Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||
18 | ★ Goldfinger
The dirty but decent looking crack. It will get better as it cleans up. Take small cams and a vision of what could be. Face crack right of vegetated corner FA: R.Ford FA: R.Ford, 2004 | 12m | |||
20 | ★ Casino Royale
FA: J.Andersen, 2004 | 15m | |||
18 | ★★ Honey Rider
1
18
20m
2
12
15m
3
18
25m
Left arete of big wall. All ringbolts.
Can just rap to first chain belay ledge from top anchor with single 60m rope, and then on to ground. FA: J.Andersen & K.McKenzie, 2003 | 60m, 3 | |||
10 | ★ George Lazumbe
FA: J.Anderson | 12m | |||
19 | ★★ Mr Big
1
16
25m
2
13
25m
3
19
25m
FA: C.Coghill/J.Anderson | 75m, 3 | |||
16 | ★★ Mr Big pitches 1 & 2
1
16
30m
2
13
25m
FA: Julian Andersen & Chris Coghill | 55m, 2 | |||
17 | ★ From Russia with Love
1
14
25m
2
17
22m
Climb corner 2m right of Mr. Big, traverse to Mr. Big P1 belay. Continue up right from belay to Mr. Big P2 belay FA: C Coghill & J Anderson | 47m, 2 | |||
13 | Unknown
Take gear! Line of RBs on the arete left of Cold Finger to DRBB. | 50m | |||
16 | ★ Cold Finger
Slab, right of Mr Big. Add a grade or so if you stay on line. FA: S Puchala, 2000 | 12m | |||
17 | ★ Casual Assassin
Has an extra ring as a variant. (Long story). And shares lower offs with Cold Finger. FA: S Puchala, 2000 | 12m | |||
15 | ★ Flying Circus
Arete on rings right of CA. Has lower offs. FA: S Puchala, 2000 | 14m | |||
Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Main Wall | |||||
21 | ★ Dr No
Gently overhanging L hand arête. FA: Julian Anderson | 10m | |||
24 | ★★ Ah, Miss Monneypenny
Best of the short routes. Follows a series of subtle scoops up the nice orange wall right of the arete. Quite pumpy compared to the rest of the wall. FA: K.McKenzie, 2004 | 10m | |||
24 | ★★ Undercover Brother
FA: M.Pircher | 10m | |||
23 | ★ Oh James!
Dyno start off glued up sidepull then easily until it's not. FA: Kristy McKenzie, 2004 | 12m | |||
23 | ★★ Plenty O'Toole
Start off block right of Oh! James. Nails thin crimps - most think this is a total sandbag. FA: C. Coghill, 2003 | 12m | |||
Open Project
Starts as for Plenty O'Toole, up and right. Needs a few bolts. | |||||
25 | ★★★ Pussy Galore
Extension of Plenty O'Toole. FA: C.Coghill, 2004 | 20m | |||
23 | ★ The Living Daylights
The walking track arrives here. FA: Kristy McKenzie, 2003 | 12m | |||
23 | ★ Live and Let Die
The name is wrong | 12m | |||
24/25 | ★ Thunderball
Furthest right of the bolted routes. Rightward trending line above where the approach track reaches the cliff. Grade 24 in the Carter guide. This is the only way of doing the excellent Octopussy extension. FA: Chris Coghill, 2003 | 9m | |||
24 | ★★ Octopussy
Mega. The extension to Thunderball up the bolted crackline. 50m rope fine for lower-off. FA: J.Anderson, 2004 | 16m | |||
? | Project
The face right of Octopussy FA: Mark, 2000 | 10m | |||
24 | Golden Eye
Steep roof crack, starting in cave, finish to 'Thunderball' anchors. FA: A. Darragh / D. Trambaiolo | 15m | |||
Megalong Valley Crags James Bond The Slab | |||||
19 | ★ Roger Moore Direct
Take gear! | 8m | |||
13 | ★ Roger Moore
Take gear! FA: J.Andersen, 2004 | 30m | |||
11 | ★ Z3
FA: J.Andersen, 2004 | 10m | |||
15 | ★ Aston Martin
FA: J.Andersen, 2004 | 10m | |||
18 | ★★ Lotus Esprit
FA: J.Andersen, 2004 | 10m, 3 | |||
19 | ★ Ian Fleming
Take gear! Pitch 1: 25m, 11 carrots. Pitch 2: 20m, trad. FA: J.Andersen & C. Coghill, 2004 | 45m, 2 | |||
Megalong Valley Crags The Phoenix | |||||
