Corin Road Bouldering Guide

Just enough holds for an ascent. Hard work getting off the ground, a big move to the next incut, then you're on the slab and away.

Technical and gut-busting. Grade is a guess. Some seriously strenuous layback moves.

Left side of the slab. Delicate!

Start in the vague scoop and grovel your way to a desperate mantle. Not great.

Sit start at the spike (same start as Vendetta). Straight up via the corner/groove. Quite messy after it's rained.

Sit start at Tally Ho, then follow the break rightwards to the rounded arête, then mantle/rock over to the top. Progressively crimpier with thinner feet. Part of the crux footer has broken off, now a bit harder (Sept 2023). Chris Beers

Start for Vendetta, then drop down into the underclings, make some hard moves through underclings and slopers finishing out the top of the boulder (as for Vendetta or the Joker).

CMCC

As per Contempt, but topout for Tally Ho.

Sit start on the far left side of the underclings (just right of the start to Tally Ho), then straight up, topping out right of where Tally Ho tops out.

Stand start at the big underclings, make a big move into the horizontal break and then traverse left to finish as for Tally Ho.

Stand start on the big underclings and head to the crimpy rail for Vendetta and top out as for Vendetta.

A Canberra classic - the proud line diagonally up the front of the boulder as you approach on the walk in. Good positive holds, but still hard work! Note: this is a squat start - you start on the first set of good holds.

CMCC

Per ex-Canberran Duncan Brown - the full sit to the Joker line. Tough for the grade, possibly V8.

Start up The Joker, then reverse Vendetta, and finish up Tally Ho.

Not as contrived as it sounds - actually a pretty nice line. The Vendetta rail is harder in this direction.

Gets V9 in the guidebook, but might be a bit soft.

The full link-up of the boulder. Stopping All Stations with the sit start.

Sit start the Joker, climb this, then reverse Vendetta and finish up the fingery mantle of Contempt. Sustained and consistently hard.

Sit start the Joker and then when the diagonal crack runs out make hard moves to reverse Cerebro finishing up Tally Ho.

CMCC

Start for the Joker, then head straight up where the rock splits into two cracks. Long dyno to the big slope, match then mantel up.

Nice warmup problem upslope and behind Glitz Rock

Right hand variant to Persian Rug (#6 in CCA guide).

Sit start left of persian rug on the undercling and up the "arete". Eliminate - left side rail is out.

Sit start problem through obvious basalt or similar intrusion on back of boulder and right of prow.

Stand variant to intrusion. Very height-dependent.

Sit start and then go diagonally left up the seam. Falling at the end would be bad.

Standing start to Spruce Moose - slap up the boulder. Burly. CMCC

Sit start down on the left arete then slap out to the right side of the prow then continue up with big compression moves up the prow.

Up and left crimping under roof then up and over.

Long throw to crimp.

The slab.

Grunt your way up the slab on the left side right in the trees. If you can be bothered. You might get a real surprise if you fall.

Traverse all the way along the slab from the right hand side of the rock as you come uphill. Hope you've got good friction in your hands!

Left of the start to Szady Slap, take a run at the slab, jump, get your feet set and reach for glory. Invigorating cooldown.

Sit start from left of slab then traverse right and up the slab on crimps.

Sit-start traverse the boulder left to right.

Sit-start the arete.

Sit-start and up to the left or the right. Rock on the left of the track just before heart block

Traverse left to right then up, finishing as for 22, the righthandmost climb. Either gaston through the crux or execute a hard cross-through.

start left of rocks on undercling. continue up underclings to the break and straight up 'check your head'

classic Highball.

Sit start on the crack and stay in crack then finish up and right. V5

Up onto a good flat edge with crappy footers, get yourself set, dyno out left then up.

Sit-start. Looks like something has broken, as this has minimal hand holds and small feet. Looked to be a single dynamic move to the top.

The crack.

Stand start at flake, matching hands above. Layback from there out to the edge of the slope, cut feet, find the slot and up.

