Routes as sport in Colosseum Area

Start on the stepped ledge. Clip the first bolt on Cleganebowl then head for the arete.

Get hype. The smaller buttress to the left of the wall provides good steep climbing.

Interesting technical climbing. Climb the wall, using the arête to finish.

A great sequence of moves characterise this direct finish. Possibly an easy tick for the grade for the thin wall specialists. Start as for DDD, moving right into hanging corner at overlap. Straight up thin wall above.

A sustained journey starting as for DDD, then climbing diagonally right above the lip of the cave and finishing at the MOM loweroff.

Excellent varied climbing on the wall right of the central cave.

Face left of terrastomp

Short arete. First route at sand river.

Very short route on the far left of the cave.

First bolted line right of Hydra. Climbing starts from the ledge, stick clip the first or carefully climb to it. Not the best climbing but on amazing rock.

Starts 3m left of Unnamed 401. Through the roof and the pleasant wall above.

At the left end of the big roof is a ridiculously steep right trending weakness. Steep moves to start soon gain the obvious roof crack. Out this, and get established in the right facing corner system above. Move up and right to anchor. Classy climbing. There is a captive biner at half height to help with cleaning.

Steep climbing out the Left hand side of the roof. Up the wall to the base of the roof then follow the huge flake system out left to finish on the same anchors as Unnamed.

Starts as for Alpha 9 but at the roof take the right hand line.

The vision was a warmup, dynamic mantle, caution of the rope drag if you pre clip the first, climb through the small roof to finish under the big roof on jugs. The rock in the roof is better than it looks.

The mythical triple link starting up Gatorade traversing all the way right and finishing up A Bridge too Far. Extend the anchor of Gatorade.

Next line left of A bridge to Far

This steep little number climbs out of the cave about 6m left of the start of Crossing The Rubicon. Powerful start to an awkward rest. Then a technical traverse to the lip. Has fixed quickdraws on the route, but no loweroff on the anchors. Easiest to touch the anchors then jump!

A highly entertaining climb with terrific positions. Start at far right hand side of the cave. Bouldery start up the corner (stick clipping the second bolt is the way to go) then traverse out left along the very lip of the roof. Follow the thin crack past the slab and the final overhang.

The mega link up, start on Hercules, reverse three daggers slopey traverse, and finish on Caligula. It’s long, contrived and needs to be bolted properly but hey... if you get bored, it’s fun! (Down climbing at the waterfall to rest is for losers and you only get to take half the grade)

Bouldery climbing 5m left of Caligula

Start directly under the waterfall,upwards to the top ledge however you please, then begin your traverse left through some awesome moves, and surprisingly outstanding Crimps and ledges, to the final spicy move, a lot of foresight into this route from one of the emperors of the colloseum

An excellent climb starting in the steep alcove just right of Caligula. Up this to the ledge then blast up the steep face past some small holds to a pumpy traverse right on slopers. Finish up the last section of Hercules.

Short bouldery route starting just right of ‘three daggers’, finishes up Hercules.

A Sand River classic. Steep and athletic climbing, with a dyno, multiple heel hooks and an energy sapping finish.

Direct finish to Hercules has a vicious boulder problem guarding the chains.

Varied and sustained on glorious rock. At the top of it's grade and difficult to on-sight.

After exiting the hanging corner on Alea Jacta, traverse right on good horizontal rail but poor feet, then launch up final nose to DBB.

Starts through the right hand end of the overhang, then takes the corner/seam above, finishing at the Alea Jacta est RHF anchors.

Climbs the crux of Fed to the Lions before breaking out left and following the break to finish up left hand side of the head wall. Classic power endurance route with a heart breaking last move.

Climbs the crux of Fed to the Lions before breaking out left and going up the middle of the head wall.

The initial white pocketed wall of Fed to the Lions to DBB. The anchor clip is a bit reachy.

Power up the 45 degree overhanging wall directly above Lions. Excellent boulder problem crux leads to easier climbing through sandy caves above. Worth doing if you go to the effort of cleaning out the sandy top.

