Odin's Cave
| Odin's Cave | |
 Odin's Cave from above Odin's Wall | |
| Rock Type | Natural Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Climbing Style | Sport |
| Approach Time | 20 minutes |
| Area | Gower |
| Sub Area | Tor Bay and Great Tor |
| Local Area | Great Tor East |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.568967, -4.121902 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 530 876 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | 51.575583, -4.127859 |
| GR Parking Location | SS 526 884 |
| Parking Postcode | SA3 2HJ |
| Base Elevation | 9 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | North East |
| Aspect | Rarely Sunny |
| Wind Sheltered | Always |
| Climbing Type | Normal |
| Seepage | Needs a short dry spell |
| Crags Within 400m | |
|
First Corner, Great Tor Proper, High Slab, Monty's Slab, Odin's Cave, Odin's Wall, Ramp Zawn, Second Corner | |
Contents
Tidal Status
Non-tidal but a little awkward to get to when not approached from along the beach.
Bolting Policy
Bolting permissible. NT currently refusing permission.[1]
Preamble
Cave currently with one route. Scope for quite a few more when permission from the NT is forthcoming.
Access
Easiest access is from the beach at low (or near low) tide.
From the parking at Penmaen, pass through the gate and follow the rough track. After 200 metres pass an old barn on your right. Here the track makes a sharp right and then a sharp left turn and becomes a narrow concrete path between high hedges. After 300 metres you come to a gate.
Pass through the gate and then follow the path for 200m from where the path's surface turns to sand. Follow the (now) wide path for 100 metres until you see a steep sandy path branching off on your left.
Follow this narrow path downwards for 120m to arrive at the back of Three Cliffs Bay.
Follow the cliff line passing between the rocky island and the main cliff. After 600m the cliff line takes a sharp turn to the right. Follow it past Odin'sWall and scrable up to the cave from a point left of the corner.
Otherwise it's an interesting, but easy and long-ish, scramble from Russian Zawn. A scramble can also be made from the start of East Ridge on Great Tor itself.
Descents
Leave a lower-off rope on Obscenities. In the case of Another Fine Mess, it might be best to leave this as your last climb as there is no easy way to decsribe how to get down again!
The Routes
- Obscenities - E4,6b
The right wall and rib of the cave. Climb the rib, TR, 2PRs, to the roof. Pull through into the groove via very thin moves until a "thank God" hold can be reached. Continue direct to the top (a pre-placed rope belay is advisable). 12m.
Not actually in Odin's Cave, but on the broken slabs to the right is the following route:- - Another Fine Mess - Severe
Take a line on the slabs to the right of the Obscenities. Some loose rock here. 14m
First Ascents
- Obscenities - E.Kellar, A.Wilson 00.00.1990
- Another Fine Mess - Mark Winder, A. N. Other 27.04.2011
Additional Photos
Notes
- ↑ According to the NT's published geodata, they don't actually own this place!
