden Quarry, Harpur Hill, Aldery Cliff and many many more. This definitive guidebook from the British Mountaineering Council covers trad climbing, sport climbing and bouldering. It features full colour maps and topos, the best action shots and cool historical photos and essays detailing the heritage of the crags. 528 pages language english edition 2015 G. Gibson, I. Carr BMC
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