Showing all 34 routes.
Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | Crag | |
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19 | ★★ Unacceptable In The 80s
The line of bolts just right of Echidna (sharing the first bolt).
FA: Chris Warner & Ku Barry, 2010 | 90m, 2, 8 | Orroral area | ||
20 | ★★ Psychosomatic
Fantastic slab climbing on small edges. Just left of Mind and Body, this route is well equipped with bolts to rap anchors. Some gear is handy at the Zog Traverse (sloping ledge). 35m lower-off - 70m rope required. It is possible to continue up Astradyne or Mind and Body, both of which are run-out with 1 bolt and minimal gear; or up Lepton pitch 4 (nice climbing with good gear). FA: Chris Warner & Chris Fitzgerald, 2010 | 35m | Orroral area | ||
21 | ★★ A Wedding and a Baby in February
Start just inside the entrance to Square Gully on the left (North) side. Up the very-open book corner past 4 bolts, staying out of the darker rock of Jack of Diamonds. Pull over onto easier ground and up right to belay as for Peter Pan. Gear required above the fourth bolt. 30m rap into gully from a flat-topped boulder near the head of the gully. FA: Jamie Valdivia, 2010 | 35m, 4 | Orroral area | ||
25 | ★★★ Equanimity
A fine addition between No Beans and Roy's Crack. Sustained desperation. Bring your best rubber and lots of draws. There is an anchor station at the top. Double ropes are required for rap. FA: Jamie Valdivia, 2011 | 50m, 16 | Orroral area | ||
28 | ★★★ Liquidation
Batman start. Excellent moves on an overhanging dyke of smooth granite on mostly big holds. 27 or 28. Set: Justin Ryan, 2006 FFA: Justin Ryan, 17 Jan 2015 | 11m, 4 | Orroral area | ||
28 | ★★★ Liquidation
Batman start. Excellent moves on an overhanging dyke of smooth granite on mostly big holds. 27 or 28. Set: Justin Ryan, 2006 FFA: Justin Ryan, 17 Jan 2015 | 11m, 4 | Orroral area | ||
21 | ★★ Modern Times direct finish
Up wall past four bolts as for Modern Times to overlap / roof. Clip a bolt on the lip then blast up the headwall on jugs. Double rings to belay and rap. FA: Damian Javanovic, 2010 | 15m, 5 | Orroral area | ||
17 | ★★★ The Northern Express
Now the longest route in the ACT at over 600 metres. An awesome low commitment adventure and perfect on a sunny Winter day. Start up 'Melmoth' and then reverse 'The Girdle Traverse: Extended Dance Mix' all the way to join 'Hermes' and up this route then climb the scrubby gully and some 4th Class scrambling above to top out at the summit of the mountain. The First Ascent was done mainly simul climbing in 4 huge pitches but it can be done in as many pitches as you need or are comfortable with as there are many options along the way for belays. FFA: Duncan Brown & Ryan Macpherson, 16 Jun 2019 FA: Duncan Brown & Ryan Macpherson, 16 Jun 2019 | 600m, 4 | Orroral area | ||
17 | ★★★ The Northern Express
Now the longest route in the ACT at over 600 metres. An awesome low commitment adventure and perfect on a sunny Winter day. Start up 'Melmoth' and then reverse 'The Girdle Traverse: Extended Dance Mix' all the way to join 'Hermes' and up this route then climb the scrubby gully and some 4th Class scrambling above to top out at the summit of the mountain. The First Ascent was done mainly simul climbing in 4 huge pitches but it can be done in as many pitches as you need or are comfortable with as there are many options along the way for belays. FFA: Duncan Brown & Ryan Macpherson, 16 Jun 2019 FA: Duncan Brown & Ryan Macpherson, 16 Jun 2019 | 600m, 4 | Orroral area | ||
20 | ★★ Wicked Witch of the West
Start on the block above the third pitch of Determinant, or at DBB level with the start of the crack.
