White Edge

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White Edge
White edge.jpg
Rock Type Natural Carboniferous Limestone
Climbing Style Trad
Approach Time 15 minutes
Area Gower
Sub Area Shire Combe to Southgate
Geodata
WGS-84 Location 51.565675, -4.097373
OS Grid Ref. SS 547 872
WGS-84 Parking Location 51.566835, -4.087865
GR Parking Location SS 553873
Parking Postcode SA3 2DH
Base Elevation 7 metres (Other)
General Info
Faces Direction South
Aspect Sunny
Wind Sheltered Never
Climbing Type Normal
Seepage Never
Crags Within 400m

Anemone Wall, Foxhole Cove, Pobbles Quarries, Ravens Cliff Gully, Shire Combe Buttress, Utopia Slabs, Watch House East, Watch House Slab, West Promontory Corner, White Cove, White Edge



TIDAL STATUS

Non-tidal.

BOLTING POLICY

No bolting.

PREAMBLE

87 m to the east of Ravenscliff Gully and 66 m west of Watch House Slab, the obvious feature of White Edge can be seen well above sea level.

THE ROUTES

1. South East Ridge 35m VDiff *

Good positions. There are a couple of rickety sections that would scare beginners. It can be started down by sea level but, the bottom is nothing more than scrambling, so start at the base of the obvious upper ridge. Keep left of the arête when it is not possible to climb direct.

Unknown 00.00.1965

White Edge


2. Early Orchid 35m VDiff

Starts 3 meters to the right of South East Ridge on the East Face. Climb the slightly diagonal groove to a ledge at two-thirds height. Continue straight up to the top.

Chris Beynon, Steve Hill and Melinda Morrell. 20-04-2011