Clough's Aven to The Nice Way

From Ease Gill

Clough's Aven to The Nice Way[edit | edit source]

Clough's Aven starts as a 9m pitch out of Clough's Passage.

  • 12m rope rigged to two spikes. Rope in situ (June 2017).

Above, a dry stooping passage soon reaches a small chamber. [Ahead picks up some water and gradually narrows.] To the right, a crawl over boulders leads to the base of a 7m pitch. The pitch is very narrow: some cavers will prefer to free climb it.

  • 10m rope rigged to scaffold bar. Rope in situ (June 2017).

A short crawl soon reaches the next pitch: 6m up a chimney.

  • 9m rope; Y-hang from bolt and drilled thread. Rope in situ (June 2017).

The pitch emerges in The Nice Way: the route towards The Surprise is to the left.