Lancaster Hole Entrance Series

Lancaster Hole Entrance Series

The entrance pitch is 30m deep.

• 40m rope (with minimal rigging); Y-hang from drilled thread and bolt; rebelay from one or two bolts at -1.5m; Y-hang from two bolts at -5m. (The pitch has many superfluous bolts, which should be ignored.)

The pitch lands in a 5m diameter chamber. Two rifts lead off. [The left-hand rift, to the south, leads to Slug World.] The way on is to the right. A short climb reaches a ledge. The continuing passage soon crosses a ridge and descends a long boulder slope. Several routes lead off from the slope.

• The first two passages lead to Sand Caverns;

• The lowest passage leads to The Graveyard.

At the bottom of the slope is Bridge Hall, a large chamber containing a rock arch.

• [Ahead leads towards the Colonnades.]

• The normal way on is at the bottom of the chamber, a descent through boulders, Kath's Way, leading to Bill Taylor's Passage.