Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Hunter Valley Newcastle Glenrock Lagoon Bouldering Bridge Boulder | |||||
V2 | Bridge Over The Flaggy
Often wet landing. Up on some funky moves, following vague crack. | ||||
Hunter Valley Upper Hunter Cranky Crag | |||||
21 | Two roofs
Up stepped roof and overhanging layback | 6m | |||
21 | ★ Operation Fortitude
Start up as for air to ground but traverse left to top of arête | 8m | |||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge Western Cluster Central Trackside Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★★ Slurp!
More short route than boulder problem, path of least resistance left of the central block. Start on the small detached stone closest the wall, access the slab via smallish crimps and move up to the break and right (UK5b sequence) to a good rest to place gear if desired. It's possible to down climb and step down to the large detached stone from the break. Route crux is working up through the crack/gully system (Solid Uk 5a, falling here is a really bad idea) onto the central block then top out. Overall probably HVS 5a/5b with gear, awful landing the entire way as solo/boulder, take great care. | 7m | |||
V2/3 | ★★ Slurpee!
Start at and utilise the crack from it's base on the left side of the central bloc to mantle the slab then finish via Slurp! Harder and more dangerous landing than Slurp! | 7m | |||
V2 | ★★★ Cola! RHV
Start hands matched in the middle of the central bloc same as for Cola! Move right into the crack and utilise it to move up and right on the slab, finish via CT Slab & Crack. | 9m | |||
V2 R | ★★★ Green Arete-3
Start up Cola! RHV, mantle and ascend the green arete. Low-end UK4c route crux with potentially life threatening landing, do not fall, do not attempt when slab is damp. | 10m | |||
V1/2 | ★ Central Trackside Slab & Crack LHV
Starting a couple of meters left of the original Central Trackside Slab & Crack utilising positive but awkwardly positioned holds to gain the slab (UK5b) and finish up the original route. Careful the holds here look like they will compact down with traffic also potentially dangerous landing. | 8m | |||
V2 R | ★ Green Arete-2
Start up CT Slab & Crack LHV, mantle and ascend the green arete. Low-end UK4c route crux with potentially life threatening landing, do not fall, do not attempt when slab is damp. | 8m | |||
V1/2 R | ★★ Green Arete-1
Start up CT Slab & Crack, mantle and ascend the green arete. Low-end UK4c route crux with potentially life threatening landing, do not fall, do not attempt when slab is damp. | 7m | |||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge South-West cluster Moby Dick Boulder | |||||
V1/2 | ★★ SW16 Surly Steve and the finger bang
Finger bang surly Steve in his rocky eyeballs to glory. SDS with two shallow monos wide apart, up to crescent. | 3m | |||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge South-West cluster Fascination Boulder | |||||
V1/2 | ★★ SW-19-Traversee
Starting hand holds as for SW9, feet sans base-plate, traverse right via edges and crimps to finito via SW10. A soft touch? | 5m | |||
V2 | ★★ Fascination Traverse
Start on side-pulls on far end of slab right of SW10, traverse left and finish up Fascination. | 5m | |||
V2/3 | ★★ SW-9-Traverse
Start as for Fascination Traverse but continue traversee left to finish up SW9. | 6m | |||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge South East Cluster Split in Half Boulder | |||||
V2 - 4 | S10.1
Climb the left arete. | 4m | |||
V2 | ★★ Sheeba Inu Traverse
Start as for Sheeba Inu moving into the flared offwidth/chimney traversing it North to an arete of Split the MAQBA ? before topping out (dabbing the top is a bail). | 9m | |||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge South East Cluster Mushroom Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★ S1 - The Mushroom
Sit start under the lip of mushroom. | ||||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge North-East cluster Cliffhanger boulder | |||||
V1/2 | ★★ Cliffhangers' Slab Centrale
Takes the highest point of the slab directe, a touch eliminate. Start as for MAQBA but rather than mantling the plate move further up by utilizing the smallish crimps and gaston to reach a decent hold which appears as a large shallow pocket up and right. Top out directly up from there. Technical and stretched crux with awkward landing, take care. | 5m | |||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge North-East cluster The Wave Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★ Tangerine crest
Sharp crimps up arete then awkward mantle | 5m | |||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge North-East cluster Twin Boulders | |||||
V2 | ★★ Twin Ridge Traverse 1
Start at Twin Slab 3, traverse right along the slab utilising good edges and crimps, finish up Twin Ridge Slab 1. Really nice climbing should pick up an extra star as it cleans up more. | 5m | |||
V1/2 | ★ Twin Ridge Traverse 2
Start as for Twin Ridge Traverse 1 but continue right to finish up Twin Ridge Slab 2. Easier top out but much worse landing. Really nice climbing may pick up an extra star as it cleans up more. | 6m | |||
Northern Tablelands Stonehenge North-East cluster Micro Capitan | |||||
V2 | ★ NE12
Crimps, then vertical rail to top. Great technical climbing on good holds throughout, near perfect landing. Down side is it's the safest descent route of the bloc, if you don't want to jump front on it's possible to reverse the mantle with care, wear a long sleeve shirt and remember your position. | 4m | |||
V2 | ★ NE18