Start as for Vitruvian, layback out right, cut feet and dangle in thin air, then turn and heel hook up in the slot just before the end of the jutting prow. V4 moves up to here... Now execute a gut-wrenching mantle with your left foot dangling in the air. Positive holds. Pretty damn contrived. On reflection, it's not worth stars, but it's fun to try and mantel over the shit foot-slot. The full line is the real prize. Don't touch the ground, obviously!

Traverse from the start of Vitruvian right around the boulder, heel hooking and groaning all the way. Pretty much a huge campus problem really.

Sit start inside the cave, move to a downward-sloped rail, huge throw up to next hold. Not sure if it's possible without hitting the rock behind, but this is one for the insanely strong.

Sit start.

Stand start from the bottom of the boulder. After gaining your feet, a fair sized dynamic move out left from smears will get you to the glory rail, and then finish as for #1.

Slab.

Sit start. Traverse left then up.

Sit start then over onto slab.

Sit-start up the arete. Quite overhung. A great quality climb well worth the walk up to this sector just by itself. Low in the grade.

Sit start then traverse left onto slopes from Rumspringa.

Seems about the same as Rumspringa as the crux balance move is in the stand, but doesn't include the heel hook above the head.

Crimp and dyno. vertical problem just 5m down from 'snatch strap'

Sit start right side then up the curving line

Sit start.

sit start bottom left climb right

Sit-start then mantle.

Sit start.

climbed?

Start with hand jam between blocks then into crack, pull lip and up right. Epic line!

Start with a hand jam between blocks and then into crack, head straight up and dyno.

start on flakes up and exit right with tiny crimps

right arete

sit start then to jug and slab out

Sit start, grabbing either side of the prow. Work your way up and top out - average feet all the way.

Layback the flake to the left up onto the boulder, then top out to the right.

Sit start. Up to the top of the first boulder, then head straight up and slightly left over the second. Once on top, downclimb round to the left.

Sit start as per #3. Once at the top of the first boulder, follow the seam up and right.

In front of problems 3 and 4, accessed under the huge burnt tree. Difficult and blank looking layback up and left to a tricky top out.

Sit start. Up the broken corner using many different features.

Sit start round to the right. Follow the good layback flake up and left round the tock, and top out straight up once at the 'ledge'. Downclimb over the back.

Mantle up, starting off the block. Awkward ledge, then top out straight up. Downclimb off the back.

Sit start. Up crack in corner, trending right and round onto the top.

Sit start up to a big sloper then up to a good edge on top. Easy top out and down climb. GPS (approx): -35.477682, 148.928839

Sit start then up left, staying on the main block (don't escape up the crack between the boulders).

Sit start as per #3. Big throw right to a jug, then up to the top.

Hard sit start up to break, then head up ledges to top.

Sit start as per #5 to break, then traverse right on slopers to the end of the break, then head up to top.

Boulder down and left of Aspen arbor. Start at the bottom right of the broken circle, move left to the arete and up.

Sit start up the arete, then top out.

A solid walk for a decent problem. Sit start on obvious large flat flake to high but easy top out. To get off the top, move left and jump off onto mats.

Squat start from low diagonal undercling holds (forms an acute upside down triangle). Big pull to sloper on the lip followed by a big tension move out left to the positive arete and an easy top. Will be all time when it goes. Likely double digits.

Left to right rising lip traverse.

Sit start from the cave up holding onto a big flake. Compressive move to start.

Contrived sit start. 6 metres, but an easy terrain crack up top.

Straight up a mossy crack. Nothing difficult.

Sit start. Good mantle practice. **This problem no longer exists as the entire shield that comprised it has toppled over. Geologic time includes now.

Up the right side of the palm. Easy terrain.

Sit start. The hardest V3 in the entire world?

Up the side of the boulder using layback-type moves. Hard work to get your feet on top.

Good warmup for the burlier #6-7.

