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Popran National Park 26 routes in Crag

  • Avg. Height: 25m
  • Style: Sport,? and Trad
  • Ascents: 131

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Description:

This is a great little crag situated on the Hawksbury river about 3km from the small town of spencer. It is mainly ring bolted sport climbs with one or two mixed routes thrown in. It can get a little hot in summer as it faces west. It gets full afternoon sun which makes it ideal for a winters afternoon.

Access Issues:

Head off the freeway towards Petes Ridge along Petes Ridge Road. Follow the signs to Wisemens Ferry heading along past upper mangrove and down the valley towards the river. Once you are driving along the river head aproximatly another 10km along till you reach Popran Rd, This is the first road (it's still a dirt one though) that appaers on your left after you have come down the hill. Keep follwoing this road past a caravan park, keep heading straight and down past a small creek and the Narcnon centre, over hommy Creek and afer going around a sharp right hand turn there should be a grass clearing on the right hand side of the road. The cliff is straight up the hill!!

Areas

Map Name Style Climbs Ascents Height Grade Band Topos
24Leech Bar Area Sport,Trad 3424m

Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 Shrapnel

Trad

FA: Jas Piper,

19
Unknown 20m
2 Shedding skin

FA: Chris Fox, 2006

17
Unknown 20m
3 The Life of Bwian

FA: Jason Piper, 2006

19
Unknown 20m
4 The knights of Ni

right end of main wall, up next to crack with chockstones and trending left through tricky roof to headwall

23
Sport 20m
5 * Right ward route ? name
23
Unknown 25m
6 ** Rock 'n' Roll Mr Creosote

FA: Chris Fox, 2006

21
Unknown 25m
7 * My mind is my monster

Mixed bolts and gear, ends at same anchors as Mr Creosote

FA: Jason Piper,

25
Unknown 25m
8 * Ophidiophobia

Slab to the right of green slugs. Finish on anchors of Mr Creasote.

FA: Tim Haasnoot, 2007

24
Sport 26m , 9
9 * Little green slugs

The main arete you come to from the walking trail. P2, Up the slab/arete to chains. P2, contine up through the small roof to top out, anchors back a few metres from edge.

FA: Corey Sawyer,

19
Sport 42m
10 Ethel the aardvark

the left side of the arete to LGS. Climbs quite differently, then share final 2 bolts to anchor of MOL

17
Sport 15m
11 Meaning of Life

Start up meaning of Liff, then continue out roof past 2 more bolts to top out. Back jump to clean.

FA: Jason Piper, 2006

25
Sport 20m , 8
12 The Meaning of Liff

Starting in the corner left of Green slugs. Up wall to lower off under roof. P2, continue up wall to the right to top out.

FA: Jason Piper, 2006

17
Sport 45m
13 ** Flying Circus
21
Unknown 20m
14 Monty
20
Unknown 30m
15 * scales

Scary Second pitch/extension to Flying circus .

Plug 1 and 1.5 friend in pockets to right then launch out roof on OK but thin holds and iffy mantle to tree. Carefull off the flakes on the mantle. lower to pythons anchor. Falling will hurt, would be 2* with bolts.

21
Unknown 8m
16 ** Vertical Python

FA: , 2004

22
Unknown 24m
17 *** Snake Eyes

Climbs the face just right of the steep wall. Up slab trending right at halfway then delicatly up the steepening wall to top.

FA: Tim Haasnoot, 2006

22
Sport 24m , 8
18 *** 97% Mitch Free

The right side of the steep wall. Up face/slab past 2 bolts to slopey moves to get onto head wall.

FA: Tim Haasnoot,

25
Sport 24m , 7
19 *** The Extra 3%

Climb 97% mitch free, but move left to the small cave on the steep wall. Head straight up from here to lower offs at very top!

FA: Jason Piper,

27
Sport 24m , 8
20 *** Rehabilitation

Start as for 97% Mitch Free, but head out the roof through the mono pocket, then countine up the arching overhanging crack to lower off 97%.

FA: Jason Piper,

25
Sport 24m , 8
21 ** Sir Serpent

FA: Jason Piper,

27
Sport 30m
22 * Smoke me a kipper

3 pitch Odyssey. Pitch 1: 15m grade 10 easy climbing to good belay. pitch 2 15m grade 15 traverse (very 'airy') to chain. Pitch 3, LH 2 finger pocket and RH slot, up headwall LH smooth sloper, then to 2 finger pocket (crux) match to RH 2 finger pocket. Big LH move to Jug, then techo jug moves to desperate top out finished with customary unclip and launch into thin air!

FA: Chris Fox,

22
Unknown 40m
23 ** Snake Skin Boots

FA: Matt Pascoe,

25
Sport 20m

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