South Island Statistics

General area statistics

Area Name: South Island
Number Routes: 6,480
Number Areas: 733
Number Activity Updates: 1,443
Number Ascents: 8,378
Areas With Description: 34
Routes With Description: 129
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 2,304
Trad Routes: 52
Sport Routes: 992
Top Rope Routes: 10
Multipitch Routes: 65
Aid Routes: 9
Boulder Problems: 1,952
Alpine Routes: 9
Ice Routes: 31
Average Height: 70
Route Grade Contributions: 7,052
Number Topos: 20
Number Routes With Topos: 79
Number Favorite Crags: 1
Number Shortcuts: 45
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 8,211
Trad Route Ascents: 19
Sport Route Ascents: 2,853
Multipitch Route Ascents: 28
Aid Route Ascents
Boulder Route Ascents: 1,463
Alpine Route Ascents: 18
Ice Route Ascents: 4
Number Ticks: 8,091
Number Hits: 91
Number Ghosts: 29
Number Pure Ascents: 3,709
Number Repeat Ascents: 75
Number Routes Repeated: 72
Number Quality Ratings: 5,096
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 82
Number Ascent Comments: 1,976
Number Photos: 77
Number Distinct Route Photos: 35
Number Contributing Publications: 4
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 366
Height Profile
Difficulty Band Profile
YDS Grade Profile
AU Grade Profile
FR Grade Profile
Rating System Profile
Protection Rating Profile
Tick Type Profile
Quality Assessment Profile
Relative Difficulty Assessment Profile
Ascent YDS Grade Profile
Ascent AU Grade Profile
Ascent FR Grade Profile
Month Ascent Profile
Hardest Tick Ascent: Space Boy (original) {31}
Hardest Clean Ascent: Bogus Machismo {30}
Hardest Lead Ascent: Bogus Machismo {30}
Hardest Onsight Ascent: One Move Boulder {V6}
Hardest Flash Ascent: Creative Confusion {27}
Hardest Redpoint Ascent: Bogus Machismo {30}
Hardest Pinkpoint Ascent: Responsible Lunges {25}
Hardest Second Ascent: Red-Lining To The Max {23}
Hardest Clean Second Ascent: Zesty {23}
Hardest Solo Ascent: Rambandit {21}
Hardest Top Rope Ascent: There Is No Spoon {27}
Hardest Clean Top Rope Ascent: Breakfast Of Champions {22}
Hardest Aid Ascent
Area Quality Score: 57
Area Difficulty Score: 45
Area Busyness Score: 11
Area Grade Accuracy Score: 73
Hardest Routes: Cold Fusion {V12}; Headbanger {V12}; Ristretto {V11}; African Man Horse {V11}; Prototype {V11}; Legion {V11}; Dracula {32}; Space Boy (extended) {32}; Rise of the Valkeries {32}; Centrifuge {32}
Easiest Routes: South Face via Govenors Ridge {1}; Mount French South Ridge via Quaterdeck Pass {1}; Single Cone via South East Couloir {1}; South East Couloir {2}; The Standard Route {2}; South West Ridge {3}; Right Next Door to Hell (South Face) {5}; Gorgeous Groove {6}; Face {2+}; Ballista {7}
Busiest Routes: Headbangers Arete {17}; Good Bye Cream-Poofters {17}; Elvis Lives In Takaka {18}; Temples Of Stone {18}; Blobbet {16}; Red Arete {15}; The Crack {17}; Rusty Pins {17}; Doo-Little {16}; Fingers Columbia {17}