It really is a word. Sit start at the opening of the cave around the corner and uphill a few metres from #7. Start on positive holds, then find the hidden hold up high to progress. The boulder behind is in - it's a cross between a chimney climb and a face climb!

Small boulder on the way in to the hand. Warm-up sit start.

Sit start for the V3, then exit out the roof and up the vertical slab. Direct might be a fair bit harder if you're willing to huck a huge dyno - not sure it's viable.

Sit start to the far right low down, then pull around the corner. Finish with higher traverse to jug. The warm up...

Sit start to the far right and pull around the corner. Finish with lower traverse/slopes to jug. Desperate.

Sit start and up the arete.

Sit start and straight up the thin slab

Start on the rail and up through a few sidepulls and crimps to a slab topout

Up and onto the slab. Smearing moves and a few check your head moments.

Reverse 1a/b from the start of the rail past the victory jugs, using only the slopers. Arguably better than 1a, slightly more fun moves in the opposite direction. Holds all face the wrong way to traverse in this direction though, so it's like downclimbing slopers!

Sit start to good jug, then up to good edge (dyno or intermediate crimps) and up. A very sizeable dyno if you do it that way - bring a few mats to stack if you love your ankles.

Straight up the front side of the boulder just before the end of Phone Sex. Sit start to big jug, heal hook and big chuck to crimp out left. pull hard to the high gaston and up.

Sit start as for Shape Shifters. Up to the jugs then right along the rail to join Shy Moves, then continue right and up the slab to top out.

CMCC

The start many people use when claiming 'Phone Sex'! From the scooped out area on the far side of the boulder as you walk in, start one block right on larger holds and then traverse out right to the jug for 1a/1b. Still has the hardest moves of 'Phone Sex', but the full sit is now doable as the start has been cleaned up. Requires less endurance than the full line.

Start from the scooped out area on the far side of the boulder on low slopers, hard start moves out right on crimps (You may need to clean the Blackberries as they are persistent). Many have started one block over for the sit-start, taking out the most strenuous moves of the climbs - see 'Phone Diddle'. Traverse out right and end on the jug for 1a/1b.

Start at Phone Sex and continue up Happy Ending to end on top of the boulder.

Nicer end to Phone Sex but not much harder.

May have been climbed before (if so, feel free to claim it!).

Start as for Phone Sex and finish through Shape Shifters.

The impossible line directly above the Phone Diddle start. Sit start at the ledge, move to some tiny crimps then up through some imaginary slopers to top out.

Start from the sit start on phone sex, reach the finish jug of that problem but get set up, head into the 'Leg Spinner' dyno and topout.

Traverse the full boulder. One for the pumpers.

Reverse 'Phone Sex'.

Up the flake at the right side of the boulder as you approach it from the parking area (flake's gone so this problem is either way more difficult or just not worth the trouble).

Do Phone Sex then keep traversing through reverse Call Girls until you reach the base of The Tower then do The Tower.

Stand start left arete, climb straight up and top out.

Sit start left arete, climb straight up and top out.

Stand start right arete, climb straight up and top out.

Sit start from bottom of crack, climb crack and top out.

Stand start right arete, climb up and top out (boulder to left out).

Stand start from bottom of slab, climb up and top out.

Stand start matched on rounded hold at end of horizontal block. Mantle block (opposing boulder out).

Stand start matched on rounded hold at end of horizontal block. Traverse rightwards finishing as for route 7.

Sit start at base of boulder beneath roof (opposing boulder out). Climb up, traverse leftwards along roof and finish as for "The Nipple Mantle".

Sit start at base of boulder beneath roof (opposing boulder out). Climb straight up and top out.

Stand start right side of the arete, climb straight up and top out.

Sit start right side of the arete, climb straight up and top out.

Sit start from base of left hand crack. Climb leftwards onto slab then straight up and top out.

Sit start from base of left hand crack, climb crack and top out.

Sit start from base of right hand boulder, climb arete/crack and top out.

Stand start, climb up and top out.

Sit start from base of boulder. Climb up following seam topping out at its highset point.

