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Winter Wall Guide

  • Grade context: AU
  • Ascents: 91

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Contributors

Thanks to the following people who have contributed to this crag guide:

Chris Brent David Jefferson Marcelo Fernandes José Taulis TG Leonardo Correa Nicola StJohn Thibaut Simon

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Table of contents

1. Winter Wall 19 routes in Cliff

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Seasonality

Sport climbing and Trad climbing

Lat / Long: -43.581109, 172.722018

RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition

FA: Patrick Stadie, 2000

22 Sport 16m, 5
2 Naughty But Nice

FA: Simon Middlemass, 1993

20 Sport 16m, 5
3 Speak Hers Corner

Warning Fixed Gear: Rusted maillon

FA: Ngaio Colville, 1993

19 Sport 14m, 4
4 Quake Effect

Hard start on very small crimps to second bolt. Beautiful face climbing after that.

FA: Tony Burnell, 2012

22 Sport 16m, 5
5 Moss Side

FA: Tony Burnell, 2000

22 Sport 14m, 4
6 Manchunian Way

FA: Tony Burnell, 2000

22 Sport 16m, 5
7 The Rocket

FA: Hugh Matthews, 1997

21 Sport 15m, 4
8 Once Were Wombats

Start right of The Rocket, between the large corokia and the harakeke. Climb the techy face to beneath the roof, clip the bolt, and make a series of hard moves to get established on the slab. Run it out to the anchors.

Note: please be careful to avoid damaging the broadleaf trees and flax plants at the base of this route.

FA: David Jefferson, Apr 2022

24 Sport 15m, 6
9 A Great Day For Up

FA: Lindsay Main, 2000

20 Mixed trad 1
10 If I Ran The Circus

FA: Lindsay Main, 2000

21 Mixed trad 3
11 Scar Face

FA: Tony Burnell, 2022

22 Sport 4
12 Hey Seuss

FA: Marcus Thomas, 2000

22 Mixed trad 1
13 Orange Roughy

Destroyed during the earthquakes.

22 Sport
14 12XU

Destroyed during the earthquakes.

21 Trad
15 El Dorado

Destroyed during the earthquakes.

19 Sport
16 Scar Tissue

Start immediately to the right of the earthquake scar. A technical face leads to steeper terrain higher up.

FA: Tony Burnell, 27 Apr 2022

20 Sport 13m, 4
17 Self Discipline

FA: Joe Arts, 2000

19 Sport 12m, 2
18 Waltzing In The Hills

FA: Joe Arts, 2000

16 Trad
19 Gorgeous Groove 12 Trad

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
12 Gorgeous Groove Trad
16 Waltzing In The Hills Trad
19 El Dorado Sport
Self Discipline Sport 12m, 2
Speak Hers Corner Sport 14m, 4
20 A Great Day For Up Mixed trad 1
Naughty But Nice Sport 16m, 5
Scar Tissue Sport 13m, 4
21 12XU Trad
If I Ran The Circus Mixed trad 3
The Rocket Sport 15m, 4
22 Hey Seuss Mixed trad 1
Manchunian Way Sport 16m, 5
Moss Side Sport 14m, 4
Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition Sport 16m, 5
Orange Roughy Sport
Quake Effect Sport 16m, 5
Scar Face Sport 4
24 Once Were Wombats Sport 15m, 6
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