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Ironside 13 routes in Area

  • Avg. Height: 16m
  • Style: Mostly Sport
  • Approach time: 3 min
  • Ascents: 12

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Description:

Referred to as "Ironside" in the Wanaka guide book. Take the walking track through the estate and turn right for about 50metres then left up to cliff. Climbs described left to right.

Routes

RouteGradeStylePopularity
1 Left end

New route at left end- up to under short route, move left and up on cloose rock then traverse carefully right to anchors

20
Sport 12m , 4
2 Prickly Lawyer

Used to traverse a long way left to join anchors of BL, now finish right on anchors of new route

20
Unknown 10m , 4
3 A sharp prick

Heads up and right to share anchors with BL

24
Sport 18m , 5
4 * Bush Lawyer

Start at flake, through bulges heading up high through short chimney

22
Sport 20m , 5
5 Supersonic

Go through roofs to join BL

22
Sport 20m , 6
6 Sonic
20
Sport 20m , 6
7 Easily the best route on the crag
23
Sport 15m , 6
8 Fremantle Extended Remix

Steep jugs to tricky mantle

23
Sport 15m , 6
9 ** Irony

Jugs, slopes, contorted moves then traverse right and long reach to get upper corner to anchors. 2 belay chain links near ground mark start

25
Sport 15m , 6
10 Steelworks(i)

Up past the large reattached rock

22
Sport 15m , 7
11 Iron Maiden(j)

Up to corner to share anchorewith OTOTE

22
Sport 15m
12 Out there on the Edge (k)

right most climb

20
Sport 12m , 5
13 A Steep introduction

Start as for OTOTE or traverse in steeply. Follow arete staying below it to shared anchor

20
Sport 15m , 6