Nodes in Blackwood Rocks

Sport climbing on sandstone rock.

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Starts in finger crack to first ledge, then face climbing and finishing with another small crack at the top.

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

One of the best routes on the crag. Start at the layback crack with powerful moves to the ledge. Trend left and climb the arete, finish with technical slab at DBB

Zig-zag bolted hand crack. Second bolt is difficult to clip and crack is dirty. Good jamming

Corner on next face with challenging face climb at the top

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Messy looking bolted route trends left at half way. An extended draw for the 3rd bolt will reduce drag. Climbs reasonably well.

Bolted corner crack with letter 'R' carved at the base DBB

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

Sandstone sport crag

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Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Just about as good as drop-zone. Similar in style. The thin crack leading into the wavy slab-face immediately left of Drop Zone.

Lay-back crack into a technical face climb above. A strong contender for the best at the grade in the Launceston region.

DBB

Climbs the face immediately left of American Woman. Looks great! It also looks really hard, and seems to have been bolted on expansion bolts (and Blackwood Sandstone is pretty soft inside...).

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Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

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Another hard looking route that doesn't seem to have been claimed. The traversing face climb immediately right of American Woman. Also appears to have been done on expansion bolts (in soft rock).

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Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

The line of bolts up the groove with a tree, through broken face to a roof and then up headwall and arete to the top DBB. The tree can be slung for the first piece.

Long broken major corner at left end of final buttress

Shares same start as Ruchipa before heading left onto the arete

Steep start into corner

Step left at Far Right Extremist's 3rd bolt following the arching traverse line. Grade and route name needs confirming by FA's..much harder if you stay left towards the top.

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

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Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

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Just left (15m) of the access gully there's an arete with two nice routes. Shade from 3PM (summer and winter). Great rock quality. Potential for a few more routes around here.

Closed project. The blank looking line up the perfect face on the left side of the arete. Very slightly overhung (1m over 22m). First bolts shared with A Trip to the Glue Factory (22)

Pumpy climbing on huge jugs, at least until they're not. Shared start with Widowmaker. Splits and heads right at the rooflet (3rd bolt). Unclip the first two bolts once you've got the 3rd clipped.

The huge cliff up top visible from the road. Somehow it got missed until now. Sun until 3PM (summer and winter), though seems to get clouds and a breeze in summer, and full sun in winter.

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

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Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

The tasty slab. The first route you encounter as you get to the crag. Cryptic and fingery.

The crag warmup. The bolted crack. Requires varied crack climbing techniques. Despite appearances, it's possible to face climb around the chimney and avoid the grovel.

Starts up roof crack (crux) and then climbs the technical face above. The rock isn't great for the first two bolts, though it's cleaning up quickly. Perfect rock above.

The perfect looking little face just around the corner. Surprisingly atmospheric and exposed for its diminutive size, as it's mostly climbed up the exposed arete. Bolting is a bit less friendly than the other routes.

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

The aesthetic arete covered in flakes just left of the (unbolted) big slab. Looks like a slab, climbs like it's steep.

The route with the giant hole down low. A beta-dependent crux.

Another 10m along brings you to this route, the only route on an otherwise undercut long buttress. 22 if you start at the second bolt. Start traversing in from the far right.

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Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Continue past the undercut buttress and it's the first route around the corner. Start up the corner crack, then voyage up and out onto the face. Varied climbing on some of the best rock here. Rutón is Spanish for "bloody great route".

Starts on the ledge above (fixed rope). Climbs the obvious arcing crack. Bring a #1 or #2 cam for between the final bolt and the anchor if you're not confident jamming (ledge fall possible).

A very good and airy route marred by a yucky start. Walk up the choss ledge for 2 bolts, then start laybacking. The rock is Grampians quality from bolt 3 onwards.