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1. Main Area 54 routes in Area

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Lat / Long: -35.446189, 149.543932

description

From the intersection, turn left and head up the road. This is the first area on the left. There is a small boulder you pass with four problems on it. You can either turn off to the left and park or follow the road as it curves around the boulders to the right and park.

access issues

These boulders lie in a national park. While there are no current access restrictions, please respect the nature of the park and aim to minimise your impact. Refer to the NPWS alerts page for the park for up-to-date access information.

inherited from Black Range bouldering
RouteGradeStyleSelected ascents
1 Horsing About

Sit start in big low slot. Don't use the big detached flakes for feet.

FA: Angus, Jan 2023

V0 Boulder
2 On the Fly

Start on 2 holds in middle of slab face and up.

FA: Clair, Jan 2023

V0 Boulder
3 Lefthand Arete

Sit start and straight up the arete.

V1 Boulder 2m
4 Balancy

Start on the left, top out on the right. Better if you eliminate the step down the bottom. (It is by the road on the walk from the Hill to the Main area).

FA: Chris L

V1 Boulder 3m
5 Sarah's Seven / #1

Sit start and up the outside of the boulder using holds facing the wrong way (!)

FA: Sarah Fieg

V7 Boulder 3m
6 Preps / #2

Sit start.

FA: George Fieg

V3 Boulder 2m
7 Slow and Low / #3

Sit start on jugs on left side of boulder. Lowball, bunched start traversing right under tree. Continue traversing right and finish up TC at the far right of the boulder. Pumpy.

FA: George Fieg

V5 Boulder 2m
8 Ride It Slow

As for Slow and Low, then top out as for Let Me Ride.

V4 Boulder 4m
9 Let Me Off

As for Let Me Ride, but top out just right of the V-groove.

V3 Boulder 3m
10 Let Me Ride / #4

Sit start.

FA: Sarah Fieg

V4 Boulder 2m
11 The Chronic / #5

Sit start.

V3 Boulder 2m
12 Nuthin But A Huckleberry Thang

Sit start 1m right of TC on jug, big move straight up.

V1 Boulder 2m
13 Baby Boy

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

FA: Stephen, 4 May 2018

V7 Boulder
14 Thin Green Line / #6

Stand start then climb up and top out.

FA: Sarah Fieg

V3 Boulder 3m
15 Thin Green Line Sit

Sit start then climb up and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 16 Dec 2018

V5 Boulder 3m
16 9 PSI

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

FA: Bevan Ashby, 29 Nov 2018

V2 Boulder 2m
17 Marbled

Stand start and up the narrow slabby wall.

FA: Pete, 2016

V0 Boulder 5m
18 Parkour

Up and across the easy diagonal line, right of Marbled, to the notch in the profile (on the opposite side to Bolt Ons).

VB Boulder 3m
19 Paul's Slab / #7 V3 Boulder 4m
20 Sideshow

Stand start at the jug just right of Thin Green Line, then up and slightly right into the scoop. An optional sit start is possible, traversing in past the bush a few metres to the right.

FA: Pete, 2016

V1 Boulder 4m
21 Bolt Ons

Up jugs to the notch in the profile, a few metres right of Sideshow. An easy descent off this boulder.

VB Boulder 3m
22 Easy Arete LHV

Up the easy arete, right of Bolt Ons.

FA: Pete

VB Boulder 3m
23 Easy Arete RHV

Stand start and up, staying right of the arete and rib.

FA: Pete, 2016

V0 Boulder 3m
24 Jam Tart

Sit start at the good spike and straight up the short wall, on the boulder behind Bolt Ons.

FA: Pete, 2016

V1 Boulder 2m
25 Pop Tart

Sit start and pop left to the scoop, then up.

FA: Pete, 2016

V3 Boulder 2m
26 Alien Craft

Sit start.

FA: Duncan Brown

V3 Boulder 5m
27 UFO ridge

Sit start matched on the block and trend right by following the arete ridge. Step out right towards Alien Craft and top out.

V1 Boulder 3m
28 Stand to Attention / #8

Standing start.

FA: George Fieg

V4 Boulder 3m
29 Nob Jockey / #9

Sit start and fridge hug the body of the boulder.

Chris Beers

FA: Leeson Rose

V8 Boulder 4m
30 Stone's throw back

On the back of the Stones Throw boulder. Stand start matched on scoop crimps at the left and go up trending right to top out.

FA: Martijn van Eijkelenborg, 11 Nov 2016

V0 Boulder 3m
31 Stones Throw / #10

FA: Duncan Brown

V0 Boulder 3m
32 Trust the Opposition / #11

Low traverse from a sit start then up through crimps or via the arete. Goey.

FA: Duncan Brown

V4 Boulder 5m
33 Up the Middle / #12

FA: Andrew Richards

V3 Boulder 3m
34 Left Arete / #13

Pretty standard stand start then up the arete. Getting off the boulder is the fun bit.

