Nodes in La La Land Area

The Blue Mountains are a World Heritage listed area. The Grose Valley, the cliffs around Katoomba and much of the Narrow Neck peninsula are part of the Blue Mountains National Park which is managed by the NPWS. The Western Escarpment - where most of the climbing is - is Crown Land managed by the BMCC. While the NPWS Plan of Management nominates several locations in the National Park where rock climbing is deemed appropriate, the majority of the climbing remains unacknowledged. To maintain access our best approach is to 'Respect Native Habitat, Tread Softly and Leave No Trace'. Do not cut flora and keep any tracks and infrastructure as minimal as possible.

Practically all crags are either in National Park or in council reserve: dog owners are reminded that dogs are not allowed in National Parks at any time and fines have been issued, while for crags on council reserve the BMCC leash law requires that dogs be on-leash.

For the latest access related information, or to report something of concern, visit the Australian Climbing Association NSW Blue Mountains page at https://acansw.org.au/blue-mountains/

Start in the corner as for the next two routes, then straight up and to the left of La La Land following the leftmost bolted line and finishing at anchors shared with LLL.

Is a favourite for aspiring 24 leaders. The central, very chalked line of the three.

Same start as previous but follow bolts trending out right.

A couple of longer slings / extended draws will be handy to reduce drag on first few bolts. (especially bolt 3)

A thin move to get established on the slab leads to a long sequence of interesting climbing interspersed with rests.

The final section may be baffling, but can be done a few different ways.

Should not be rebolted - retro that is!

Start: At groove 10m left of waterfall. Marked SS.

1. 15m Up groove to niche below overhang. Traverse right, belay on ledge below corner.

2. 25m Up corner to a flake, move left to fine crack in smooth wall. Up this past niche to a flake with bulging overhang above. Over this then up groove to good ledge.

3. 6m Move left along ledge to large tree belay.

4. 25m Up wall for 3m then move right to a crack and follow to a bushy ledge and belay.

Shallow corner/crack just after the waterfall. Apparently the 'original' start of the FFA of 'Sesame Street'!

Heinous boulder problem in the shallow groove 2m R of SPM.