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Huntsbury Spur Guide

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Thanks to the following people who have contributed to this crag guide:

Thomas Cam Hall Joshua Merriam John Pitcairn Lat Alistair Bull TG Mel Lecompte David Jefferson Mathijs

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Table of contents

1. Huntsbury Spur 38 routes in Crag

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Seasonality

Sport climbing, Trad climbing and Rock climbing

Lat / Long: -43.591503, 172.659697

description

approach

access via huntsbury track, good parking on summit road

RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 Crumbs!

Destroyed in the 2010/2011 earthquakes.

14 Trad

Leaf Blower Arête

3 Leaf Blower

FA: Hamish Castle & Justin Hall, 28 Oct 2018

14 Mixed trad 20m, 3

Look-See Bluff

5 Unnamed Route 1

FA: Joe Arts, 2016

15 Sport 7m, 2
6 Unnamed Route 2

FA: Joe Arts, 2016

15 Sport 7m, 2
7 Look-See

FA: Joe Arts, 1997

16 Sport 7m, 3

Main Wall

9 Broken Turbine

FA: Joe Arts, 1997

15 Sport 2
10 Road Access

FA: Joe Arts, 1996

13 Mixed trad 1
11 Southpower Direct

FA: Joe Arts, 2016

12 Sport 12m, 3
12 The Dominion Workers' Party

up the quake scar

Set: Joe Arts, 2016

12 Sport 12m, 5
13 Pooper Scooper

Destroyed during the 2010/2011 earthquakes.

FA: Joe Arts

21 Sport 5
14 Huntsbury Ave

FA: Joe Arts, 1996

19 Sport 12m, 4
15 Variation Of Edna

FA: Adrienne McLeod, 1996

17 Sport 12m, 4
16 Edna

FA: Adrienne McLeod, 1996

18 Sport 12m, 4
17 The Go-Betweens

FA: Joe Arts, 1997

22 Mixed trad 12m, 1
18 Macraes Mining

FA: Joe Arts, 1996

19 Sport 12m, 4
19 Albatross Arms

FA: Joe Arts, 1996

20 Mixed trad 12m, 2
20 Coronation Hospital

FA: Joe Arts, 1996

21 Sport 12m, 5
21 Dry Bush Road

FA: Adrienne McLeod, 1996

17 Sport 12m, 5
22 Whistlestop Arête

FA: Alan Hill, 1997

20 Mixed trad 2
23 The Price of Progress

FA: Joe Arts, 1996

17 Sport 6m, 2
24 I'm a Lumberjack

FA: Alan Hill, 2005

14 Mixed trad 1
25 Killing Moon

FA: Joe Arts, 1996

23 Mixed trad 13m, 4

Closed Area

27 Interflora

Partially destroyed during the 2010/2011 earthquakes. Closed to climbing to allow regeneration of native flora.

FA: Alan Hill, 1997

18 Unknown
28 Brown Trout Rising

Closed to climbing to allow regeneration of native flora.

FA: Alan Hill, 1997

18 Unknown

Pack ’n’ Save Wall

30 Bolt From The Blue

FA: Alan Hill, 1997

15 Sport 3
31 Thermalling Hawks

FA: Adrienne McLeod, 1997

17 Sport 8m, 3
32 Lazy Days of Summer

FA: Adrien McLeod, 1997

16 Sport 8m, 2
33 Pack 'N' Save

FA: Adrien McLeod, 1997

15 Sport 8m, 2
34 Pack It In

FA: Joe Arts, 1997

12 Trad
35 Scullery Maid

FA: Joe Arts, 1997

11 Trad
36 Offsider

FA: Hamish Reed, 1997

14 Trad
37 Hedge Your Bets

FA: Alan Hill, 1997

15 Trad
38 Innovation

FA: Joe Arts, 1997

19 Trad
39 Scraping The Barrel

FA: Alan Hill, 1997

17 Trad 12m

Photo Opportunity Bluff

41 Photo Opportunity

FA: Adrienne McLeod, 1997

14 Sport 8m, 2
42 Unnamed Route 3

FA: Joe Arts, 2016

12 Trad 8m
43 Everyone Should Have a Hobby

FA: Lindsay Main, 1997

11 Sport 8m, 3
44 After The Goldrush

FA: Lindsay Main, 1997

17 Trad 8m

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
11 Everyone Should Have a Hobby Sport 8m, 3
Scullery Maid Trad
12 Pack It In Trad
Southpower Direct Sport 12m, 3
The Dominion Workers' Party Sport 12m, 5
Unnamed Route 3 Trad 8m
13 Road Access Mixed trad 1
14 Crumbs! Trad
I'm a Lumberjack Mixed trad 1
Leaf Blower Mixed trad 20m, 3
Offsider Trad
Photo Opportunity Sport 8m, 2
15 Bolt From The Blue Sport 3
Broken Turbine Sport 2
Hedge Your Bets Trad
Pack 'N' Save Sport 8m, 2
Unnamed Route 1 Sport 7m, 2
Unnamed Route 2 Sport 7m, 2
16 Lazy Days of Summer Sport 8m, 2
Look-See Sport 7m, 3
17 After The Goldrush Trad 8m
Dry Bush Road Sport 12m, 5
Scraping The Barrel Trad 12m
The Price of Progress Sport 6m, 2
Thermalling Hawks Sport 8m, 3
Variation Of Edna Sport 12m, 4
18 Brown Trout Rising Unknown
Edna Sport 12m, 4
Interflora Unknown
19 Huntsbury Ave Sport 12m, 4
Innovation Trad
Macraes Mining Sport 12m, 4
20 Albatross Arms Mixed trad 12m, 2
Whistlestop Arête Mixed trad 2
21 Coronation Hospital Sport 12m, 5
Pooper Scooper Sport 5
22 The Go-Betweens Mixed trad 12m, 1
23 Killing Moon Mixed trad 13m, 4
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