FA: Ky Wittich

V3 Boulder 3m
35 The Way Down / #14

A few variants of this are possible through the various crack-lines at the front and back of the boulder holding 'Zac's Arete', including down-climbing #17.

FA: Duncan Brown

V1 Boulder
36 Zac's Arete / #15

Also called 'the nothing'. V8 in the guide which depends on beta that goes out right before heading up the arete. If you stick purely to the arete you could probably add a grade.

FA: Zac Vertrees

V8 Boulder 5m
37 Zac's Arete Direct / #16

The direct version of 'Zac's Arete' heading up some minging crimps and poor feet out to the arete.

FA: Chris Webb Parsons

V10 Boulder 5m
38 The Face / The Arete

Variant of #17. 6+? On sidepulls and using the arete (toe hook/heel hook) but not the opposing boulder. 6 in the new guide but possibly harder.

V6 Boulder
39 Jaws of Death / #17

Up the crackline using the arete/crack to ascend.

FA: Ky Wittich

V2 Boulder 3m
40 Stiff Upper Lip

Stand start at the arete and up, using the arete and the face to the right (the other block is out, otherwise you're doing Jaws of Death).

FA: Pete

V3 Boulder 3m
41 The Open Book

Sit start then climb up and top out.

V3 Boulder 2m
42 The Lowball Traverse / #18

Traverse slopers from a sit start to finish at the mantle for 'Mini Mantle'.

V5 Boulder 2m
43 Mini Mantle / #19

Mantle problem. Straight up to a rail then a goey mantle depending on your height.

FA: Duncan Brown

V3 Boulder 2m
44 Desperado / #20

Sit start from crack then climb up trending rightwards and top out.

FA: Duncan Brown

V4 Boulder 3m
45 Desperado Direct

Sit start from sloping rail then climb up and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 25 Nov 2018

V5 Boulder 3m
46 Socks / #21

Sit start. FA done in, you guessed it, socks.

FA: Chris Webb Parsons

V5 Boulder 3m
47 Shoes

Sit start from right side of flake then climb up trending rightwards and top out.

FA: Bevan Ashby, 25 Nov 2018

V4 Boulder 3m
48 Blue Balling / #22

Mantle problem. Crimps and up, fairly standard.

FA: Duncan Brown

V5 Boulder 2m
49 Free Balling

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

Bevan Ashby

FA: Bevan Ashby, 23 Nov 2018

V10 Boulder 3m
50 Blood Sacrifice

Start right of the arete and work your way up

FA: Lachlan Craig, 16 May 2021

V3 Boulder 4m
51 Heidi McKnight / #23

FA: Duncan Brown

V3 Boulder 3m
52 Bum Nut

Desperate. Has only been climbed twice. Need to be tall, or wicked strong.

FA: Ky Wittich

V5 Boulder 4m
53 Run, Forest, Run / #24

Run and jump to slopers!

FA: George Fieg

V7 Boulder
54 Slow it Down / #25

FA: George Fieg

V1 Boulder

2. Index by grade

Grade Stars Name Style Pop
VB Bolt Ons Boulder 3m
Easy Arete LHV Boulder 3m
Parkour Boulder 3m
V0 Easy Arete RHV Boulder 3m
Horsing About Boulder
Marbled Boulder 5m
On the Fly Boulder
Stone's throw back Boulder 3m
Stones Throw Boulder 3m
V1 Balancy Boulder 3m
Jam Tart Boulder 2m
Lefthand Arete Boulder 2m
Nuthin But A Huckleberry Thang Boulder 2m
Sideshow Boulder 4m
Slow it Down Boulder
The Way Down Boulder
UFO ridge Boulder 3m
V2 9 PSI Boulder 2m
Jaws of Death Boulder 3m
V3 Alien Craft Boulder 5m
Blood Sacrifice Boulder 4m
Heidi McKnight Boulder 3m
Left Arete Boulder 3m
Let Me Off Boulder 3m
Mini Mantle Boulder 2m
Paul's Slab Boulder 4m
Pop Tart Boulder 2m
Preps Boulder 2m
Stiff Upper Lip Boulder 3m
The Chronic Boulder 2m
The Open Book Boulder 2m
Thin Green Line Boulder 3m
Up the Middle Boulder 3m
V4 Desperado Boulder 3m
Let Me Ride Boulder 2m
Ride It Slow Boulder 4m
Shoes Boulder 3m
Stand to Attention Boulder 3m
Trust the Opposition Boulder 5m
V5 Blue Balling Boulder 2m
Bum Nut Boulder 4m
Desperado Direct Boulder 3m
Slow and Low Boulder 2m
Socks Boulder 3m
The Lowball Traverse Boulder 2m
Thin Green Line Sit Boulder 3m
V6 The Face Boulder
V7 Baby Boy Boulder
Run, Forest, Run Boulder
Sarah's Seven Boulder 3m
V8 Nob Jockey Boulder 4m
Zac's Arete Boulder 5m
V10 Free Balling Boulder 3m
Zac's Arete Direct Boulder 5m
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