19 | ★ Little Drummer Boy
FA: Julian Anderson/Chris Coghill | 26m | |||
10 | Smoulder
| 10m | |||
18 | ★ Firefly
Thin finger crack 10m left of The Phoenix. Has its own lower offs. FA: Julian Anderson | 8m | |||
21 | ★★ Quetzal
Soft for the grade, but very long and moderately bold. Wandery thin slab that rejoins The Phoenix at its crux (last 8m of climbing) to avoid the much harder direct finish to the top. Originally led as one giant 50m pitch, it can be broken up into as many as 3 pitches if necessary. 6 draws + Full set of Wires + small cams (to green 0.75), and 1 x #2, and 1x #4/#5 (for The Phoenix). From the GROUND, start up Firefly and continue past its anchors. Trend right to arete (#2 cam), then up trending left to semi-detached block (Quetzal Bolt #1), then trend right to thin flake system for a move or two, then back left, moving a few metres left at Quetzal Bolt #3), before heading back right past 2 more bolts to an anchor. Move right into The Phoenix, then up The Phoenix to top on gear. FFA: P. Thomson, 2013 | 52m, 6 | |||
23 | ★★ Quetzalcoatl
The harder Direct Finish to Quetzal. Can be climbed from the ground in 1 (50m) pitch, 2 pitches, or 3 pitches as desired. Alternatively, it can be climbed as a rap-in, climb-out single pitch from the Quetzal anchor. P1 - As for Quetzal to the 2nd set of anchors (before moving right to join The Phoenix). P2 - Thin and techy moves up and slightly right past 3 bolts to the ledge, avoiding The Phoenix. FA: Paul Thomson, 8 Apr 2015 | 50m, 2, 8 | |||
20 | ★★★ The Phoenix
Long, sustained predominantly finger-crack climb with an exciting finish. Beautifully clean on good rock. Best done as one long 45m pitch (no rope drag). Bring the usually passive pro and doubles of cams 0.3 to 2, and singles 3, 4 and possibly 5. More small gear (0.3 and 0.4 or Aliens) keeps it sane. Be CAREUL of the loose blocks in the back of the off-width section. Crack completely re-cleaned October 2012. FA: J. Anderson & R. Charlton, 2003 | 45m | |||
18 | ★ Shortcut to Exposure
FA: J Anderson & C Coghil | 45m | |||
21 | ★ Archaeopteryx
A moderate-grade headwall pitch above The Phoenix, with WILD exposure! (Just forget about the average first pitch). Can be climbed via the proper First Pitch, or can be easily abseiled into from the top. See notes for The Phoenix area. P1 - 20m (15) The Access Pitch. Start at the bolt at the end of the fixed rope traverse (8m RIGHT of The Phoenix abseil anchors). Up to first bolt (some loose rock) via corner system, then traverse left on HUGE holds but with amazing exposure past 5 more bolts. After last bolt (long sling), climb delicately up past scarily loose rock to belay below headwall). P2 - 25m (21) The Money Pitch. Up flake, hand traverse left, then up past 8 bolts with monsterous exposure but no really hard moves. Belay on obvious rap anchors back from edge, or lower off. Some choss still to go, but 90% good rock. EXIT: Directly BELOW the belay at the start of the headwall are 5 bolts that can be used to redirect the abseil rope BACK under the rooflet to the anchors above The Phoenix. Alternatively, top out and bring up your second, and walk directly up vague trail to rejoin the walkdown track. Set: Paul Thomson, 2013 FFA: Paul Thomson, 2013 | 45m, 2, 14 | |||
19 | ★ Жар-пти́ца (The Firebird)
Relatively easy climbing, in an outrageous position, marred by some rubbish rock on the arete. Bring 1 x 0.75, 2 x #1, 1 x #2 and 1 x #3 camelots, 6 draws + anchors.
