Gritstone Guide Book

Gritstone Guide front cover

Yorkshire Gritstone Volume 1 - Almscliff to Slipstones

Edited by Robin Nicholson
Published by the YMC 2012
Distributed by Cordee
Price £24.00
ISBN 10: 0951526758
ISBN 13: 9780951526750

This 704 page guide covers over 50 crags with over 2000 routes from Moderate to E8. There are more than 150 colour photographs, hundreds of colour photo topos and over 65 crag access maps and aerial photographs. In addition there are more than 2000 boulder problems from Font 1 to Font 8b+ and 6 bouldering circuits. Also included are historical notes on first ascents.

Crag List

  1. Almscliff
  2. Caley and The Chevin
  3. Brimham and Outlying Crags
  4. Great Wolfrey to Eavestone
  5. Barden Fell to Hunter's Stones - including Simon's Seat
  6. The Slipstones Area
  7. Hetchell and Outlying Crags

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Updates

The YMC no longer publishes printed copies of updates to the gritstone ane limestone guidebooks. Instead additions and revisions are made available as Acrobat (PDF) downloads, which can be obtained, free of charge from the Leeds Wall web site.

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