Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside Pinch Out Boulder | |||||
Arete Proj
Stand start on good left hand and less good 2 finger pocket with poor feet and up left arete with big moves and bad holds. Stick to the arete as the face holds are a bit chossy | 4m | ||||
Face Proj Direct
Direct start to Face Proj | |||||
Face Climb Proj
Stand start on broken face hold and right hand jug on hanging flake. Up and left with interesting beta on some suspect holds to cool ironstone pockets before topping out. | 4m | ||||
V3 | ★★ Intrusion
Stand start on broken pinch. Up and left to big gutter FA: Shane Yates, 2022 | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside The Bowlder | |||||
V2 | ★★ Pahoehoe
Sit start on jugs to the left of the Caldera, and up fun moves on jug rail. Very good FA: Louise Howarth, 2021 | 3m | |||
V5 | ★★★ The Caldera
Sit start on crimps and climb up and right to lip of the bowl to top out up FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 2021 | 3m | |||
V3 | ★★ Eruption
Cool dyno from left hand and crimp right hand undercling to jug on peak of boulder FA: Shane Yates, 2022 | 2m | |||
V5 | ★★ Volcano
Start as for Caldera finishing with the Eruption dyno FA: Shane Yates, 2022 | 3m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside Hornfels boulder | |||||
Hornfels Proj
Big move from slopey pinch gaston to jug over sketchy landing. Topout looks very hard | |||||
V5 | ★★ Siderite
Stand start on good side pull and move up and right to mantle onto slab to top out. Pick your feet well FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 21 Aug 2021 | 4m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside Crack Lovers Area | |||||
V0 | ★★ Pop Up Slab
Smaller boulder just in front of Crack Lovers facing the road. Stand start and pop up slab. Fun one mover FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 18 Sep 2022 | 3m | |||
V5/6 | ★★★ Crack Lovers
Sit start in crack on 2 finger jams and jam/layback up crack to some proper palm jamming up top. FA: Tomás Briones López, 2022 | 5m | |||
Arete Proj
Up the blunt arete on the right of Crack Lovers. Looks moderate | 4m | ||||
V4 | ★ Offset
Stand start on jug and undercling and up big move on decent holds to a struggle in the offwidth crack to mantle. Feels desperate FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 7 Sep 2022 | 3m | |||
V8 | ★★ Traverse Fault
Sit start at start of The Hanging Wall Proj and traverse left on worsening crimps into the start of Offset to finish as for that problem FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 7 Sep 2022 | 3m | |||
Natural Science proj
Left side of the face | |||||
The Hanging Wall Proj
Tall, overhanging, striking boulder. Looks to be vhard | 5m | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside Stratum | |||||
V1 | ★★ Angel In Realtime
Stand start inside cave with under cling, move around to the right and up the face. Avoid using top-side edge during climb. FA: Blake Muir, 5 Mar 2022 | 5m | |||
V0 | ★★ Expert in a Dying Field
Sit start on jugs and up to finish as for Angel in Realtime FA: Blake Muir, 5 Mar 2022 | 3m | |||
VB | ★ 6th Avenue
Sit start on crimp ledge and up slab via edge ladder FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 2023 | 2m | |||
V0 | ★ 7th Avenue
Sit start on jugs of 8th Avenue then up slab to the left via palm press and crimps FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 2023 | 2m | |||
V1 | ★★ 8th Avenue
Sit start, climb up face to top out, lots of nice jugs up top to use FA: Blake Muir, 11 Mar 2022 | 3m | |||
V3 | ★★★ Capricorn Dancer
Sit start in front of the cave on the lower side of the Boulder. Traverse up all the way up and around linking up with 8th Avenue to top out. FA: Blake Muir, 11 Mar 2022 | 12m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside Lichen Boulder | |||||
V2/3 | ★★ Are you lichen at me
Cramped sit start on 2 pockets and up face to the right on good crimps and edges to crux move up top slapping to jug hole FA: Shane Yates, 1 Mar 2022 | 3m | |||
V3 | ★★ Lichenthrope
Same start as Hole of Glory, but up and left to more difficult mantle. Very cool FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 1 Mar 2022 | 3m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside The Atoll The Fold | |||||
V2/3 | ★★ In the Fold
