LANCASHIRE ROCK

This site is a digital copy of the 1997 BMC guidebook to rock climbing in Lancashire

Solar Slab Area

  • 1 - Rings of Saturn

    Grade: 5c | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    Climb the wide crack.

  • 2 - Lazer Beam

    Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    Gain the ledge and traverse right past both cracks to finish just left of the arête.

  • 3 - Star Wars

    Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    The right-hand crack is gained from the ledge.

  • 4 - Quasar

    Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    From the grass ledge follow the right-leaning crack and finish over ledges.

  • 5 - Black Hole

    Grade: | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    The curving corner a couple of metres left.

  • 6 - Split Pin

    Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    The crack is gained from the left and leads to a difficult finish.

  • 7 - Bungalow

    Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    Above Split Pin, and slightly to the left, is a low roof which leads leftwards to a corner. Climb over the roof to a small ledge and move right to finish up the slabby corner.

  • 8 - Wishbone

    Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    Climb out of a shallow corner and go up to a ledge, then continue up a crack on the left.