Upper Blackhole Crag
| Upper Blackhole Crag | |
| Rock Type | Natural Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Climbing Style | Trad |
| Approach Time | 25 minutes |
| Area | Gower |
| Sub Area | Thurba to Overton |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.544457, -4.241541 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 446 852 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | 51.54486, -4.220247 |
| GR Parking Location | SS 461 852 |
| Parking Postcode | SA3 1NQ |
| Base Elevation | 25 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | South |
| Aspect | Sunny |
| Wind Sheltered | Never |
| Climbing Type | Normal |
| Seepage | Quick drying |
| Crags Within 600m | |
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Black Hole Crag, Blackhole Gut, Boiler Slab, Devil's Cwm, Engine Room Slab, Longhole Cave Buttress, Longhole Cliff, Upper Blackhole Crag, White Pillar, Yellow Buttress | |
TIDAL STATUS
Non-tidal.
BOLTING POLICY
No bolting.
ACCESS
N.B. The location given here is very tentative.
This crag lies, according to the 2003 guidebook, "well above Blackhole Crag and is immediately below the coastal path and below a large slabby cliff".
Questions about the correct naming and location of this cliff have arisen recently. See Preamble section of Blackhole Crag
DESCENTS
Scramble down either side of the crag.
THE ROUTES
1. Surfer’s Arête 25m VD
At a turn in the cliff is a prominent groove formed by a large block wall with an arête above. The climb goes up rock left of the groove line before stepping back to the arête and finishing up this.
FIRST ASCENTS
1. J.Harwood, E.Smith 16.05.1998
