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Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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15 | ★★ Wild is the Wind
1
15
40m
2
15
20m
3
14
20m
Start: On a flat rock at the large eucalypt at the bottom of 'Solo Gully'.
FA: Roger | 80m, 3 | |||
20 | Far Q 2
Start: On grassy ledge 10m right of the gully. FA: B.Postill, K.Royce & S.Royce, 1972 | 43m | |||
25 | ★★★ Shock And Awe
Start: QUICK ACCESS TO P2: Climb spikes 20m left of Superbug/Firebug and then traverse left 15m to get to the start of P2. ORIGINAL ACCESS: Traverse in around ledge at the bottom of 'Solo Gully'. This is easy but a bit scarey. Can be protected with a couple of medium cams. Belay on double rings
FA: R Bourne, 2003 | 75m, 3 | |||
27 | ★★★ The Ass Of The Angel
Utterly absorbing climbing all the way with two tricky cruxes Start: EASY APPROACH: Off the ledge at the bottom of Firebug. Stick clip first ring and batman up to spike. Up 6m to ledge and traverse left 10m. FA: R Bourne, 2003 | ||||
20 | ★★ Say Cheese for High n Wild
Grey face with two bolts 6m left of Fire Bug. Double ropes or long runners useful to optimize the trad gear. FA: A.Duckworth & W.Monks, 1998 | 36m, 2 | |||
17 | ★★★ Fire Bug
1
17
22m
2
17
10m
3
17
25m
4
14
6m
Blue Mountains trad multi-pitch classic (with zero bolts!). This is the major corner system just left of the steep orange buttress. Gets sun by 8:30am in winter. Original pitches are described here, but it’s better to combine pitches 1 & 2, and 3 & 4. Note that the topo above greatly foreshortens all but the first pitch.
FA: John Ewbank & John Fantini | 63m, 4 | |||
26 | ★★★ Superbug
Arete 1m right of Firebug. Up Firebug for 4m then swing right onto the face below the nose. Either stickclip super high first bolt, or place two medium cams. FA: S.Bell, 2002 | 25m | |||
24 | ★ Bug Proboscis
An even more airy finish to 'Superbug'. Start: 'Superbug'. Continue 10m past the top of 'Superbug' to chains.
FA: R. Bourne, 2004 | 30m, 2 | |||
20 | ★★ Light My Fire
Rap in to large ledge with chain. Climb up veering left to above Firebug. Follow rings to 2 alternative finishes. FA: Roger Bourne | 30m | |||
14 | ★★ Baby Carrots
Approach the top of Bronze Orange Bug/Bug Free, spot two carrots at ground level and scramble down 2m to U bolts. Rap from these and redirect ropes through the large stainless steel hook to maintain the arete to a semi-hanging double ring belay, well off the deck. Committing crux off the belay leads to many glue in carrots to top. Bring 12 brackets. FA: Roger Bourne | 35m, 10 | |||
27 | ★ Better Than Wife
Unbelievably good fun with fantastic climbing all the way. Start: Start as for 'Bug Free' at the ugly undercut arete. FA: R Bourne, 2004 | 30m | |||
25 | ★★ Bronze Orange Bug
An old aid route at 12m6 now freed grade at 25. A great mountains pumper, crux near the ground then great long climb on feature bright orange rock. FFA: A. Duckworth, 2003 | 30m | |||
13 | Passion Vine Hopper
| 43m, 3 | |||
12 | ★★ Air2Spare
Rap-in climb out route. Rap anchor located in the cave about 10m right (facing out) of the top of Goldstar. Abseil 35m tending slightly left (facing cliff) clipping in to carrots on the way down. Double ring belay on a grey nose about 20m above ground. Take care not to abseil past the belay as ascent may be highly problematic and your rope probably won't reach the ground. Take medium wires, slings, large hexes, and a few medium cams. (Or just bolt plates and run it out). FA: Susan Hoernlein & Paul Turner, 2004 | 35m, 10 | |||
21 | ★★★ Vincent HRD
30m left of the 'Gully'. 15m further left on the Goldstar ledge with a belay carrot bolt. Traverse out to the line and up to the stellar diagonal hand jam crack to the chain belay on Thruxton. One of the best single pitch trad routes at Mt Boyce. FA: P.Jenkins, K.Joyce & B.Postill, 1972 FFA: John Smoothy, 1983 | 28m | |||
19 | ★★ Thruxton
1
19
27m
2
30m
3m right of VHRD. Belay 10m left of Goldstar on the ledge. 1x carrot bolt and small gear to set up a belay. A great sustained layback corner, most people just climb the first pitch to the chain.
FA: Bryden Allen † & W.Williams, 1972 | 57m, 2 | |||
14 | ★★ Little Johnny
Right of air 2 spare on carrots FA: 2007 | 30m | |||
14 | Manx
Start as for VHRD.
FA: B.Postill & P.Edwards, 1972 | 64m, 3 | |||
14 | Bonnieville
Start: First pitch as for Manx.
FA: G.Wurth & B.Postill, 1972 | 64m, 3 | |||
18 | Cow Chaser
Start as for Manx/Bonnieville then follow the carrots up the wall and over the boulder/roof at the top. Take small cams, a medium wire, and a #3 Camalot or similar for the start FA: Farty Paul & R Bourne FA: Paul Turner & R Bourne, 2004 | 20m | |||
18 | ★★★ Gold Star
1
16
30m
2
18
28m
FA: Bryden Allen † & R.Lassman, 1972 | 58m, 2 | |||
16 | ★★ Gold Star Pitch 1
FA: Bryden Allen † & Ray Lassman | 30m | |||
20 | ★ Grand Slam 2008
Rings and bolts right of Goldstar FA: Tony Williams/Nick T, 2008 | 20m | |||
19 | ★ My Mate Matey
| 25m | |||
21 | Half Life
Right hand side of the gully coming down. Start: Streno crack, overhung corner and roof to top. FA: M.Law & A.Penney, 1977 | 35m |
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