Crouch start on left of boulder. Traverse right and up through cool corner to mantle crux FA: Shane Yates, 16 Feb 2022 | 2m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside The Atoll Flatiron | |||||
V2 | ★ Flat Iron Plate
Crouch start matched on good pocket then up slab before a pretty epic palm press to finish. Don't use arete for assistance. FA: Blake Muir, 26 Jan 2022 | 5m | |||
V1 | ★★ Scandi Grind
Stand start on high side of 5m arete and climb up using good jugs on arete to top out. FA: Blake Muir, 26 Jan 2022 | 5m | |||
Other Arete Proj
Stand start up Scandi Grind's downhill side | 6m | ||||
Arete Trav Proj
Up right hand side arete to the underhung section, traverse left along small horizontal crack and then up the vertical crack in the centre | 5m | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside The Atoll Two Sisters | |||||
Micro Thimble Orbit Traverse Proj
Sit start on uphill side of largest boulder. Orbit traverse the largest of the two sister thimble boulders counter-clockwise. Don't use the top during traverse. Holds have been cleaned but not yet sent. Maybe v4? | 2m | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside The Atoll Tilted Boulder | |||||
V6 | ★★ Tilted
Stand start on good flat (left leaning) edges and make big move up to some bad slopers. Quite an off balance climb Don't use any of the pebbles in the thin band, they're highly likely to come out FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 7 Feb 2023 | 3m | |||
V8 | ★★ Sit Down Before You Get Tilted
Sit start on slopey right and and good left hand with cramped feet. A couple hard hand and foot moves into the start of Tilted FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 12 Jul 2023 | 3m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside The Atoll Massive Boulder | |||||
Supermassive Proj
Sit start in cave and up and out arete to climb left to difficult mantle and slab. Needs some more cleaning. ~V8+ | |||||
Semi-massive proj
Face climb. Not much down low with a decent looking hold halfway up. Holds look a bit sus. | |||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside The Atoll The Pint | |||||
Off Width Proj
Highball offwidth for first half then transition onto left hand side arete and up to large dish/cave topping out via the centre. Needs cleaning. | 10m | ||||
Face Climb Proj
Stand start and straight up the face. Highball. Needs cleaning. Landing okish but needs a bit of cleanup. | 10m | ||||
Right Face Proj
Super highball. Stand start up right hand side of Pint via the sheered face. Top out. Needs cleaning. Landing is very sketchy. | 10m | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside NorthWest Zone | |||||
Very tall arete proj
Up very tall sharp arete. Looks not too bad but needs a scrub | 7m | ||||
Also very tall arete proj
Slightly shorter but still tall rounded arete proj | |||||
V9 R | ★★★ Witwatersrand
Sit start on jug and undercling. Hard start to easier and interesting finish Recommend at least 2 pads and good spotter so you don't fall off the ledge/cliff FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 5 Sep 2023 | 5m | |||
V3 R | ★★★ The BIF
Stand start on right hand undercling left hand nice crimps. Up via compression and face holds to slightly tricky mantle up left. Highly suggest at least 2-3 pads and a spotted or not falling at the top FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 12 Sep 2023 | 5m | |||
Arete proj
Sit start on jug, up jugs on arete. Looks good and easy | 3m | ||||
Face proj
Big move from jug up interesting face feature | |||||
Sloper lip proj
Sit start sloper lip traverse | |||||
Slab proj
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V5 | ★★ Karst Arete
Sit start on left hand crimp right hand sloper on arete and move up and left FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 12 Sep 2023 | 3m | |||
Face proj
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Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Hillside Megalodon | |||||
Hero Climb Proj
Right up the middle of the face. Some nice features but very high. Landing is ok. Downclimb is sketchy or non existent so bring a ladder. Face needs cleaning and is a bit chossy. | 7m | ||||
Face Climb Proj
Almost featureless face climb lower down. Lower holds yet to be found. Gets steeper towards to top. Super highball climb. No down climb visible so bring a ladder. | 9m | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Meteor Boulder | |||||
Other Arete Proj
