STANAGE EDGE
Welcome to Crag Monkey, your go-to resource for all things climbing. Our guide to Stanage crag is designed to help you make the most of your climb. The crag is located in the stunning Peak District in Northern England, close to the popular climber's city of Sheffield. With its unique characteristics and challenging routes, Stanage Crag is a must-climb destination for climbers from across the world. So grab your gear and let Crag Monkey be your guide to this iconic crag.
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The Southern Section of the edge is fairly broken but offers good bouldering and short routes close to the car, with a few harder classics on Apparent North buttress Grand Theft area and the Cowper stone .
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The Popular End is true to its name, and with good reason. No other crag in England can boast such a concentration of climbing; a kilometre of continuous routes at all grades on some of the finest gritstone on the planet.
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The Plantation offers yet more unbroken crag packed with quality routes, plus some of the best bouldering in the country.
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Count's Buttress and Enclosure areas are a little more broken and hence quieter, though worth exploring.
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High Neb is the second-most popular area, a little longer walk but plenty of classics thoughout the grade spectrum.
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The Northern End is more broken with a few bigger buttresses; Crow Chin, Marble Wall and the Stanage End would be the popular 'best bits' on many lesser crags.
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