FA: 1974, Keith Neil, John Fantini, Jamie Valdivia, Oliver Story & 1974-, 2015 | 60m, 3 | Orroral area | ||
24 | ★ Hot Girl Summer
Up Jacob, then onto the slab and straight up past two bolts to a reachy crux and lower-off. FA: Dave Cook & Carl Godfrey, Dec 2021 | 30m, 2 | Orroral area | ||
20 | ★★ Bananas in Pyjamas
A comparatively direct and well-protected route up the left side of the central slabs. Take a light rack and plenty of quickdraws. Start 20m left of Outer Limit, just left of the access rope for the Snickers Wall ledge.
FA: Jamie Valdivia, Daniel Gordon (P1-3); Jamie Valdivia & Enzo Giuarino (P4 B1); Enzo / Jamie (P4 B2), 2014 | 100m, 4, 7 | Orroral area | ||
14 | ★ Aquanaut Direct Start
An obvious line that looks a bit unpleasant and menacing. Surprisingly steep for the Northern Slabs. Start 25m left of Picnic at a thin crack in a slab beneath a small overhang. Up crack to overlap, climb overlap then either right or left to surmount the small overhang. Continue up the slab to the start of Aquanaut. Either finish up Aquanaut or scramble left along the vegetated ramp to return to the base of the cliff. FA: brian mattick & Robert Douglas, 2013 | 15m | Orroral area | ||
24 | ★★ Don't You Know I'm Loco
Start just inside the entrance to Square Gully on the right-hand side. Up the vertical face for five metres. A hard move to pull over onto the slab, up the slab then vertical wall with sloping ramp. A tricky move to exit the face onto the top of the slab above. Head left up the slab to finish at the same anchor as African Walking Tree. 30m rap to ground. FA: Jamie Valdivia, 2010 | 35m, 10 | Orroral area | ||
17 | ★★★ The Girdle Traverse: Extended Dance Mix
The second longest route in the ACT, and one of the longest in Australia. Probably just less than 500 metres, but potential over that if you get lost along the way. The description for this is basically as per "The Girdle Traverse", but add a lot more climbing to the end to make the route traverse the Northern Buttress in its entirety. Traverses the 'North Buttress' from right to left at a fairly even standard, if you don't get lost... (see various topos). Start below the prominent chimney of 'Roderick' ('Cave wall' lower tier). When the Original traverse gets to "Denethor" continue traversing left across the Northern Slabs past the second rap station of "Counterbalance" ", the second last belay of "Equilibrium", the last belay of "Hands Free", then traverse an unknown line left under an overlap to join "Sunstroke" halfway through its last pitch, continue left and finish up the last pitch of "Drunken Delight". This was done in a bunch of mostly rope stretching 50+ metre pitches, in 10 pitches in total. It could be done in many other pitch combinations so just follow your nose and belay wherever seems appropriate for you. It may be a girdle link up, BUT this makes for a stellar day out on a great wall and is the closest thing to a big wall free route that you could hope for in the ACT. Well worth a long, fun day out! FA: Duncan Brown & Ray Spencer, 23 Apr 2017 | 500m, 10 | Orroral area | ||
22 | ★★★ Double Canasta
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12m
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25m
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19
54m
Will this sporty route re-ignite the slab-climbing craze of Booroomba's heyday? Try it yourself to find out. Start 25m left of 'Closer In'. Do some pull-ups on a nearby tree to warm up for the first-move crux.
FA: Oliver Story & Carl Godfrey, 29 Oct 2016 | 91m, 3, 10 | Orroral area | ||
23 | ★ The Naked Chef
A derivative route cooked up by Jamie and Oliver that combines a direct start to A Little Dab'll Do Ya with a continuation up the headwall to the right of Integral (six bolts plus gear). Start 2m right of Integral. Up past a bolt to join ALDDY at the gear placements right of Integral. Follow ALDDY past another bolt and up the slab above. Follow the line of least resistance and most gear to the right and then back left to the first bolt on the headwall. Up past three more bolts. First ascent done with supplementary gear in Integral to make it to the headwall - another bolt now removes the need for this. The headwall can also be climbed independently by starting from the base of Dangermouse and traversing left to the line of bolts. FA: Oliver Story & Jamie Valdivia, 2011 | 45m, 7 | Orroral area | ||
21 | ★★ Miles Apart
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18
45m
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21
55m
Start as for Jubilate.
