Grade Route Gear style Popularity
V12
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering George's Boulder
V12 Mitosis

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.

FA: Stephen Waring, 17 Jun 2018

Boulder 4m
V11
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering George's Boulder
V11 Blood Moon

Start as for Phone Sex and finish through Shape Shifters.

FA: Chris Webb Parsons, 16 Apr 2014

Boulder 6m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area North Cohiba
V11 Automaton

Sit start then climb up and top out. No stacking pads for SS.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 23 Sep 2020

Boulder 5m
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering The Lonesome Area
V11 Lonesome

FA: Chris Webb Parsons, 2003

Boulder
32
Orroral area Orroral Ridge Tower Rocks
32 Vertigo

Finally freed but still popular as an aid climb, hence double bolts at the top of the wall. The impressive overhanging crack on the valley side. Up the crack to the fork and take the right-hand crack to the top. Also popular as a commercial abseiling site.

FA: Norm Booth & Lincoln Hall, 1972

FFA: Daniel Fisher, Sep 2019

Trad 36m
V10
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering The Hideaway Banana Hill Bouldering
V10 Aerial Shooting

Stand start matched on flat crimp with poor feet. Traverse right on crimps to mantle.

FA: Pete, 3 Jun 2023

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering George's Boulder
V10 Shape Shifters

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.

FA: Chris Warner, 2008

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Cantaloupe Hill Glitz Rock
V10 Derailment

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

CMCC

FA: Ashby Cooper, 11 Oct 2020

Boulder
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area Lynch Blocs
V10 Afterlife

start on crimps in the in the crack right of hangman. bust up into the rooflet then join back into hangman to topout

FA: Todd Stewart, 3 Sep 2022

Boulder
V10 High Noon

Stand start under the blunt arete, use the pencil crimp to get into the undercling in the little roof and top out

FA: Stephen, 17 Sep 2022

Boulder
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering Main Area
V10 Free Balling

Sit start from lefthand sidepull then climb up and top out. No stacking pads.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 23 Nov 2018

Boulder 3m
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering The Hill
V10 Wig and Pen

Sit start as for Power Up, then make hard moves right into to the start holds of Muy Forte and finish up that climb.

CMCC

FA: Nick White, Jun 2019

Boulder
V10 Bent Spoke

Sit start as for percival low traversing along slopers/staying as low as possible, then reverse Muy Forte Left and finish up Muy Forte.

FA: Daniel Fisher, 1 Aug 2014

Boulder 4m
V9/10
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Cantaloupe Hill Glitz Rock
V9/10 Stop with the Stopping Stations

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

FA: Nick White, 14 Jul 2018

Boulder
V9
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Snake Rock Boulders Cartman Boulder
V9 Sweets

Stand start then climb up and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 1 Nov 2015

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Snake Rock Boulders Roadside Boulders
V9 I'm Not Your Bitch

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

FA: Bevan Ashby, 14 Oct 2015

Boulder 4m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering George's Boulder
V9 Phone Extension

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.

FA: Andrew Bull, 2008

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Cantaloupe Hill Glitz Rock
V9 Stopping Absolutely All Stations

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

FA: Brendon Jones, 2 Jun 2018

Boulder 8m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area North Cohiba
V9 Automaton Stand

Stand start with LH on arete and RH on incut sidepull then climb up and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 24 Aug 2020

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area Cohiba Castro
V9 Kid Kenobi

Sit start from slot then climb up and top out. NOTE: seeps for at least a day after decent rain.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 19 Oct 2020

Boulder 4m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area Cohiba Teenage Angst Sector
V9 Mr Negative

Sit start from base of arete then climb up and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 25 Jun 2016

Boulder 4m
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering Upper Main Area
V9 Got My Mojo Working

Stand start on the big sidepull jug and small crimp, then make hard moves left reversing 'The Mojo Connection' to the crimp rail before topping out as for 'Mr Mojo'.

