This book brings together the best climbing on Eastern Grit. Our aim is that you should never have
to turn more than a few pages to first get to the crag, then get to the buttress and finally locate the
start of your chosen route. All route descriptions are on the same page as their topo and listed from
left-to-right. There are many features to help choose suitable crags depending on specific weather
conditions or your ability level. You can select a crag from the crag tables on page 42. Each topo
also has crag symbols so you can check its suitability at a glance - see key to the right.
The Rockfax App
There is an 'app' version of this guidebook (available in 2015) which contains all
the crags and routes. You can purchase each crag individually, or the whole book.
The main data on the app is downloaded and stored on your device so you don't
need any signal to be able to read the descriptions and see the topos and maps.
UKC Logbooks
An incredibly popular method of logging your climbing is to use the
UKClimbing.com
logbooks
system. To date this database lists more than 312,000 routes, over 19,100 crags and, so far, more
than 25,800 users have recorded over 3.8 million ascents! To set up your own logbook all you
need to do is register at
UKClimbing.com
and click on the logbook tab. Once set up you will be
able to record every ascent you make, when you did it, what style you climbed it in, who you did it
with and each entry has a place for your own notes. You can also add your vote to the grade/star
system linked to a database on the Rockfax site used by the guidebook writers. The logbook can
be private, public or restricted to your own climbing partners only.
The Rockfax App can be linked to your
UKClimbing.com
user account and logbook so that you
can record your activity as you progress and look at photos, comments and votes on the routes,
although this does require a 3G/4G data connection. You can also look at the UKC logbooks to see
if anyone has climbed your chosen route recently to check on conditions, and see any comments
they made about it.
Sheffield Area
Ladybower Area
Stanage
BurbageValley
Millstone Area
Derwent Edges
Chatsworth Area
Southern Crags
8
Eastern Grit 
Introduction
