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Ominous Roof

  • Grade context: AU
  • Ascents: 2

Access: Limited

Due to landslides and road cave-ins along Barron Gorge Rd post Cyclone Jasper and ensuing floods, this area is closed to public car access. Please do not enter until reopened unless walking or riding a bicycle. Updated April 2024.

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Created 11 weeks ago - Edited 4 days ago
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Description

Walking upstream, on your right across from two large cliffs that are on your left, there sits an eight metre wall with a small roof type structure upon it. Here lies the beginnings of the trad upstream of the power station.

Access issues inherited from Cairns

Be wary at any coastal or riverside crags for the potential of crocodiles and if you're in the water marine stingers.

Approach

Walk upstream from the power station, cross right after large central river boulder to wall described above.

Ethic inherited from Barron Gorge

Brush holds, respect veg, wildlife, and the rock as much as possible. Take all that goes with you back out of the gorge inc. fruit scraps. Please also take any rubbish you find.

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Grade Route

Follow left hand blocky crack up past roof (or under it). Roof is not well protected so advised going just left of it. Final section of crack can house a nice fit of a size 11 Hexcentric. Rappel off high fig root

Set: Jonas Lamarche

FA: Jonas Lamarche & Jared Tyerman, 11 Dec 2017

Follow crack up past blocky ledge, fine crack can use cams up to size 1 or 2 even. Rappel off tree to left of end of climb.

Set: Jonas Lamarche

FA: Jonas Lamarche & Jared Tyerman, 11 Dec 2017

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