Mancunian Way, from Cornes' Cavern to Ease Gill Aven

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Mancunian Way, from Cornes' Cavern to Ease Gill Aven[edit | edit source]

The start of Mancunian Way is located in Cornes' Cavern, about 10m from the exit towards Main Line Terminus, behind a huge detached flake on the right hand wall (left, if coming from Main Line Terminus). The flake and the chamber wall form a narrow rift. This soon reaches a crawl down between boulders into a small chamber with stal bosses. A continuing crawl, with boulder obstacles, becomes easier. It passes a low section, and then rises to stooping passage.

Soon an area is reached where spoil is reached. [Straight ahead, the rift closes down. To the right is a dig.] The way on is down to the left, into a low crawl. The crawl emerges into a chamber. The way on is up a mud slope to the right, to reach a small choke. An obvious window at the top of the chamber leads between boulders. Staying high, a crawl over boulders leads to a route between boulders into continuing walking passage.

The passage soon reaches a hole in the floor. Traversing to the right leads to a window up into continuing passage. A clamber over boulders reaches a small chamber. [Straight ahead, a larger passage, past straws and stal bosses, leads to a choke.] The way on is over a rib of rock, to the right. A short low crawl leads to the top of Ease Gill Aven.