Einträge in Mangakara

The Mangakara gorge.

Access is at the sole discretion of the local hapū. Poor behaviour will result in the Bay being closed again. See the Bay website for all access conditions. https://whanganuibay.acat.org.nz

Head up to the first bolt before traversing left, then up the middle of the bulging wall. Finishes up the tricky short arete.

Access from the Re-Ignition belay ledge. Goes up the fun headwall after a damp start. Link into Re-Ignition for a mega route.

From The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret ledge, head straight up the featured wall with some fire-hot moves to pull over the bulge.

Rap in to the small ledge level with Re-Ignitions 3rd bolt. Climb the overhanging feature to your right before the lip. Topping out is not an option, so either climb Re-Ignition or walk out to get back to the road.

Starts steep and juggy before the left-facing corner. Tackle the final bulges to gain access to the anchor.

Go up the central part of the wall going through a wide variety of terrain. Extendable draws will be useful.

From the ledge, climb up towards the arete before a final headwall. Exit by scrambling up the vegetated bolt garden

Climbs the gentle featured arete. Access from the top or a diagonal rap.

Alternate of Propagation. Start as for Propagation, but head left up the hanging arete.

From the hanging belay, head up towards the hanging arete before trending right onto the side of the arete to the top.

From the Propagation belay, trend right up the featured wall, staying right of the seam before joining the last few meters of Propagation.

Fifty meters right of The Re-Up. Climbs the peapod feature before going up the headwall. Closed Project.

Alternate finish to The Bunk Project. Climbs the right trending seam to the pocketed headwall.

Access is at the sole discretion of the local hapū. Poor behaviour will result in the Bay being closed again. See the Bay website for all access conditions. https://whanganuibay.acat.org.nz

Not a real route. Jump off the ledge on Treebeard into a tanekaha tree. Down climb the tree.

Access is at the sole discretion of the local hapū. Poor behaviour will result in the Bay being closed again. See the Bay website for all access conditions. https://whanganuibay.acat.org.nz

Access is at the sole discretion of the local hapū. Poor behaviour will result in the Bay being closed again. See the Bay website for all access conditions. https://whanganuibay.acat.org.nz

P1: 25m (23) Climb blunt rib to hanging stance. P2: 23m (24) Climb fragile knobs to left side of hanging rib. Cross the rib and climb up to chains.

Access is at the sole discretion of the local hapū. Poor behaviour will result in the Bay being closed again. See the Bay website for all access conditions. https://whanganuibay.acat.org.nz

P1: 20m (24) Scramble up steep bank to get to the base. 7 bolts on arete. P2: (21) 3 bolts.

Access is at the sole discretion of the local hapū. Poor behaviour will result in the Bay being closed again. See the Bay website for all access conditions. https://whanganuibay.acat.org.nz

Abseil into a hanging belay from the top of the cliff. Climb to bolted belay.

The long corner above the track. Head through the roofs and escape left to the belay. Natural protection in the upper headwall.

The red arete that finishes half way up the cliff and starts behind the prominent tanekaha. Climb the wall to the hanging arete and then up the arete.

Hand and fist crack.

P1: 21 13m Hand, fingers then hand crack again. P2: 19 11m Wide jam crack above the ledge.

"One of the best climbs at the bay"

Jam up right hand side of a large semi-detached flake. Continue up corner Crack with thin layback moves around crux overhang. Move right at big loose looking flakes to the belay station on Brother Asia.

P1: 21m Difficult moves lead into a large pea pod with two pegs. Climb the thin face above. P2: 18 17m. 2 bolts then easy groove.

Climbs the right arching corner under the large roof. Bolted belay right of the roof.

Heads up the thin crack to a shared bolted belay with Street Legal.

Start from the bolts at the top of saved.