Routes in Australian Capital Territory

Obvious landmark if approaching from the ridge/ above.

Sit start as for Bakers Dozen.

The stand start to Power Up, starting in the middle of the wall and up via the slopey middle top out.

Stand start on edges, climb face then top out.

Start as for #41. Full traverse of boulder.

Stand start from base of arete. Climb arete and top out.

Up the face using arete + crimps. Burly. Sit start.

The furthest right (West) wall facing the lake. Good and quite hard climbing on small crimps.

Using only the fourth row of blocks for hands (approx head height), traverse the full wall from left to right (~ 30 m).

There is a very good hold just under halfway along. From the start to here is probably ~V5. From here to the end is probably ~V6. The whole thing is probably ~V7.

hard move up onto slab

The higher of the leftward diagonal cracks. Looks easy enough, but its high, and the rock may be suspect

Straight up the bolted slab between Penny and Chopper

Climb the corner from the right

Straight up the slab past the intrusion at 2 meters

Excellent committing climbing. The shallow crack facing the track. Pre-placing a piece or two on rap would make the start saner. Phil called it 'The Jism' on aid; John shocked us all when it was freed.

Start as for Shlop, traverse right and finish as for Fishery

The corner crack running up the left side of the the large overhang, approximately 1 meter right of Closed Circuit and using a few holds on the arete.

The descent. Climb the shelf on the northern side then traverse the east face, topping out at the southeast corner.

The chimney with the crack up the left wall just right of French Connection - FA was done solo

Sit start to #63. Starts with left hand on arete and right hand on obvious side-pull.

Sit start on rail, traverse right and up (very close to the road further towards Corin dam, will add new area when I do more developing)

The face a few meters right

A pleasant route, with the crux being a slightly blanker section then up through to fourth class territory before the chains. Bolts a bit rusted but still in good nick.

Start as for Walking on eggshells and climb right to top as for Humpty Dumpty.

Sit start crack, top out.

Sit start on the lowest possible holds and up the sketchy hollow flake feature.

Sit start.

Sit start on the far right then traverse left out the the end with blind low feet.

CMCC

Sit start on the right side of arete. Up to the jug & then around the left side of the arete. Top out on the left.

Sit start. The excellent easy flake, one of the best in Canberra.

Stand start with crimp and low right. Head up through big flake. Started with the high heel

Up the slabby scoop. Downclimbing this and/or jumping onto a pad is possibly the easiest way off this boulder.

start left of rocks on undercling. continue up underclings to the break and straight up 'check your head'

Traverse from a burly sit-start very reminiscent of 'Phone Sex', round the corner and up through a single chipped hold and very balancy move to the top.

Stand or jump start to good rail and continue up face to top out on good holds.

Not a hugely difficult climb for the grade!

Undercling on smears and up. Left hand closer to V1, right hand more like V2.

Sit start and head up then right around the arete to topout.

Sit-start the arete.

A sit-start problem, up pressing into the scoop then large moves/frictioning to the top. Very bodymorphic, hard to grade.

Contrived sit start. 6 metres, but an easy terrain crack up top.

rated X - danger!

This has probably been done (??) but there's no details available on problems at the Lynch Blocs. The photo is taken from the base of the climb, looking upwards. It looks like there's enough holds to survive, if you climb something like 8 grades harder!

Left

Sit start.

Sit start.

Sit start.

Stand start matched on good rail, big move up to blind pinch and then work your way up and around the boulder

Sit start.

One of the only warm ups at the slab area. Sit start and head up right on the ramp.

Stand start corner, climb corner and top out.

Stand start then climb up and top out.

One chipped hold, strenuous moves on tiny holds. Getting feet onto the rock is the crux - probably a 1-2 move problem, but hard ones nonetheless. Grade to be confirmed.

Sit start at the left of the horizontal break. Traverse all the way right, and finish up Play with Fire

The third crack from the left on 'five cracks wall'. Up the groove to the bulge then up the finger crack to the top. Tape recommended.

In the corner between #15 and #16. Easy moves to the top

The arête at the end of the chimney has been bolted. It’s either an easy ~12 ish chimney or a hard dyke climb.

Sit start and straight up the arete.

Sit Start right of Flaunt, on Left stoper and low right edge. Move to sidepull slot, and move to the top.

The once-brushed line a few meters right of Silent Running.

MH: Definitely very dirty with thick lichen at the top in 2021. Tried to avoid using the crack further right. A trad anchor can be constructed using the crack at the back of the upper vegetated ledge - needs a small wire, a smallish cam, and maybe a sling for the little tree if you're desperate for more?

Stand start to the right of crack using broken low flake for feet. Pulling on the low flake hard would be a bad idea.

Crimps to a dyno.

The slab off the ledge with rings up higher

Direct, obvious crack at top from Mended Start

Sit start. Traverse right and upwards then mantle.

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

Stand start to Snakes and Ladders from high crimp.

Sit start.

Sit start.

Start from the scooped out area on the far side of the boulder on low slopers, hard start moves out right on crimps (You may need to clean the Blackberries as they are persistent). Many have started one block over for the sit-start, taking out the most strenuous moves of the climbs - see 'Phone Diddle'. Traverse out right and end on the jug for 1a/1b.

#historic

Stand start on high undercling with very low feet. To good edge then right and topout.

Slab problem. Head a bit further out right (i.e. don't use the arete) and it's more like V2 and genuine slabbing.

Sit start on the right with good jug and big foot. Up through edges trending left to jug mantle.

Around the corner from #22. Tricky start.

Start the same as Rapid. Climb into the window, turn around, come out from inside and up the roof.

A slightly more forgiving angle than the other slabs around Sun Blocks, and a little shorter, this is still no easybeat.

Left of #32 and a right-side variant of Precarious, direct up the face using the ridge is a heinously crimpy climb going at around V4. Heel hook seems to be required.

Named for one of the would-be ascencionists, who on the day before had a large curry.

Sit start and up slightly left.