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Access Issues: inherited from Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains are a World Heritage listed area. The Grose Valley, the cliffs around Katoomba and much of the Narrow Neck peninsula are part of the Blue Mountains National Park which is managed by the NPWS. The Western Escarpment - where most of the climbing is - is Crown Land managed by the BMCC. While the NPWS Plan of Management nominates several locations in the National Park where rock climbing is deemed appropriate, the majority of the climbing remains unacknowledged. To maintain access our best approach is to 'Respect Native Habitat, Tread Softly and Leave No Trace'.

Ethic: inherited from Blue Mountains

Mixed-climbing on gear and bolts has generally been the rule in the Blueies. Please try to use available natural gear where possible, and do not bolt cracks or potential trad climbs.

Because of the softness of Blue Mountains sandstone, bolting should only be done by those with a solid knowledge of glue-in equipping. A recent fatality serves as a reminder that this is not an area to experiment with bolting.

If you do need to top rope, please do it through your own gear as the wear on the anchors is both difficult and expensive to maintain.

It would be appreciated if brushing of holds becomes part of your climbing routine - do it with a soft bristled brush and never a steel brush!

The removal of vegetation - both from the cliff bases and the climbs - is not seen as beneficial to aesthetics of the environment nor to our access to it. Generally it's best to leave all this sort of stuff to the local climbers.

Some content has been provided under license from: © Australian Climbing Association Queensland (Creative Commons, Attribution, Share-Alike 2.5 AU)

Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 Project (Frey)
project
Unknown
2 ** Good but Fucking

FA: S. Steward, 1995

20
Sport 15m
3 ** Blah Blah Woof Woof

FA: S. Steward, 1995

23
Sport 15m
4 ** 0055 Hot Wet Action

FA: S. Steward, 1995

23
Sport 15m
5 * Truly Madly Deeply Steeply

FA: S. Steward, 1995

21
Sport 15m
6 ** Geek Heathen

FA: J. Clark, 1996

23
Sport 15m
7 ** Mr Christmas Poo

FA: J. Clark, 1995

20
Sport 15m
8 * Butt Nuggets

Lower-offs added 2004

FA: J. Kurko, 1995

19
Sport 15m
9 * Johnny's Jalopies

FA: C. Hale, 1995

18
Sport 15m
10 Mr Scumbag

FA: C. Hale, 1995

18
Sport 15m
11 Anal Leakage

FA: M. Pircher, 1996

19
Sport 12m
12 * Hark! The ..

FA: M. Pircher, 1996

20
Sport 12m
13 * Rudolf the Bloody Reindeer

FA: M. Pircher, 1996

23
Sport 12m

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