Jack´s Rake

More grade 2 scramble than grade 1

Having completed this route recently I would say this is more Grade 2 scramble than Grade 1. It looks like there has been some rockfall which may have made it harder. There are sections where route fi...

Great - as long as you have some experience

Ok so people can and do die here, but it’s basically an easy scramble, with relatively little exposure (in the climbing sense). Don’t come here if you aren’t (all) already confident at scrambling arou...

Wet and a bit scary at times

A great scramble. Achievable for most but not for the faint hearted. I went with someone who had done this walk and scramble many times, but a first for me.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

My nemesis - Jack's Rake, on the cliff of Pavey Ark. I made it about one third up, but was defeated by the conditions; a veritable stream running down the gulley, the very steep climbing up slippery a...

Not to be under estimated.

An enjoyable but exposed scramble, not for the faint-hearted. Care is needed on some sections and probably best avoided in wet or icy conditions unless suitably prepared.