Busiest Beginner Routes: Calling All Hobbits {12}; Wobbly Bits {12}; The Bell-ringer {11}; Bandura {11}; Mind The Hebes {12}; Crows Nest {11}; Ratlines {11}; Rhubarb {12}; Scurvy {12}; The Radiator {12}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: Headbangers Arete {17}; Good Bye Cream-Poofters {17}; Elvis Lives In Takaka {18}; Temples Of Stone {18}; Blobbet {16}; Red Arete {15}; The Crack {17}; Rusty Pins {17}; Doo-Little {16}; Fingers Columbia {17}
Busiest Experienced Routes: The Fearless Vampire Killers {20}; Aretenaphobia {21}; Rat up a Drainpipe {20}; Go With the Flow {22}; Hi I'm Doctor Terrific {20}; Loose Unit {20}; Make my grumpy cat dance {21}; Headplant {21}; The Voice of the Beehive {20}; Gobble, Gobble, Yum Yum {19}
Busiest Expert Routes: Responsible Lunges {25}; Skiing Off A Convex Slope {25}; Make My Day {25}; The Element {V5}; Feeling Lucky Punk? {25}; Tuppi-Master {V7}; Tricky {V6}; Urge {26}; Creative Confusion {27}; Supernatural {V5}
Busiest Top Rope Routes: Wrong Trousers {15}
Busiest Sport Routes: Headbangers Arete {17}; Good Bye Cream-Poofters {17}; Elvis Lives In Takaka {18}; Temples Of Stone {18}; Blobbet {16}; Red Arete {15}; Doo-Little {16}; Shark Attack {16}; Midwife Crisis {14}; Ecological Itch {14}
Busiest Trad Routes: Aspiring Arseholes {16}; Let's Go Bush Walking {16}; Twin Cracks {16}; Balls {19}; Magic Messiah {20}; Gift Horse {12}; Crucifix {19}; Sustalyte {18}; Ethical Debate {21}; Doubtful Thomas {17}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Shark Attack {16}; Jericho {V1}; Beautiful Edges {V4}; No.39 {V2}; Lung Dyno {V4}; Tuppi-Master(stand) {V3}; Smiley Face {V3}; Sonar {V2}; The Element {V5}; Big Cheese {V3}
Busiest Alpine Routes: North West Ridge; Face {2+}
Most Desirable Routes: Tales From The Riverbank {16}; Headbangers Arete {17}; Skiing Off A Convex Slope {25}; Rambandit {21}; Nether Edge {21}; Kiss my Piranha {21}; Burn Hollywood, Burn {21}; Perspiring {NZ5+}; 1080 and the Letter G {23}; Hangman {17}
Purist Routes: Send a Gorilla {23}; Make my grumpy cat dance {21}; Sweet Dreams {22}; coup de grace {22}; Chocoholic {18}; The Mission {16}; Rat up a Drainpipe {20}; Superconductor {23}; Electricorp Production {22}; Fat Cats {19}
Highest Quality Routes: North Buttress {17}; Beautiful Edges {V4}; The Phoenix {V7}; Make My Day {25}; 1080 and the Letter G {23}; Beautiful Edges {V4}; Left Headlight {V4}; Judgement {21}; Run and Jump Slab {V0}; Labours Of Love {24}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: South West Ridge {3}; Kestrel {12}; Ratlines {11}; Bandura {11}; Jandals {10}; Far Out and Solid {12}; Rhubarb {12}; The Radiator {12}; Mind The Hebes {12}; Crows Nest {11}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: North Buttress {17}; Flying Buttress {17}; Run and Jump Slab {V0}; Hangman {17}; Black Bitch {16}; Racing in the Streets {16}; Temples Of Stone {18}; Main Royale {16}; Meals On Wheels {13}; Gargoyle {18}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: Beautiful Edges {V4}; 1080 and the Letter G {23}; Beautiful Edges {V4}; Left Headlight {V4}; Judgement {21}; Labours Of Love {24}; Dave's Arete {24}; Right Headlight {V4}; Feral Pakeha {23}; Ode to Joy {V1}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: The Phoenix {V7}; Make My Day {25}; Feeling Lucky Punk? {25}; Skiing Off A Convex Slope {25}; Tuppi-Master {V7}; Right Taillight {V5}; Dominatrix {V5}; Tricky {V6}; Mental as Anything {25}; Tricky {V6}