EXIT: Directly BELOW the belay at the start of the headwall are 5 bolts that can be used to redirect the abseil rope BACK under the rooflet to the anchors above The Phoenix. Alternatively, top out and bring up your section, and wall directly up vague trail to rejoin the walkdown track. FA: Paul Thomson, 8 Apr 2015 | 50m, 2, 13 | |||
Return of The Phoenix : Project
From first belay on Archaeopteryx head up corner for a few metres then traverse across past thread to main crack line directly above Phoenix and up it. May need a bolt at top to avoid runout finish. Set: Macciza a.k.a. Macca | |||||
~23 (x) | ★ The Fee
Everything has a cost... choose wisely. Various options on this climb... Starts at obvious overhanging corner left of cave in upper wall. Up corner and arête to ledge then left slightly and up wall via crack, scoops and horizontals, finishing on the face or in corner as you prefer .. Double rack to 3, triples in medium sizes, plus some small cams. Nested gear helps at times. Set: Macciza a.k.a. Macca FA: Macciza a.k.a. Macca & Zac, 9 Oct 2016 | 40m | |||
20 | ★ The Fee - Nix Connection
On the upper wall, left of the cave. Overhung corner as for The Fee then arc right to alcove and finish up thin crack as for Nix. Original version of route before direct finish found. Great finish after doing The Phoenix. Standard rack cams and wires with doubles in small sizes, plus extra small Aliens/C3/X4s and largely RPs or similar small wires. Set: Macciza a.k.a. Macca FA: Macciza a.k.a. Macca & Jamie Corkins, Sep 2016 FFA: Jamie Corkins, Macciza a.k.a. Macca & Zac, 16 Sep 2016 | 40m | |||
★★ Nix (Direct)
Upper wall left of cave, takes the right facing shallow corner below upper thin crack. Start to right below corner, up to horizontal, small cams, then left into corner. A few small wires and cams help you up the corner, then large cam before small roof and to alcove. Right into thin crack with small gear and up. Easing towards top. Looked like it would need bolts but in the end it was nix ... Standard rack cams and wires with doubles in small sizes, plus extra small C3/X4s and RPs or similar small wires. Set: Macciza a.k.a. Macca | 40m | ||||
Megalong Valley Crags Spider Crag | |||||
18 | ★ Shazzam
The obvious, large undercut arête.
FA: dale tweedie, 2013 | 29m, 2 | |||
23 | ★ Buy Me a Pony
Start at arête 30m R of Shazzam. Jump to jug, then traverse immediately right. Up through bouldery section (crux), then left to great climbing up arête. Mostly bolts plus cams (one large ~4, one small ~0.5). No lower-off - top belay. Note: Descent for this and other routes is by rapping from rings above Bam ba Lam. FA: dwebster, 2013 | 35m, 13 | |||
23 | ★ The Unfinished Spanish Galleon
Same start as BmaP but continue on straight up through great face/slab climbing easing significantly towards the top. No lower-off - top belay. FA: dwebster, 2013 | 33m, 13 | |||
24 | Ivy and the Big Apple
4m R of arete. Batman start, then up through orange rock, through rooflet to great, reachy crux. Follow the blockish arete before joining tFoWF for the last bolt or so. No lower-off - top belay. FA: dwebster, 13 Apr 2017 | 33m | |||
20 | The Flight of Wally Funk
Batman start 6m right of BmaP arete. Straight up via hanging undercling feature on right. No lower-off - top belay. (It's possible to start this route from the ledge at the top of Woah Black Betty. Traverse in under the little roof. Bolt. Grade 19.) FA: dwebster, 2013 | 33m, 12 | |||
17 | Woah Black Betty
The obvious corner. A bit grovelly to start, but then decent. Take 2 decent sized cams. DRBB. FA: dale tweedie & dwebster, 13 Apr 2017 | 11m | |||
16 | Bam ba Lam