Sit start from base of boulder (leftside). Climb up and top out.

Sit start right arete, climb up and top out.

Sit start large rail, climb up and top out.

Sit start base of crack, climb up and top top.

Sit start from base of prow, climb up and top out.

Sit start from large flake. Climb up and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Stand start from base of arete. Climb arete and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Stand start from base of arete. Climb arete and top out.

Stand start from base of flake. Climb flake and top out. Classic. One of the best at this grade in Canberra!

Sit start from base of flake. Climb flake and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Stand start from base of corner. Climb corner and top out.

Stand start from base of arete. Climb arete and top out.

Sit start then climb up and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Sit start (left of arete) on rail. Climb face\arete and top out.

Stand start corner, climb corner and top out.

Sit start undercut arete, climb arete and top out.

Sit start rounded arete, climb arete and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Sit start then climb up and top out.

Sit start then traverse left across face finishing as for rounded arete.

Sit start at the left of the boulder and traverse right (staying off the top) until the right arête, then top out.

Sit start from slot, climb onto back of boulder and top out.

Sit start from slot, climb right arete and top out.

Sit start from slot, traverse across prow, then across face at 45 degree angle topping out as for left arete.

Linking the V6 sitstart into Frankenruby to add a bit of spice

Sit start from slot at base of corner, climb prow and top out.

Bevan Ashby

Sit start from slot at base of corner, climb corner and top out.

Sit start at base of corner, climb left through corner and then across arete at 45 degree angle topping out as for left arete. Similar difficulty to 6.

Sit start from left side pull, climb into corner and top out.

Sit start from left side pull, then across face at 45 degree angle topping out as for left arete.

Sit start at base of corner, climb left through corner but stay low and go directly from the big jug to the left arete, then climb arete/face and top out.

Stand start left arete, climb arete/face and top out.

Sit start left arete, climb arete/face and top out.

Stand start on edges, climb face then top out.

Stand start on edges, traverse across face at 45 degree angle topping out as for left arete.

Sit start on edges, climb face then top out.

Stand start at base of arete, climb arete and top out (this route is also the best decent).

Stand start middle of wall, climb face and top out.

Stand start about 2m right of left arete, climb left onto arete and top out.

Stand start at base of arete, climb arete and top out.

Stand start about 2m left of arete, climb sloping holds and top out.

Stand start at base of corner, climb corner and top out.

Stand start about 2m left of corner, climb face and top out.

Stand start from left hand crimp and low right hand undercling, up prow to insecure top out.

Stand start on the face with a left hand crimp, right hand side pull and climb straight up.

Sit start on high crimps and follow line of small crimps to the top.

Stand start to Snakes and Ladders from high crimp.

Sit start on thin horizontal crimp and head straight up finishing to the left of the V7 traverse.

Sit start on good low edge and traverse right on small crimps to top out.

Stand start at bottom of feature and follow juggy rising traverse up the arete.

Sit start hand crack in gully. Span out right up finger crack on poor feet

Sitstart by slots underneath huge flake, up and mantle the corner.

Sitstart the middle of face on jug. Up then trend rightward to mantle.

Sitstart the middle of face on jug. Straight up and mantle into groove.

Unknown name/ grade. Something goes up the middle, unsure if it starts on the left or right.

Sit start and move left onto slab via long move.

Stand start. Deadpoint to crimp rail and then balance top out.

Sit start with left hand sharp crimp and right hand sloper (detached block at base is out). Funky moves with bad feat lead to a tricky top out.

Stand start on right crimp and slopey edge then climb up.

Stand start on the slopey top edge then climb up.

Stand on obvious ledge straight up using left sidepull and small crimps.

Stand start at crack and climb up. Wobbly pillar is in however it might come loose sometime.

Stand start on slopy lip then mantle the corner and climb up the mossy slab. Don't brush the moss off for extra top out fun.

Stand start and up slab between two aretes.

Stand start and compress up pointed face.

Layback the crack and top out.