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Pierce's Creek Bouldering 178 routes in Crag

  • Avg. Height: 3m
  • Style: All Boulder
  • Approach time: Varies
  • Favorites: 4
  • Ascents: 53

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Description:

An area developed in the main by Justin Ryan and Chris Warner after the Canberra bushfires, Pierce's Creek has hundreds of discrete boulder problems over a wide-ranging area. Unfortunately since the fires the area has seen consistent regrowth of pine and blackberry, rendering climbs difficult to find and the terrain rugged. Only the most intrepid are likely to climb here without a guide (and understandably), but there are still a lot of problems that survive and are good quality.

A note about topos: the darker numbers on topos are those that were checked post the 2003 fires and found to be still in climbable condition.

Approach:

Drive towards and then past the Cotter from town. You'll go through a few switchbacks and then continue past the Cotter dam. Look out on your right for Laurel Camp Road. Don't turn at the Pierce's Creek Forest sign - that's too early; continue on a bit further. Directions for individual areas can be found at the area level.

Ethic:

Quite a few climbs out here have been chipped, and some are completely chipped. That said, there's enough problems here; please don't chip or drill any more.

History:

Pierce's Creek was developed in the main by Chris Warner and Justin Ryan, with Chris developing the excellent guides that have been used as a basis for this guide. A number of other strong Canberra climbers have contributed, including Clinton Szady and Andrew Bull.

Some content has been provided under license from: © Canberra Climbers' Association (CC BY-SA)

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Areas

Map Name Style Climbs Ascents Height Grade Band Topos
1Narnia Area - 00 1
2Tumblers Area All Boulder 64183m 12
3Playboy / Playboy Mansion Sector All Boulder 23204m 8
4Panu Area - 00
5Sushi Row Area - 00
6The Shadows Area All Boulder 1203m 1
7Roca Gorde Area - 00
8Loggers Hut Area All Boulder 313m 1
9Kazbah Sector All Boulder 236m 1
10Plieku Sector All Boulder 1255m 8
11Grand Royale Sector All Boulder 433m 4
12The Bakery Area All Boulder 803m 1
13Cohiba Area All Boulder 3103m 2
14Nookie Area All Boulder 1503m 1
15Lynch Blocs Area All Boulder 109m 3
16Blackwater Sector All Boulder 334m 3

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