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Hells Bells Area 11 routes in Cliff

  • Avg. Height: 11m
  • Style: Trad,Top Rope
  • Ascents: 331
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Access Issues: inherited from Arapiles

State Park

Ethic: inherited from Arapiles
Well established

Mount Arapiles is first and foremost a trad climbing area. The few sport climbs tend to be in the higher grades where no natural pro is available.

Bolting, particularly retro-bolting, is discouraged and should only be undertaken after extensive consultation with the local climbers, first ascensionists, etc. Inappropriately placed bolts have been chopped.

Do not chip the rock.

Look after the park.

  • Stick to the paths.

  • Don't disturb the wildlife.

  • Routes near peregrine falcon nesting sites are closed in the spring.

  • Minimise the impact of your camping (fuel stoves not fires, take your rubbish with you, etc).

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Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 Mark Route #1

2 meters L of When Kim Was a Girls Name, up weakness to front of butress and R to finish a the top of WKWAGN

FA: Mark Thomas Jonathan Kendall, 2003

10
Trad 12m
2 When Kim Was a Girl's Name

Climb wall direct to a prominent sentry-box at top of cliff.

FA: Chris and Sue Baxter, Dave Gairns, 1983

14
Trad 12m
3 Altar Boy

Face left of "Armageddon" to orange bulge which is turned on right. The bulge has been taken direct at 20 via a line half a metre left of this one.

FA: Peter Martin, Ian Howe, Merv Trease, 1980

16
Trad 11m
4 Armageddon

The sustained dog-leg crack to a steep, juggy finish.

FA: Chris Baxter, Andrew Smith, 1967

11
Trad 13m
5 Hell's Bells

Traverse left and up through a wide crack.

Start: Start 5 metres up and right of "Armageddon" at initials "HB"

FA: Chris Baxter, Andrew Smith, 1967

9
Trad 13m
6 Hell's Bells Direct

Go straight up, moving slightly right to a contrived, but worthwhile finish.

Start: Start as for "Hell's Bells"

FA: Peter Martin, Ian Howe, 1980

17
Trad 11m
7 Lucifer

Offwidth crack 2 metres right of "Hell's Bells"

FA: Chris Baxter, Andrew Smith, 1967

13
Trad 8m
8 * Might...not

A steep, pure hand-crack splits the front of the second outcrop at the base of the gully.

FA: Dave Gairns, Chris Baxter (FRA), 1983

16
Trad 12m
9 The Gab Gets Up

A most sustained mini-route. This is on little pinnacle on opposite (northern) side of gully from 'Hells Bells' etc. Easiest to cut across from there than to approach directly up the gully.

FA: Geoff Butcher, Richard Smith, Dave Mudie, 1989

18
Trad 8m
10 Screwloose and Sexless

Good but there's only a 20-year-old piton between you and the deck on the crux and it's a long way up to the next runner.

FA: Dave Mudie, Richard Smith, 1989

19 R
Trad 10m
11 Gabdnas

Lovely face but the cryptic name and ascentionists should give pause; the eman is not a misnomer. The grade has been arbitrarily bumped up from 18 to 20 and the deadly flag applied to give fair warning. A toprope inspection is advised.

FA: Initially Sado Masochistic Items That Hurt, Shonkis with a bit of fiddling, 1995

20 X
Trad 10m
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