FA: Oliver Story & Jamie Valdivia, 10 Dec 2017 | 100m, 2, 9 | Orroral area | ||
16 | ★ Grandad's Big Day Out
Has an entertaining and unusual move in each pitch. Start at the 2nd belay of Equilibrium.
Update (2019): the top of the flake on P2 is cracked and likely will come off with a big tug. FA: brian mattick & Peter Cunningham (alt), 2013 | 32m, 2 | Orroral area | ||
15 | ★★ Liz LH Variant Finish
FA: G. Evans & A. Hall (alt), 2006 | 45m, 2 | Orroral area | ||
29 | ★★★ Truth
Start as for Boy's Brigade to the good holds on the traverse then take the water streak straight up, following the bolts, for a muscle fatiguing experience. A desperate direct start past one bolt awaits an ascent. Set: Chris Warner & Jamie Valdivia FA: Jamie Valdivia, 2000 | 25m | Orroral area | ||
24 | ★★ Mega-Jules
An excellent direct climb up the slabs and headwall. Start left of the pillar of 'Closer In' and just right of 'Space Wasted', directly below bolts in blankness. The third pitch could now be one of the best at Booroomba.
FA: Jamie Valdivia, 2016 | 140m, 3 | Orroral area | ||
19 | ★ Scorpio
The right leaning off-width 2m right of Punk. FA: B Aikman, Oct 2018 | 12m | Orroral area | ||
9 | Feeling Lucky?
The chimney 3m left of Magnum Force. FA: B Aikman, Nov 2018 | 12m | Orroral area | ||
15 | All at Sea
From the 3rd belay on Denethor, move past the start to the Ivory Coast crack, then follow the rising, featured scoop with good gear, to the barren slab. Straight up the steepening slab to shallow grooves and the large flake for some welcome protection. Around right or over the flake to the top. FA: John Wilson, Geoff Gardiner & Robert Douglas, 18 May 2014 | 45m | Orroral area | ||
13 | Punk
The right leaning chimney capped by a large chockstone. FA: B Aikman & Dave McGregor, Nov 2018 | 15m | Orroral area | ||
19 | ★ The Enforcer
The flared hand crack in the alcove 30m down hill from Magnum Force. FA: B Aikman & Dave McGregor, Nov 2018 | 7m | Orroral area | ||
21 | Hold your tongue
Start as for Modern Times, at the edge of the boulder above the belay. Clip the first bolt on Modern Times. Step left past a second bolt, then up the vague open-book corner past some gear. Up the blunt arete past another bolt then more easily to the top. FA: Oliver Story & Damian Javanovic, 2010 | 15m, 3 | Orroral area | ||
18 | Spatch
Start 5m left and down from the start of Incisor just right of the arete. Climb up through two horizontal breaks then up left around the arete to finish more easily up a groove to the belay for Incisor/Indecision. It is well protected with natural gear. FA: Nick Herald & Oliver Story, 2005 | 25m | Orroral area | ||
23 | ★ The Valerie Plame Affair
The bolts just to the left of Cakes and Ale. Shares anchors with Cakes and Ale. FA: Justin Ryan, 2006 | 20m, 5 | Orroral area | ||
19 | Drogue
The crag warm-up on nicely featured rock. From Crackers head right 20m, round the next bolted arete and across the small gully. FA: Jamie Valdivia, 2022 | 12m, 4 | Orroral area | ||
Pending 1
The arete right of Crackers. Set: Jamie Valdivia, 2022 | 20m, 5 | Orroral area | |||
18 | Hands Free
A balancy, exposed climb unfortunately marred by too much lichen. Start at the 2nd belay of 'Bird of Prey'. Take long slings to reduce rope drag. Move left from the belay, then up and right to the slab above the belay. Climb right below the overlap then down and around the prow and up the slab until it’s possible to pull up left onto the higher slab. Easier climbing diagonally left to join Ephemeros at the 2nd belay (about 20m away). FA: brian mattick & Robert Douglas, 2013 | 35m | Orroral area | ||
23 | Paratrooper
Two blocks right of High Roller is a good bolted route up the disappearing flake (gear to start). FA: Andrew Bull, 2023 | 25m, 5 | Orroral area |
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