Begins at top of WBB. Step right a few metres and up the tough first wall / corner (crux). Then step R and over easy nose and then up easy ground. FA: dwebster, 13 Apr 2017 | 21m | |||
Rusty | |||||
24 | ★★ Lockjaw
| 25m | |||
25 | ★★ Tetanus Shot
| 25m | |||
24 | Gruntfuttock
| 22m | |||
24 | ★ It"s really lloyd"s
| 18m | |||
25 | ★★ (Hairy Yam
| 12m | |||
23 | ★★★ Budgie smuggler
| 18m | |||
Ukulore Valley Mermaids Cave | |||||
V4 | ★★★ Gulches Of The Out-Hills
Cool high-ish problem up the rails on the left of the wall. Climb to top jug below big hanging tree fern. Down climb to get off. Careful with the mats if you fall, the ground is pretty scoochy Ben Cossey FA: Ben Cössey | ||||
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V10 | ★★★ Harlot of Hoopers Hill
Low sit-start on slots, then up to rail, leading right to dual spock-eyed pounce with finish at S&C | ||||
V10 | ★★★ Strips and Clippings
Low sit on edges and scoop-thing, thin facey moves up vague arete-thing to high-ish finish to jugs. FA: Tom O'Halloran | ||||
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V8 | ★ Beyond the Glory Hole
Sit start. Up the corner. To high horn-like jug rail. | 4m | |||
V9 | ★★ On The Far Side of The Peach Grove
Corner to Flake and up. Tom O'Halloran Trent Searchy | ||||
V11 | ★★★ The Old Reach Around
Right most arete FA: Ben Cössey | ||||
Ukulore Valley Riverbed | |||||
V7 | Crack Like Candy
Starts to the right of FOHS on the big juggy shelf and heads out the roof via a long move to join FOHS for the top FA: Ben Cossey, 2013 | ||||
V7 | Black Scabs Away
FA: Ben Cössey | ||||
V8 | Fat on Human Scrapage
FA: Ben Cossey | ||||
Ukulore Valley The Jungfrau | |||||
V8 | Ecker's Tears (Low)
At Carpark boulder. Tom O'Halloran FA: Tom O'Halloran | 6m | |||
V9 | ★★★ The Mauling Of The Ass
Sit-start on right arete (shale is out as footers). Compression moves lead to left traverse on edges and finish on jugs right of dihedral. FA: Ben Cossey | 3m | |||
V14 | Maulin' Angel
FA: Tom O'Halloran | ||||
V11 | Jack To The Hobos
Sit-start on rails and pinch on left hand side of wall. Up via slopey edges and compression to nice jug Lee Cossey FA: Ben Cossey | ||||
V7 | ★★★ Up To The Onions
Starts as for BOB and SIAST but sticks to the right arete and tops out via cool sculpted holds FA: Ben Cössey | ||||
V10 | ★★ Squatting In A Slitted Trashbird
Start as for Up To The Onions heading right into obvious toilet bowl. Head to arete via crux iron cross and top out up high face FA: Ben Cössey | ||||
V11 | ★★ Skeleton Tree
Starts on juggy flake left of ATASTA and uses left blocky gaston to press into dihedral - finish as for ATASTA FA: Tom O'Halloran | ||||
V13 | ★★★ And the Ass Saw the Angel
Sit-starts at bottom of dihedral and climbs to top of dihedral finish at juggy 2 finger and cod-mouth jug over lip - easier since a new foot sequence was discovered, compared to original crux-pounce that Tom did Sam Healy FA: & Tom O'Halloran, 2013 | ||||
V9 | ★★★ Bowel Of Bilge
Sit-start as for UTTOs but head into roof on big slick mushroom undercling. Make a meaty move to the lip and head all the way left and mantle hyper-slick flat jug at the far left. FA: Ben Cossey, 2013 | ||||
Project
MOTA --> ATASTA --> JTTHs | |||||
Ukulore Valley Upper Middle Lower Class Jungfrau | |||||
V10 | ★★★ Boat Of A Million Years
Start on the far left and climb along pockets and finish as for Tug Capacitor FA: Ben Cossey | ||||
V9 | ★★★ Tug Capacitor
Start at slot in middle of wall and thug out roof to high-ish top (don't top-out though) drop from lip. Same finish as for Frog Serge FA: Ben Cossey | ||||
V8 | ★★★ Frog Serge
Start to the right and head left along slopers and finish via a frog serge manoeuvre as per TC & BOMY - problems to the right have been destroyed by rock fall - careful of dodgy rock FA: Ben Cossey | ||||
