Fell & Rock Climbing Club

Salmon Leap Variations – I don’t think this a a new route – I’m sure I have seen it described somewhere. It pulls through an overlap about 5m left of the foot of the Salmon Leap corner, then up the scooped wall just R of the blunt arete (bold) and through the final bulge via a crack 3m L of Salmon Leap. Its best combined with a start up the smooth slab right of Salmon Leap, traversing across below its corner. The whole pitch is excellent due to the remarkably pocketed rock – bolder than Salmon Leap – about E1 5a? Certainly deserving of a couple of stars and inclusion in the guide (although it does take a while to dry out!).

Salmon Leap itself is very good climbing, top end VS 5a and ** seems about right.

Martin Bagness