Looks slightly more doable but still tall and blank | |||||
Arete proj
Looks doable but very tall and hard | |||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Petrified Logs Boulder | |||||
Easy slab proj
Easy slab up first groove | 2m | ||||
V3 | ★★ Geology is STEM
Start 2 hands on right wall and stem up corner to a fun mantle, staying in the first groove FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 3 May 2023 | 2m | |||
Arete proj
Up side pull on arete via big moves maybe | 3m | ||||
Face Proj
Start as for Petrified Crimps but moving left across face via shoulder move | 3m | ||||
V4 | ★★ Petrified Crimps
Crouch start on crimps up face FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 17 May 2023 | 3m | |||
Mantle proj
Stand start on flat jug and up left | 2m | ||||
Other arete proj
Up the other face of balancing rock eliminating the big jug | 2m | ||||
V6 | ★★ Balancing Rock
Crouch start on left hand arete and right hand bad sloper. Hard tension move then to the lip FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 25 Apr 2023 | 2m | |||
Balancing rock sit proj
Sit on lower sloper then climb into terrible start position of balancing rock | 2m | ||||
V6 | ★ Coprolite
Sit start on bad sloper crimp thing and hard cross to another sloper crimp thing before busting right to good horn near lip. FA used a bicycle on the arete FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 3 May 2023 | 2m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Pore Boulder | |||||
V5 | ★★★ Discovery
Stand start on opposing good sidepulls and up via face compression with a bit of stem feet. Mega FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 12 Jul 2023 | 4m | |||
V8 | ★★ The Sloper Prospect
Stand start on opposing poor slopers with hooks or poor feet. Up via good and bad holds to a final big throw. Mantle up left Sit start maybe possible v10+ FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 12 Jul 2023 | 3m | |||
Pathfinder Proj
Sit start to Silver Prospect | |||||
V6 | ★★ Stone Cold
Stand start on sloper and head up and left through techy and powerful moves to top out. Sitstart adds a couple fun moves on jugs FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 7 Sep 2021 | 3m | |||
V8 | ★★ You Can't See Me
Stand start in heuco and head directly up via small crimps and undercling. Bit of an eliminate FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 1 Aug 2023 | 3m | |||
V7 | ★★★ The People's Line
Start at stone cold and climb up and right through small crimps to top out above Director's Special FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 22 Sep 2021 | 3m | |||
V9 | ★★★ Nutso Bongo
Stand start on 2 sharp crimps before crux move to pinch of Director's Special. FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 13 Jan 2022 | 4m | |||
V11 | ★★★ Director's Special
Squat start on good side pulls and up burly compression on small holds. Super sick FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 13 Jan 2022 | 4m | |||
Stone Cold Sit
Sit start at Directors Special and move up and left into Stone Cold via small sharp crimps. Hard | 4m | ||||
People's Line Sit
Sit start at Directors Special and up to the left to start of The People's Line to finish as per that problem. Hard | 4m | ||||
V8 | ★★★ Lythophysa
Stand start on big underclings in interesting feature and up big moves via compression on crimps and slopers. Very fun IMPORTANT - Beta changed after an important hold broke Emmanuel Madayag (Original FA) FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 10 Apr 2021 | 4m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Listric Boulder | |||||
V2 R | ★★ Listric Arete
Up the awesome arete. Graded to include the sketchy downclimb (otherwise it's V1) FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 2021 | 5m | |||
V2 | ★★ Analogous Arete
Stand start left hand on bottom of runnel/jug and right hand in hole, and up the arete. Very nice moves Lower start with left hand on sloper goes at V3, but not as nice FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 1 Aug 2023 | 3m | |||
Interesting Feature proj
Start on bottom horn thing and up interesting feature | 2m | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Microscope Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★ PPL
Stand start on crimps and up face FA: Louise Howarth, 2021 | 3m | |||
V3 | ★★ XPL