CMCC

FA: Nick White, 29 Oct 2019

Boulder 3m
Canberra Cooleman Ridge Bouldering Horse Paddock Boulders
V9 Nuclear Power

Diesel Power without the chipped holds. Sit start using right hand gaston and left hand on vague arete. Climb bulge and top out. No stacking pads.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 29 May 2015

Boulder 3m
Canberra Cooleman Ridge Bouldering V8 Traverse
V9 One Of These Days

Start as for Fairly Standard Lowball and after the crux moves of this climb traverse right as for Cassius. Consistently hard moves until you hit the glory jug.

FA: Nick White, 4 Jul 2021

Boulder 5m
V8/9
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering George's Boulder
V8/9 My Toe Cyst

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

FA: Dan Rooney, Apr 2021

Boulder
30
Mt Coree area Hollywood
30 Call It 29

FA: Chris Webb Parsons, 2006

Sport
Mt Coree area Lost Vegas Main walls
30 Marital Duties

Up slab to tricky roof then a pumpy headwall.

FA: Miha Kern, 11 Feb 2023

Sport 20m
V8
Orroral area Orroral Valley Orroral Valley Bouldering Sweets n Goose Sector Sector 5
V8 Sweets n Goose

Stand start then climb up and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 6 Jul 2017

Boulder 8m
Orroral area Orroral Ridge The Lego Blocs (Bouldering)
V8 Doomsday

FA: Justin Ryan, 2013

Boulder 7m
Orroral area Orroral Ridge The Breadloaf (bouldering)
V8 Bakers Dozen

On the side that faces down valley, left of the overhanging arete. Stand start on edges up to the mantel on the face.

FA: Andrew Bull, 2008

Boulder
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Strawberry Fields
V8 Ringo Starr

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

FA: Andrew Bull, Sep 2023

Boulder 3m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Snake Rock Boulders Trackside Boulder
V8 FrankenRuby

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

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 30 Apr 2015

Boulder 4m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering George's Boulder
V8 Phone Sex with a Happy Ending

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!).

FA: Nick White, 8 Jul 2018

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area Cohiba Valinor Boulder
V8 Tulkas

Hang start on right hand jug, traverse left on crimps and slopers, mantle

FA: Tim Williams, May 2022

Boulder 3m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Laurel Camp Rd Tumblers
V8 Funk Star Deluxe

Stand start from face/arete right of corner. Done on face crimps. Or the Warner version of a classic arete dyno to flat jug.

FA: Justin Ryan, 2002

Boulder 5m
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering Atlantis Main Sector
V8 Stranger Things

Stand start on obvious block jug. Move left and up to top out ignoring the pedestal boulder for feet.

FA: Joe, 12 Nov 2017

Boulder
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering The Middles
V8 Idle Hands (AKA Dunkin' Direct)

Start to the right of Slam Dunkin' on a blunt crimp and an obvious thick edge. High feet on the right. Move through sharp crimp in seam and blocky hold on the left to join SD at sharp crimp (the one you throw out right to) on SD. Finish as for SD.

FA: Joe Horan, 24 Nov 2015

Boulder
V8 Arabian Nights

Friendly looking seam 5m left of the WW slab. Standing compression start between seam and crimpy side pull. Move up via some strong laybacking. Dynamic finish.

FA: Neil Wallace, 31 Aug 2014

Boulder 3m
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering The Hill
V8 Muy Forte Middle

Stand start from underclings, as for Muy Forte, then climb straight up using right hand gaston and top out (eliminating the right hand slot used on the standard Muy Forte problem).

FA: Bevan Ashby, 3 Jun 2015

Boulder 4m
V8 Powered Up Bogan

Start at the Power Up crimps, make a big move to the Bogan sloper and finish directly up.

CMCC

FA: MIchael Yuen, 3 Aug 2019

Boulder 3m
Canberra Mount Mugga Mugga The Irish Block
V8 Kicking Against The Pricks

Sit start at Lax Ligaments, and traverse up and left to finish at the very end of the face/start of the arête.

FA: Nick White, 6 Dec 2020

Boulder 7m
V8 The Swamp Factor

Sit start as for Factor B and then traverse right through some tough moves to hit the arete. finish as for Moonshine.

