Hartley Vale Road

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.

	Route	Grade	Style
1	Electrostatic Axila Great pro down low... Take you brown cords for the top section... Great pro down low... Take you brown cords for the top section... FA: V. Peterson, 2004	17	Sport 15m
2	Goosed FA: V. Peterson, 2004	23	Sport 15m
3	Something with Spiders Start: Start 3m R of the corner crack. FA: V. Kondos, 1993	21	Sport 15m , 6
4	The Rainbow Three Start 1m right of SWS. Up past three UB's to join SWS at rest (optionally clip SWS 4th ring). Finish as for SWS. FA: S. Hawkshaw, 2004	23	Sport 15m
5	Superplasticiser Stick clip then batman. Hopefully this route heralded the end of manufacturing at this crag - a much better solution than all the shenanigans on routes further right. FA: S. Hawkshaw, 2003	22	Sport 12m
6	Liam's Lemon Left of Hitlistless. Boulder to fused corner. Good!! FA: M Warren,	25	Sport 15m
7	Hitlistless And here we find the controversial bolt-on gym hold (hence the M1 grade!). Why this is better than just pulling on the bolt is anyone's guess. FA: M. Law, 2000	23 R	Sport 15m , 5
8	Orange Slice Boulder low bulge then trend up left, but don't join H (the topo in the 2007 BM guide is wrong). Start: Start 5m R of H. FA: M. Law, 1993	25	Sport 15m
9	Black Heat As for OH over first bulge then trend a bit R up the cool crescent shaped black fused flake. Start: Start as for OH. FA: M. Law, 2003	27	Sport 12m
10	Bryzance A typical Law route, delicate and powerful at the same time. Start: Start 10m R of BH, at the obvious bolted seam near the R end of the main wall. FA: M. Law, 1993	26	Sport 15m
11	Michael Bolt-On FA: K. Seymour, 2004	24	Sport 15m
12	Alpaca Corner FA: M. Law, 2003	22	Sport 12m
13	Gas Leak Slab FA: mike law; Carter new guide,	24	Sport 15m
14	Tripartheid	22	Unknown 25m
15	Crux Clue Clan	21	Unknown 25m
16	Ophicardelus	14	Unknown 25m
17	The Climbing Wilburys	21	Unknown 15m
18	Wilbury Jam	23	Unknown 15m
19	Three Stooges	22	Unknown 15m
20	Open Project		Sport 12m
21	Project – Mitch		Sport 12m
22	Morningside	16	Unknown 25m
23	Canta Libre	15	Unknown 30m
24	Cracklin' Rosie	18	Unknown 30m
25	Play Me	14	Unknown 18m
26	Done Too Soon	17 M1	Aid 30m
27	Song Sung Blue	10	Unknown 25m
28	Travelling Salvation	9	Unknown 32m
29	Shilo	18	Unknown 32m
30	Sweet Caroline	17	Unknown 32m
31	Porcupine Pie	14	Unknown 30m
32	Solitary Man	8	Unknown 32m
33	Holly Holy	16	Unknown 32m
34	Spinulosa Spindrift	18	Unknown 32m
35	Red, Red Wine	16	Unknown 32m
36	Soolaimon	17	Unknown 32m

	24	Gas Leak Slab
	25	Orange Slice
	26	Bryzance
	21	Something with Spiders
	22	Alpaca Corner
	22	Superplasticiser
	23	Hitlistless

	17	Electrostatic Axila
	21	Something with Spiders
	24	Gas Leak Slab
	25	Orange Slice
	26	Bryzance

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