Ukulore Valley Donkey Mountain | |||||
V7 | ★★ Tippy-Toe Freight Train
Traverse flake-thing, quite techy on pockets and gastons. FA: Ben Cossey, 1 Jul 2020 | 3m | |||
V3 | ★★ Kitty-Cat Factory
Around to the left of "Tippy-Toe Freight Train" starting at cool square pocket and mantle before the moss grows back! FA: Ben Cössey, 2010 | ||||
V9 | ★★★ Bleach Belly
Nice compression problem on the left side of the limestone-looking boulder. FA: Ben Cossey, 26 Jun 2020 | 3m | |||
V10 | Donkey Mountain Haikus
Sit start on ground on low underclings and do move into Casus Belli pinch and climb as for this up BB FA: Ben Cössey, 1 Jun 2020 | ||||
V9 | Casus Belli
Start right hand pinch, left hand undercling. Slap left on underclings to join BB corner. Finish as for BB. FA: Jake Bresnehan, 25 Jul 2020 | ||||
V11 | Mouth Circus
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Ukulore Valley The Ice-Vovo Boulder | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Ekers Tears Sit
Low sit-start half under roof and an edge on the face. Thuggy move leads to the start of the stand. Top out's the same | ||||
V5 | Ekers Tears Stand
Stand start of left arete. Starts on edges to reach arete and top out up arete several moves until you naturally roll over the top | ||||
V6 | Right Arete
Nice boulder that sit-starts on face and heads towards arete to top-out | ||||
Ukulore Valley Pink Caravan On The Hill | |||||
V8 | ★★★ Pink Caravan On The Hill
Obvious open-book corner. Sit-starts and lay-back and pinch towards obvious slopey rails rails. Drop off from lip of top out if it's not too wet FA: Ben Cossey | ||||
Ukulore Valley Savage Mountain | |||||
V10 | ★★★ Savage Mountain Tummy-Rub
Start in rooflet on pocket underclings, make a move towards lip and top-out via arete FA: Ben Cössey | ||||
V10 | ★★★ Jambalya Clean-Sheets
FA: Ben Cössey, 2020 | ||||
V10 | ★★★ Milkmaids Lair
Right finish to JC FA: Ben Cössey, 2020 | ||||
V4 | ★★★ Hot Chocolate Lemonade
Block in creek. Obvious up stream from JC and ML. Doesn't top out as tree is in the way. FA: Ben Cössey, 2010 | ||||
V8 | ★★★ Cigarette Trees
Right of HCL, tops out, wear your nappy FA: Ben Cössey, 2020 | ||||
Ukulore Valley Upper Upper Jungfrau | |||||
V5 | Unknown v5
The short steep v5 on the far right of the amphitheatre. | 3m | |||
V7 | Unknown v7
Same starting hold and finish hold as the five but you head left and punch the lip on small crimps. In the small cave on the left of the amphitheatre | 4m | |||
Ukulore Valley Haunted Area | |||||
V12 | ★★★ Cold Comfort Cuddle Machine (For The Vortex Be-Hearted)
Really great and unique overhanging roof coffin. Sit-starts low on right hand pinch and left positive side-pull. Thug up left and and start slapping. Finishes on obvious big juggy break above the coffin. FA: Ben Cossey & cairo hazell | ||||
V6 | ★ Snuggle Bunny Bliss Bomb
Sit-start under roof right of CCCM (right of the trench above too). Make a few moves up on edges out the bulge via a little scope/pocket edge for the left and finish at jug. Nothing special, but nothing too offensive either FA: Ben Cossey | ||||
V7 | ★★★ Whistle-Whistle Crack
High splitter crack that you cannot miss. Sit-Starts low in pod and climbs up to high jugs above. Pretty good landing on fluffy dust and built-up sticks. To say the name correctly, reverse a "wolf-whistle" in F#m. Think - "how would you answer a wolf-whistle" OR, more specifically, "how you'd decline the frisky advances of someone off-putting (but not threatening) using a wolf-whistle to indicate they're desirousness of you". For further information phone 1800-whistle-whiistle FA: Elliot Vercoe |