FA: Nick Churchill, Nov 2022

Boulder 3m
V8 Factor B

Sit start from undercling/gaston then climb up using high right sloper and top out. No stacking pads for SS. Note: There was no footer left of the starting holds for the FA. A new footer was revealed after the block to the left became loose and was removed. Now easier/downgraded.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 24 May 2021

Boulder 3m
Canberra Cooleman Ridge Bouldering Horse Paddock Boulders
V8 Chipped Frankenstein

Sit start jug right hand arete, traverse leftwards into Ares finishing up the latter.

Set: Justin Ryan, 2012

Boulder 6m
V8 Chipped Zeus

Probably the best face climb on the Ridge. Powerful and delicate, requiring great body tension and with a demanding topout.

Set: Justin Ryan, 2008

Boulder 3m
V8 Horse Stories

Sit start at Ares, traverse right and then finish up Hades.

FA: Nick White, 4 Jul 2021

Boulder 5m
V7/8
Canberra Buildering Alfred Deakin High School
V7/8 Bisk limpket

on the outside of the gym on the wall facing the main school building there is the obvious climbable wall. on this wall there are 2 green pipes to the left of the right most pipe there is a crack start with your left hand in this crack and head straight up

FA: Alek Gough, 16 Sep 2023

BoulderProject 4m
29
Orroral area Booroomba Rocks North Buttress Snickers Wall
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

Sport 25m
Mt Coree area Bendora Cow Flat Creek lower
29 unknown

Steep route through the first cave on the lefthand side of the creek. NW from Violent Crumble across the gully.

FA: George Feig, 2000

Sport
Mt Coree area Lost Vegas Main walls
29 Blood Eagle

Start as for Vikings. From Vikings anchor, climb to break and up two bolts. From here take the right line of bolts. Finish as for Flirtation.

Set: Justin Ryan, 2013

FA: Joe Horan, 15 May 2014

Sport 32m
29 Blood Eagle

Start as for Vikings. From Vikings anchor, climb to break and up two bolts. From here take the right line of bolts. Finish as for Flirtation.

Set: Justin Ryan, 2013

FA: Joe Horan, 15 May 2014

Sport 32m
29 Valhalla

Climb Vikings and continue to a no hands rest at the break. Make your way through the undercut bulge and blast up the centre of the headwall.

FA: Justin Ryan

Set: Justin Ryan, 1 Mar 2015

Sport 33m, 18
29 Her

An incredible route through the steep wall up high. Can be finished at the no hands rest half way at grade 22.

FA: chris warner

FA: Miha Kern, 19 Mar 2023

Sport 25m
28
Orroral area Booroomba Rocks The Practice Boulder
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

Sport 11m, 4
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

Sport 11m, 4
Mt Coree area Hollywood
28 Revenge Of The Sit

A bit of a unique boulder-route hybrid that makes for a great endurance route at a usually short and burly crag. Start on the good holds at the base of 'Weasels Ripped My Flesh' and traverse the sloper rail rightwards, at the good holds at the start of 'Right Here Right Now' you do a hard sequence to drop down and right a few moves to then come back up into the start of '200 Motels' and the other routes that start here. Continue up 'Return Of The Real' all the way to its anchors.

The best way to do this is to start tied in and ready to lead and have your belayer walk the rope along with you until you clip the first bolt and then climb on as usual. A single crash mat protecting the crux of the boulder is sufficient to make this boulder-route safe and enjoyable.

It's different, it's neither a route nor a boulder, but it IS really fun climbing - have a go! The traverse on its own finishing at the jugs at the first bolt is around V7. Starting at the jugs halfway through the traverse is about V6 and finishing up 'Return Of The Real' from here is about 27. A much harder version finishing up '200 Motels' would add 1 or 2 grades to that route.

FA: Duncan Brown, 7 Feb 2021

Sport 30m, 7
Mt Coree area Lost Vegas Main walls
28 Flirthalla

Linkup. Climb the first crux of Flirtation, traverse across Blood Eagle into Valhalla and continue up that.

FA: Dave Cook, Feb 2022

Sport 20m
28 Flirtation

Great route, great position. Access via the rungs to chains. Best to belay from ground, able to lower off with 60m rope on stretch - tie a knot.