Highest Quality Top Rope Routes: Wrong Trousers {15}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: Make My Day {25}; 1080 and the Letter G {23}; Dave's Arete {24}; Feeling Lucky Punk? {25}; Skiing Off A Convex Slope {25}; Feral Pakeha {23}; R for Ranger, D for Danger {21}; Rawhide {22}; Temples Of Stone {18}; Aratika {23}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: Ethical Debate {21}; Sustalyte {18}; Sardine {15}; Twin Cracks {16}; Balls {19}; Aspiring Arseholes {16}; Let's Go Bush Walking {16}; Gift Horse {12}
Highest Quality Boulder Routes: Beautiful Edges {V4}; The Phoenix {V7}; Beautiful Edges {V4}; Left Headlight {V4}; Run and Jump Slab {V0}; Right Headlight {V4}; Tuppi-Master {V7}; Ode to Joy {V1}; Right Taillight {V5}; Dominatrix {V5}
Highest Quality Alpine Routes: North West Ridge
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: The Keep; Spittle Hill; Main Wall; Fish Wall/Rhinoceros Wall; Globe Wall; Wye Creek; Beautiful Edges Area; Quantum Map13 Area; Opium/ Tuppi-Master; Castle Rock
Hightest Quality Major Areas: Castle Hill Basin; Quantum Field Bouldering; South Island; Paynes Ford; Wanaka; Golden Bay; Port Hills
Hardest Minor Areas: Babylon; The Superbowl; Lower; Bonsai Boulder (Map 13); Bush Wall; Project Wall Area (Map 13); Upper; Project Wall; Rainbow Wall; Lakeside Boulder
Hardest Major Areas: Run & Jump Slab Area (Map 9); Quantum Map 8 Area; Quantum Map1 Area; Quantum Map13 Area; Horseshoe Boulder Area (Map 2); Hulk Hogan Bouldering; Quantum Field Bouldering; Quantum Map14 Area; Quantum Map4 Area; Britten Crag (duplicate - see South Island / Port Hills)
Easiest Minor Areas: The Baby Brother; Lower Tier; Single Cone; East Face; Bastion Face; The Slab; Kai Whaka Pai Crag; The Meat Grinder Wall; Greenhouse Wall; The Little Lost Wall
Easiest Major Areas: Northern Cliffs; Charleston; Southern Cliffs; West Coast; Spur Road; Cattlestop; Mt Pleasant; Castle Rock; Mt Bradley; Banks Peninsula
Busiest Minor Areas: The Tombstone; The Little Lost Wall; The Tenuite Wall; Cresse Wall/Rawhide Roof; Slave Wall; Cathedral Rock; Sea Grass Wall; The Main Cliff; The Keep; North End
Busiest Major Areas: Paynes Ford; Golden Bay; Tarakohe; Long Beach; Wanaka; Castle Rock; Dunedin; South Canterbury; South Island; Port Hills
Highest Quality Crags: Castle Hill Basin; Wanaka; Golden Bay; Port Hills; South Canterbury
Busiest Crags: Golden Bay; Wanaka; Dunedin; South Canterbury; Port Hills; Mount Cook Area; Castle Hill Basin; Queenstown; Charleston; Inland Canterbury; Banks Peninsula; Milford; North Otago
Classic Crags: Golden Bay; Castle Hill Basin; Wanaka; Port Hills; Queenstown; South Canterbury; Dunedin; Mount Cook Area; North Otago; Charleston; Milford
Grade Icons: 17 - Headbangers Arete; 18 - Temples Of Stone; 20 - Rat up a Drainpipe; 21 - Make my grumpy cat dance; 23 - 1080 and the Letter G; 24 - Beautiful Edges; 25 - Make My Day; 28 - The Phoenix

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