Sit start to PPL on sidepull jugs. FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 2021 | 3m | |||
V2 | ★ 80 knots
Crack behind Microscope Boulder. Sit start, then stemming and jamming to top out left. FA: FabianSchuelke, 3 Nov 2023 | 3m | |||
V4 | ★ 94 rotate
Crouch/stand start with both hands on pale patch. Establish on poor feet and move up right to rail. Finish with interesting mantle. Be careful not to fall into the hollow stump. Edge is OUT for hands and feet. FA: FabianSchuelke, 31 Dec | 3m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Kinematics Boulder | |||||
V0 | ★ Foot Wall Slab
Up easy slab next to arete into end of Compression Strain FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 2023 | ||||
V4 | ★★ Compression Strain
Start as for Kinematics but exiting just before the top to the slab on the left FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 22 Jan 2022 | 4m | |||
V7 | ★★★ Kinematics
Stand start on arete with 2 good side pulls and up good holds to top out with a tricky mantle on the right side FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 23 Jan 2022 | 5m | |||
Face Proj
Stand start to the right of Kinematics on two decent crimps and move up and left up the lip to same mantle. v7-8? | |||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Alcove Boulder | |||||
Alcove Arete Proj
v4 ish? | 4m | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Crust Boulder | |||||
V1 | ★ Shark Fin
Sit start and up small boulder FA: Tomás Briones López, 2022 | 2m | |||
V0 | ★★★ Earth's Mantle
Mantle and palm press the first lip. And then do it again. Awesome FA: Louise Howarth, 2021 | 5m | |||
Upper Mantle Proj
Harder slab to the right of Earth's Mantle | |||||
V2 | ★★ Meteorite
Sit start on jugs and up good edges to easy mantle FA: Louise Howarth, 21 Dec 2021 | 3m | |||
V4 | ★★ Meteor-left
Start as for Meteorite but dyno from the left hand crimp to the top, eliminating the right hand sloper jug FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 21 Dec 2021 | 3m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Pyritic Boulder | |||||
V1 | ★ Cubic Cleavage
Up the right arete FA: Louise Howarth, 2021 | 3m | |||
V3 | Prismatic Cleavage
Sit start. Left hand on big sidepull, right hand on sloping gaston. Choice of feet on broken off detached block. Big span out to the arete and finish as per Cubic Cleavage. FA: FabianSchuelke, 4 Apr 2023 | ||||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Plateau Pebbles Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★ Cave baby
Sit start with left hand around arete and right hand on solid edge/crimp. Up to big flake hold then straight up. Avoid the undercling at the start, it will break. FA: FabianSchuelke, 22 Jul 2023 | 3m | |||
Mudgee and Surounds Geology Crag Cryptic Collins Boulder | |||||
VB | ★★ Tranquility Base
Couch start, handsfree inside the large lower dish and climb up the face finishing inside the cut-out/cave halfway up the boulder. A range of fun beta available to practice and try for new climbers. This seems to have almost all hold types to play on including a sloper, horn, sidepull, crimp, mono, pinch and a mantle to finish. FA: Blake Muir, 21 Feb 2022 | 3m | |||
Top Out Proj
Climb up as for Tranquillity Base but continue on up the 2nd pitch through some nice jugs and top out. Needs a clean up high. Gets sort of highball. Check the downclimb first. | 5m | ||||
Flat Wall Proj
Very clean face to right of Tranquility Base. Stand start and up a very clean Wall and up right hand face to top out. All holds yet to be found. Crux is low down, top section easier but gets sort of highball. Looks like mostly crimpy underclings down low too so kind of interesting but wall is slightly obtuse so looks doable. Not sure on grading, maybe a v3-4? | 3m | ||||
Side Face Proj
Up slopers via left face to top out. Needs a clean | 4m | ||||
V6 R | ★★★ The Index
Stand start on left arete and right hand crimp. Move up face to top out in middle of face. Crux moves at the lip. Very cool FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 20 Mar 2022 | 4m | |||
V1 | ★★★ Gneiss Arete
Compression up right arete and juggy flake, topping out on right side of arete. Very nice FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 17 Mar 2022 | 3m | |||
V4 | ★★★ Very Gneiss
Start as for The Index, traverse into start of Gneiss Arete with some cool moves to top out as for that problem FA: Emmanuel Madayag, 17 Mar 2022 | 4m |