At White Spider we are passionate about route setting because we know you want routes that will challenge and inspire you – whatever the grade you climb at. We have 350+ routes and up to 250 boulder problems.
Check out the latest setting dates!
Route Setting Calendar
= Boulders =
6th Boulder Comp Wall Strip
7th Alex Pr, Matt VC, Rob W, Alex Pa | Boulder Comp Wall
10th Rich H, Yann G, Billie S | Cave
24th Howard B, Steve D, Yann G, Evie C | Lower Mezz
27th Yann G, Evie C, Alex Pa, Matt VC | Upper Mezz Left
28th Yann G, Evie C, Alex Pa | Upper Mezz Right
= Routes =
11th Rich H, Clive F | Lines 55, 56, 57, 58
12th Rich H | Auto Belays 11 & 12
17th Yann G | Lines 102, 103 & 104
18th Clive F | Lines 19, 20 & 21
19th Clive F | Lines 7 & 8
25th Yann G | Lines 75, 76 & 77
26th Alex Pa | Auto Belays 34 & 35
31st Stal Roof Strip
= Boulders =
3rd Boulder Comp Wall Strip
4th Alex Pr, Ed H, Yann G, Evie C | Boulder Comp Wall
7th Yann G, Imi BS, Matt VC, Evie C | Cave
14th Jay L, Evie C, Owen B, Alex Pa | Upper Mezz Right
21st Howard B, Steve D, Evie C, Alex Pa | Lower Mezz
= Routes =
1st Clive F, Yann G, Owen B | Stal Roof
2nd Clive F | Lines 96, 97 & 98
8th Richard H | Lines 99, 100, 101
9th Richard H | Auto Belays 9 and 10
15th Clive F | Lines 41 & 42
16th Clive F | Lines 47 & 48
22nd Owen B | Auto Bleays 36 and 37
23rd Emma T, Alex Pa | Lines 49, 50, 51 & 52
= Boulders =
1st Ed H, Yann G, Matt VC, Evie C, Billy J |Birthday Comp Wall Set
4th Matt VC, Alex P , Evie C, Rob W | Upper Mezz Left Side
8th Matt VC | Boulder Comp Wall Infills
11th Jay L, Steve D, Matt VC, Billie S | Cave
18th Imi BS, Jay L, Yann G, Evie C | Upper Mezz Right
25th Imi BS, Yann G, Matt VC, Billie S | Lower Mezz
= Routes =
5th Clive F | Lines 75, 76, 77 Infills
6th Clive F | Lines 90, 91 & 92
12th Clive F, Evie C | Lines 59, 60, 61, 62, & 63
13th Yann G | Auto Belays 73 and 74
18th Lead Comp Wall Strip
19th Alex P, Yann G | Lead Comp Wall
20th Alex P, Yann G | Lead Comp Wall
26th Owen B | Auto Belays 11 and 12
27th Yann G | Lines 78, 79, 80
= Boulders =
5th Boulder Comp Wall Strip
6th Alex Pr, Imi BS, Yann G, Evie C | Boulder Comp Wall
9th Jay L, Yann G, Matt VC, Evie C | Lower Mezz
16th Imi BS, Jay L, Matt VC, Billie S | Upper Mezz Left
= Routes =
3rd Yann G | Lines 16, 17 & 18
4th Yann G | Auto Belays 34 & 35
10th Gaz P | Lines 43 & 44
11th Gaz P | Lines 45 & 46
17th Alex Pa | Lines 70 and 71
18th Alex Pa | Auto Belays 9 and 10
31st Yann G | Lines 84, 85 and 86
How we set our routes
We have areas that are easier for beginners and more challenging for experienced and adventurous climbers. We ask the route setters to come with their imagination, their climbing passion and experience to set routes that are nicely challenging for the grade and provide variety for regular climbers.
We built the walls so that all natural features are included in our routes, so there are some great arêtes and laybacks. The high walls are a mix of lead and top-rope, approximately 50:50 though we vary this over time and we also move the top-topes around to create variety.
We always incorporate lots of different sized and shaped volumes onto the main walls to keep it interesting for our climbers!
Route setting frequency
You’ll find new routes every week; we are now working on an 8 week cycle for our main bouldering areas. For the high walls we monitor the frequency of use on particular walls and re-set accordingly, generally 12 weeks +
As we aim to have over 400 routes at White Spider, we are confident you won’t get bored so let us know if you do and we’ll find you a new challenge.
We endeavour to route set on weekdays from 9.30am until 4.30pm in order to minimise any impact to our customers, details are shown on the route setting calendar posted on our website and social media platforms at the beginning of every month, plus we have a route setting black board in the centre and you can also keep up to date by following us on your preferred social media sites.
Route Grading
The route setter suggests the initial grade and then we give it the White Spider test (a good excuse to make sure we get to climb every new route).
For our routes, we have a new system to ensure our grading is as good as possible. At the bottom of each newly set route, you’ll see a yellow card displaying the provisional grades for that line.
Next to them you’ll find a notebook for your feedback. If you feel they are too hard, too soft, or just right – let us know!
At the end of a short trial period, we’ll review your feedback and adjust the grades accordingly. We’ll then replace the provisional yellow card with a permanent white one.
We welcome your feedback!
Remember you can always give us feedback on our route setting via this link, via email climb@whitespiderclimbing.com or ask for a feedback form from reception! Tell us what you like or don’t like about our route setting or what grades you don’t agree with. If we don’t know, we can’t improve!
Our route setters
We use some of the most highly respected route setters in the country as well as sourcing internationally accomplished setters from abroad.