Set: Chris Warner, 2013

FA: Kumari Barry, 2013

Sport 20m
28 Flirtation

Great route, great position. Access via the rungs to chains. Best to belay from ground, able to lower off with 60m rope on stretch - tie a knot.

Set: Chris Warner, 2013

FA: Kumari Barry, 2013

Sport 20m
Canberra Murrumbidgee River Red Rocks
28 Monkeys In Quarantine

Another mega long pumper route, rare for Canberra. Climb as for The Quarantine Zone but continue a little further right and finish up the much harder upper section of Dial M For Monkey.

Both the lower and upper sections are a bit morpho and shorter folk will find them much harder, so just take the grade that fits your experience.

A bunch of really long alpine draws all the way up Heaven Sent Honey make the rope drag on the finish headwall nearly non existent.

Really enjoyable endurance climbing and well worth the effort for anyone seeking a harder endurance route near town.

FA: Duncan Brown, 28 Mar 2020

Sport 37m, 18
28 Cheer For The Monkey

The longest and hardest of the link ups. Climb 'Cheerleader' to it's last bolt before the anchor it shares with 'Heaven Sent Honey', climb right past 2 bolts, cross 'Beautiful And Bald Like Barten' and climb the entire upper half of 'Dial M For Monkey' to its anchors.

Long, sustained, fun, pumpy and worth the effort to make it work.

FA: Duncan Brown, 18 May 2020

Sport 45m, 22
28 La Corona

All killer, no filler.

Just like the similarly named virus this route is tricky to figure out, but worth putting in the effort to solve.

Bouldery, beta intensive, power endurance climbing that doesn't relent for what seems like miles leads you to a show stopper boulder up the arête to the anchors.

Bolted by Chris Warner in 1998. Anchors replaced and several bolts moved to better positions by Duncan Brown.

* Difficulty is a bit height dependent and anyone with a short arm span will find several sections quite hard. There is also the opportunity to step left into 'Wide World Of Sports' between the 4th and 5th bolts to take a rest. If you are quite short, or deliberately go more direct and avoid stepping left you can probably take an extra grade.

FFA: Duncan Brown, 2 May 2020

Sport 18m, 9
V7
Southern ACT Gudgenby Valley The Trollshaws Rodent Rock area
V7 Common Rat

Sit start on large edge and work your way up and left to the mantle.

FA: Pete, Jan 2022

Boulder 3m
Orroral area Orroral Valley Orroral Valley Bouldering Sweets n Goose Sector Sector 4
V7 R.I.P Goosey

Sit start then climb up and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 10 Mar 2017

Boulder 4m
Orroral area Orroral Valley Orroral Valley Bouldering Sweets n Goose Sector Sector 2
V7 Bag of Meat

Sit start then climb up and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 14 Jun 2018

Boulder 5m
Orroral area Orroral Valley Orroral Valley Bouldering Good Job Randy Sector Sector 1
V7 Blah Blah Blah

Stand start from jug then climb up trending leftwards and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 1 Sep 2017

Boulder 7m
V7 Luba Luft RHV

Jump start then climb up trending rightwards and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 4 Jun 2017

Boulder 4m
Orroral area Orroral Valley Orroral Valley Bouldering Marathon 85 Sector Sector 4
V7 Apples n Meat

Sit start then climb up and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 16 Apr 2018

Boulder 5m
V7 There's Always Time for Rad

Stand start from left side of arete then climb up and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 28 Apr 2018

Boulder 6m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Scattered Boulders
V7 Nescient Treehugger

Sit start on good flake. Big moves through slopers avoiding the tree then traverse right through crimpy slots. High mantle to top out.

Pete

Set: Justin Ryan

FA: Pete, May 2022

Boulder 6m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Snake Rock Boulders Trackside Boulder
V7 3.

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

FA: Bevan Ashby, 22 May 2015

Boulder 8m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Snake Rock Boulders Cartman Boulder
V7 5.

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

FA: Bevan Ashby, 18 Nov 2015

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Snake Rock Boulders Roadside Boulders
V7 The Nipple

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

FA: Bevan Ashby, 18 Sep 2015

Boulder 4m
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road Corin Road Bouldering Cantaloupe Hill Glitz Rock
V7 Vendetta

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

FA: Chris Warner, 2004

Boulder 3m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area Lynch Blocs
V7 Hangman

Insta classic, stand start on a good jug and deadpoint or dyno to the jug. Top out with a commiting mantle. Be sure to have an exit plan.

