Crag Guide for Bakers Creek

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1. Bakers Creek 20 routes in Crag

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Summary:

All Boulder

Long/Lat: 151.891919, -30.542745

Unique Features And Strengths:

Fine grained granite, large boulders

Description:

Deep gorge not far from Armidale, off Waterfall way. I heard from Rick Curtis that a few trad lines had been done there but no record of them exists. Perhaps 20 boulder problems established so far, with scope for more, and potential for bolted and naturally protected climbs as well. Access is steep and difficult, straight off the lookout.

Access Issues:

From Armidale head east on the waterfall way for 20kms, then right at the sign post, onto dirt for a couple kms.

Approach:

From the lookout, jump the fence on the right and follow a faint track down to the right. Caution must be taken walking in as the decent is very steep. As you approach there is a promising looking boulder that you soon realize is the size of a house. Most established boulder problems are downstream of this (problem 'High times and down beats' is upstream of the giant block and 'One too many' sits against it), but future problems exist right through the gorge from the waterfall downstream.

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		Route	Grade	Style	Popularity	Selected ascents
1		Water traverse Easy fun traverse	V0	Boulder
2		Wet bottom disease Great move over a little creek FA: Brendan Heywood, 2010	V2	Boulder		Brendan Heywood 2 years ago Filled the little creek with rocks to make the landing better. Short but sweet juggy fun
3		Cave project Start on jug under roof, move out and left and up	V6	Boulder Project
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4		Arete Awkward start up arete, directly below 'Wet bottom disease'	V4	Boulder Project
5		High times and Downbeats 'sitstart, into undercling and long moves to jugs higher up, traverse right along rail to finish	V3	Boulder		Arthur Schultz 3 years ago Flashed it hungover and shaking like a leaf...
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6		One Too Many sitstart in crevice between boulders, big move to gain jug, then move left on slopers to mantle	V3	Boulder		Arthur Schultz 3 years ago Named due to a raging hangover the day I did it...
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7		Project near nice arete Just above the nice arete		Boulder Project
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8		Nice arete SDS Great fun arete with committing top out FA: Sam Van Gastel and Allan Ezzy,	V1	Boulder 6m
9		Easy crack 3m right of nice arete	V0	Boulder 5m
10		Seam project Low start, with small holds welded into the seam	V4	Boulder Project
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11		Thin fin Easy moves	V0	Boulder 4m
12		Steep project	V15	Boulder Project 5m
13		3 inch pinch Stand on boulder to start, technical pinch then easy jugs FA: Brendan Heywood, 2010	V2	Boulder 3m
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14		Stream project Step over stream, with high left start, throw right, then big move to top		Boulder Project 4m
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15		Fully Loaded Horny Horn Section Start back on jugs, traverse lip then top out FA: Artie Schultz,	V2	Boulder 3m		Arthur Schultz 3 years ago Beautiful lip traverse
16		Roof extension Keep traversing then hard mantle on angular slopers	V5	Boulder 5m		Brendan Heywood 2 years ago Great sequence, but scary drop on the left. Can't link the whole thing yet
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17		Baked Black Dick incut edge for left hand, poor pinch for right hand, slap to sloping rail and campus moves to cool mantle	V5	Boulder		Arthur Schultz 3 years ago Not a racist slur, the name refers to a bad joke about coca cola... sick problem
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18		Pack the Paranoid a Pipe Mad dyno or heel hook first move from the obvious rail to good hold, traverse left to tricky topout	V4	Boulder		Arthur Schultz 3 years ago One of the best problems in the gorge
19		Paranoid Direct' right heel hook start, follow arete to same topout as 'Pack...	V3	Boulder		Arthur Schultz 3 years ago Great boulder this one
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		Route	Grade	Style	Popularity	Selected ascents
20		Project		Boulder Project

2. Index by grade

Grade		Stars	Name	Style
V0			Easy crack	Boulder 5m
			Thin fin	Boulder 4m
			Water traverse	Boulder
V1			Nice arete	Boulder 6m
V2			3 inch pinch	Boulder 3m
			Fully Loaded Horny Horn Section	Boulder 3m
			Wet bottom disease	Boulder
V3			High times and Downbeats	Boulder
			One Too Many	Boulder
			Paranoid Direct'	Boulder
V4			Arete	Boulder Project
			Pack the Paranoid a Pipe	Boulder
			Seam project	Boulder Project
V5			Baked Black Dick	Boulder
			Roof extension	Boulder 5m
V6			Cave project	Boulder Project
V15			Steep project	Boulder Project 5m
?			Project	Boulder Project
			Project near nice arete	Boulder Project
			Stream project	Boulder Project 4m