Classic introduction to pumpy and steep sandstone climbing. The anchor clip can be a bit of a stretch.

The way off route variant which involves heading into the cave next to way of the dragon, gr25 at best and barely, if you use a knee pad to obtain the second no hands rest give yourself a 24, still ok but not the real line.

Clips the first bolt of TMMTE then heads left and up

The short and steep black arête at the right end of the main wall of the Colosseum. Gymnastic and boulder all the way to the anchor.

Climb the the right side of the TMMTE arete to the ledge, then the headwall above.

Nice technical moves on the bulging wall just left of Wild Boar. Not a bad idea to stick clip the first bolt.

Nice wall climbing on the short wall 40m right of TMMFE.

A ticklish start and a steep, very ticklish finish. Fun.

Technical crux is above a ledge.

Interesting climbing and terrific positions on the right hand arete. Arapiles style baked rock.

The bulging wall to the left of Working Class Heroes, starting on the slab underneath.

Start as for "Working Class Hero's" and finish up "Riffraff Roof" cliping all the bolts on the way avoiding all the excellent trad placements. Some long draws help with drag on the middle

Great moves on good rock up through two bulges that each have their own intricacies

Extension of 'Upwardly Mobile' up right facing corner, rooflet and thin headwall.

Steadily increasing difficulties up the steepening technical wall.

Way of Senior Insurance Salesmen? This route provides access to the ledge from where the next three routes begin.

From the abseil station above 'Via Appia' continue up the line above.

Starts from the 'Via Appia' ledge, a few metres right of 'Pleb's Rusticus'.

Starts from 'Via Appia' ledge.

Start just right of 'Via Appia'. Up corner, moving right onto sub Buttress (Minions Wall).

Up direct to DBB on 'Bucko Boys'.

Smooth wall with a bulge on next buttress right from Minions.

Starts opposite a large dead tree on the track.

The left hand line on Hat Trick Buttress. Scramble with care to DBB at base of broken corner leading to small roof. An awkward move or two across short wall under roof and follow line of bolts to anchors just shy of cliff top.

The middle route. Slab then crux moves up into hanging corner followed by lovely steep slab.

Right hand route. Intricate slab, mantle, then crux moves over bulge followed by slab.

The front if the thin 'blade' buttress left of the skywalker cave.

Up the overhang just right of the arete with the tree on the side. Continue on the right face of the arete. Finish left at the tree to lower offs on the left face.

Steep slab and overhang on left side of overhanging bowl on left side of Eldorado.

Climb up the average looking start covered in bird shit. Great climbing keep away from the nasty looking flake, an attempt was made to remove it, there is an obscure way around it, heart breaking finish.

Obvious line through the small roof at 7m, pull around this on the left and trend diagonally leftwards to the base of the roof. Through this and mantle into the headwall above.

Starts as for Skywalker but from the small roof at 7m head right and up

Fingery and pumpy climbing up the gently over hanging orange wall.

Start as for Flying Fool, but continue straight up left arete where FF moves right.

Interesting varient to FF. When under the final roof, hand traverse left then pull through the left side of the big roof.

Thin rising traverse right to gain right arete, then pull through roof on spaced jugs.

The slightly overhanging face R of FF. start at DBB reached traversing right from the cave

Shares start with IT, before heading up and right.

As for Goldfinger, but bypass it’s crux by taking the 2 bolt variation to the left then rejoin the route

up the slab left of Paydirt then crux moves on steep wall

Up the slab, then up the right facing corner by the crack. Short slab at finish. Just left of Gold Leaf.

Overhanging layback crack R of Goldleaf.

The crack

Big vertical crack line left of Alchemy

Technical wall climbing on lovely rock.

Seam right of Alchemy, finishing up steep nose

Arete on buttress 50m right of Alchemy. Great moves on excellent rock.

The buttress a few meters right of Midas Touch. A thin start then up as it steepens over bulge