FA: Stephen, Sep 2020

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area North Cohiba
V7 The Cohiban roof crack

Sit start with hands in the crack at the back of the cave; where it flares. Starting where the crack constricts 1/4 the way out isn't the correct start. Out and up.

FA: Andrew Bull

FA: Aug 2020

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area Cohiba The Abstinence Sector
V7 The Abstinence LHV

Sit start from rail, then climb up trending leftwards and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 22 Jun 2016

Boulder 3m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Western Area Cohiba Teenage Angst Sector
V7 Mr Negative Stand

Stand start arete then climb up and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 11 Jun 2016

Boulder 4m
Tidbinbilla area Pierce's Creek Laurel Camp Rd Tumblers
V7 White Man Can't Jump Variant

Stand start then climb up trending rightwards and top out (block on left is out).

FA: 2002

Boulder 5m
Tidbinbilla area Scout Crag Scout Crag Bouldering
V7 Flaunt

Matched sit start on left side of the arete on the crimpy sloper. Up using the crimp on the face and left arete.

FA: Pete, 2 Jun 2020

Boulder 3m
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering The Asteroid
V7 Madness in its place

Link up from the start of MiGM into the finish of EiiP. Longer than the direct MiGM but avoids the tricky mantle.

FA: James Lister, Mar 2024

Boulder 5m
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering Candy Mountain
V7 Buffalo Soldier

Sit start and follow the lip around to the right.

FA: David Pearson, 2008

Boulder
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering Main Area
V7 Baby Boy

Stand start up the arete/face left of the Thin Green Line

FA: Stephen, 4 May 2018

Boulder
Queanbeyan area Black Range bouldering The Hill
V7 Pete's Extension Extension

Sit start at Jugalicious, turn the arete and traverse left across the full face through crimps. Exit by stepping off onto the large block on the left.

CMCC

FA: Michael Yuen, 28 Jul 2019

Boulder 4m
V7 Muy Bogan

Start at the Muy Forte underclings, continue as for Muy Forte Left but then keep heading left to the crimp finish between the Warm Up and Percival the Feisty Mouse (as for Bogan).

FA: Pete, 2018

Boulder 4m
V7 The Tipsy Bull

Start as for the Warm Up and traverse the edges and slopers on the very top lip of the boulder all the way to the lip sloper on Power Up Stand Start and top out here. Feels a grade or two harder than Percival, but might not be too bad with a bigger arm span.

FA: Duncan Brown, 16 May 2021

Boulder 6m
Canberra Mount Mugga Mugga The Irish Block
V7 Lax ligaments

Sit start on slopers and up. V7 stand start fa by JL. V7.5 sit start fa by BA.

FA: Bevan Ashby & James Lister, Nov 2020

Boulder 3m
Canberra Cooleman Ridge Bouldering Sun Blocks
V7 Up and Go

Sit start beneath vertical seam, climb seam and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 13 Jul 2015

Boulder 3m
Canberra Cooleman Ridge Bouldering V8 Traverse
V7 Fairly Standard Lowball

Sit start from low rail, climb up trending rightwards and top out.

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 27 Jun 2015

Boulder 3m
Canberra Cooleman Ridge Bouldering Niblo Below Fence
V7 The King of Cooleman

Direct to route #7 arete variant. Stand start using left hand side pull beneath middle of roof. Climb roof/arete and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 4 Sep 2015

Boulder 5m
27/28
Canberra Murrumbidgee River Red Rocks
27/28 Sausage Factory

Hard, bouldery climbing up the uniquely Gritstone-esque arête joining 'Wide World Of Sports' for the last bolt and up to the shared anchor.

FFA: Justin Ryan, 2 May 2020

Sport 15m, 6
27
Orroral area Orroral Valley Tora Bora
27 Hei Sei

Stick-clip and batman to the first bolt. Proceed by following the left hand arête to double rings.

