Cwmafan

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Cwmafan
Rock Type Quarried Sandstone
Climbing Style Trad
Approach Time
Area Sandstone
Sub Area Sandstone Far Western Valleys
Geodata
WGS-84 Location 51.602904, -3.779051707
OS Grid Ref. SS 768 908
WGS-84 Parking Location
GR Parking Location
Base Elevation 78 metres (SRTM Estimation)
General Info
Faces Direction East
Aspect
Wind Sheltered
Climbing Type Normal
Seepage
Crags Within 5.0 km

Abbey Buttress, Apple Tree Buttress, Brombil Woods Crag, Cwmafan, Graig Fawr, Pontrhydyfen, Red Jacket Pill



BOLTING POLICY

New sports routes allowed.

PREAMBLE

Old school.

ACCESS

Roy only knows...

DESCENTS

Roy only knows...

THE ROUTES

  1. Amicable Settlement - E3, 5c
    The short crack at the left-hand end of the main crag..

  2. Slack Alice - E1 5a
    The Brown’s Eliminate of Sandstone! The arête of the slab down and right, gained from the left.

FIRST ASCENTS

  1. Amicable Settlement - Roy Thomas, Graham Royle - 1990
  2. Slack Alice - Graham Royle, Roy Thomas, Mick Learoyd - 1990