FA: Justin Ryan & Nathan Wales, 2002

Sport
Orroral area Orroral Ridge Legoland Atrium
27 Freedom Of Information
1 27
2 17

A good trad pitch on perfect rock with ample protection and amazing movement.

Frees the old aid climb "Information".

  1. Start up the off width corner, 'Oleo' and then traverse left along the finger crack that trends slightly downwards. Perfect gear all along the crack although hard to place on lead in many places so running out the cruxes is the way to go. Technical movement on bad feet and flaring, slopey finger locks along almost the whole route is the name of the game. Finish at the far left arête and do the second pitch from there.

  2. From the far left arete, continue to follow the rising crack traverse to the far left of this wall and top out to the summit from there. Technical, balancey movement for the grade and good small cams for protection. Trad belays.

FFA: Duncan Brown, 8 Jan 2017

Trad 45m, 2
Tidbinbilla area Gibraltar and Corin Road White Horse Rocks
27 Yanick the Abel

Up chimney to ledge. Pull onto beautiful blank wall & boulder your way up the thin cryptic crack to the top.

First ascent was in commemoration to Yanick Jean-legros & Andrew Abel - both loosing there lives in the mountains

Set: Ryan Macpherson

FA: Ryan Macpherson, 19 Mar 2023

Trad 20m
Mt Coree area Hollywood
27 Spelunkin' Duncan And The Exploding Pretzel Of Doom

Another fun boulder-route hybrid. Underneath and to the left of 'Bombs Away Pretzel Boy' is an obvious low jug rail, a metre or so left of this is a big two-handed flat hold and there's not really anything further left. Sit start boulder on this flat hold with your feet on the jug rail, climb feet first into the jugs and do some fun crimpy steep moves from the jug rail up into the start holds of 'Bombs Away Pretzel Boy' and then finish up this route without escaping too far right into the ledges where you can rest, just power straight up past the bolts and to the chains above as per 'Bombs Away Pretzel Boy'. The boulder on its own finishing on the ledges out to the right is perhaps V6 and very fun and worthwhile on its own despite being a bit lowball at the start. Linking into the route above makes the crux of that route feel substantially harder and a great power endurance route overall. Start tied into a rope with the first draw clipped and one pad under the crux of the boulder and it is a nice and safe little route. Enjoy!

FA: Duncan Brown, 20 Jun 2021

Sport 10m, 4
Mt Coree area Lost Vegas Main walls
27 Indecent Exposure

Tricky move to start then up blocks. Great bouldery moves up the arete on flakes and crimps in an exposed position.

Set: Chris Warner

FA: Dave Cook, May 2020

Sport 15m
Canberra Murrumbidgee River Red Rocks
27 The Quarantine Zone

A long, pumpy link up that climbs extremely well and provides a length of endurance sport climbing rare around here.

Use a bunch of long slings to reduce rope drag.

Climb Heaven Sent Honey to its last bolt and then traverse right via two new bolts to join Beautiful And Bald Like Barten and finish up to this route's anchors.

Grade will depend on your size as Heaven Sent Honey is morpho / height dependent in the middle. Take whatever grade feels appropriate for you.

FA: Duncan Brown, 12 Mar 2020

Sport 37m, 17
27 Cheer For The Beautiful

Another fun, long link up for those that love pumpy routes that feel more like a journey than a boulder.

Start up 'Cheerleader' and at the last bolt before the anchor (the anchor of 'Heaven Sent Honey') head right past 2 bolts to join 'Beautiful and Bald Like Barten' and finish up this to the top.

A little creativity and some long slings on the first 10 metres can prevent rope drag from becoming an issue on this at the end of the route.

FA: Duncan Brown, 10 May 2020

Sport 42m, 22
V6
Southern ACT Gudgenby Valley The Trollshaws Shady Rock
V6 Sly Cooper

Sit start by the big flake.

FA: Pete, Feb 2022

Boulder 3m
Southern ACT Gudgenby Valley The Trollshaws Main Area
V6 Tasselled Wobbegong

Sit start on matched on flat ledge. Up through the breaks then move left over the face on technical moves. Escape onto the slab and walk to the top.

FA: Pete, 19 Jun 2022

Boulder 6m