Loose easy flake - choose your own adventure | 4m | |||
Northern Tablelands Tank Traps | |||||
V2 | ★★ Crystal Pockets
| 4m | |||
Northern Tablelands Dangars Gorge The Dragons Belly | |||||
21 | ★ Dyno Access Ramp
Swim Start. From directly beneath the dyno, head up the ramp trending R until you get to the block at the end of T.T. FA: Ben Vincent, 28 Mar 2015 | 3m | |||
Northern Tablelands Dangars Gorge The Beach | |||||
21 | ★ vamos ala playa
Start at the beach and traverse the high line back to the chute. FA: Ben Vincent & Dr.Phil, 25 Feb 2017 | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Blue hole area T-crack Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★ Nose
Undercling then mantle | 2m | |||
V2 | Lips
On the downstream side sit start the welded seam | 3m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Below the bridge | |||||
V2 | ★ Dr Nefario
Stand start with jam then wrestle up. An alternate start further back might be possible FA: Benji Dutaillis, 28 Jun 2020 | 2m | |||
V2 | ★★ Barbie Twist n Turn
Sit start on left face, up without touching the right boulder leaning on it. FA: carol lee, 24 Oct 2021 | 3m | |||
V2 | ★★★ River side expressway
Long, fun, just the right amount of spice to keep you on your toes. Sit start on the side pull, non trivial traverse over the water without a mat, then link through more rails into 'Turbot St Exit' | 8m | |||
V2 | ★★ Hot crossed buns
SDS under massive jug and up. It sets you up for a weird crossed arms move. FA: Brendan Heywood, 2 Feb 2018 | 3m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Moonscape area | |||||
V2 | ★★ Hectocotylus
Sit start and slap up the right leaning short spire FA: Brendan Heywood, 3 May 2020 | 2m | |||
V2 | ★ Cuttlefish
Start jammed in the chockstone and up the back wall without touching the front wall. FA: Ben Vincent, 3 May 2020 | 3m | |||
V2 | ★★ Gravity well
A sketchy landing over water which we built up using logs. Up the arete onto the right side. FA: Benji Dutaillis, 3 May 2020 | 3m | |||
V2 | ★★ Unlatched Lockout Leg
Up obvious features trending R and L to finish. Don't have a RUD into the water | 3m | |||
V2 | ★ Gollum’s Crack
Sit start and avoid the crimpers on the face to the left & jam your way up the hand/fist crack like Gollum would want you to. | 3m | |||
V2 | ★ Moonwalker Direct
Only use the face jug to mantle (A tall persons problem). | 2m | |||
V2 | ★★ Island Hopper
Sit Start in corner L of MB. Up crack & through wedge. | 2m | |||
V2 | ★ Rocking Horse Left
Start with hands on the mantle piece, throw a left leg over. | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Scultpure garden | |||||
V2 | ★ The Moat
Lean / jump across the water to the jug, one move mantle. For full effect do it in approach shoes, and if the puddle is dry it doesn't count | 1m | |||
V2 | ★ Creative juices
Water hove start on the horn, up and then traverse through the bowl to left jug and up FA: Brendan Heywood, 19 Dec 2022 | 2m | |||
V2 | Pan juices
One hard move of good side rail and high left foot, up and mantle. May need log stack for pads FA: Benji Dutaillis, 19 Dec 2022 | 1m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Hydrological drought area | |||||
V2 | ★ Periscope
Up twin aretes and rail. Base is usually submerged | 3m | |||
V2 | ★★ Auxiliary inversion
Start on good jam, then somehow end up on top FA: Brendan Heywood, 28 Jun 2020 | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders The holy land | |||||
V2 | ★★ The groin transfer
Up the easy rail and then bust out right | 3m | |||
V2 | ★ Cracked vessel
SDS on finger locks then up crack | 2m | |||
V2 | ★ East Schism
Start in slightly flaring jam and go up left FA: Brendan Heywood, 30 Oct 2018 | 1m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Water tunnel area | |||||
V2 | ★ Bens wet route
Thin holds almost over the water FA: Ben Vincent, 30 Oct 2018 | 3m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Tradies area | |||||
V2 | ★ The Great Sit-start Debate
Sit-start in the crack. Up crack to bulge and exit R. Big obvious footer on R boulder is out The harder, more direct route has not yet been done. FA: Ben Vincent, 7 May 2020 | 3m | |||
V2 | Slab of VB
Start in crack then up right over slab FA: Brendan Heywood, 27 May 2017 | 2m | |||
V2 | ★★ Mid strength
Sit start far right on the jug, up to lip then traverse all the way to Spark Plug and mantle FA: Brendan Heywood, 27 May 2017 | 10m | |||
V2 | ★ Lie down on the job
Lie down start up jugs FA: carol lee, 27 May 2017 | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Evan Stone area | |||||
V2 | ★★ Lava lamp
Up the curvy arete FA: Benji Dutaillis, Ben Vincent & Brendan Heywood, 28 Apr 2020 | 4m | |||
V2 | ★★ Sleight of hand
Start on the odd undercling and up the rail | 4m | |||
V2 | ★ Lefty rock on
Stand start up face and using the right arete | 2m | |||
V2 | ★★ Mother's Milk
Committing solo up the wavy slab to the mega feature. Psych yourself and crimp your way up and out. FA: Ben Vincent, 31 May 2020 | 6m | |||
V2 | ★ Side pull
On the ledge 5m right of the Death Roof. Up a thin side pull weakness FA: Brendan Heywood, Benji Dutaillis & Ben Vincent, 13 Feb 2022 | 3m | |||
V2 | ★ The jug tunnel
A bit silly. Directly right of the Death roof and behind the side pull problem. Traverse through the tunnel on the finger crack, then at the end reach up to the jug and mantle without touching either side. FA: Brendan Heywood, Benji Dutaillis & Ben Vincent, 13 Feb 2022 | 3m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Above the private sector | |||||
V2 | ★ Diagon Alley
| 5m | |||
V2 | ★★ Misplaced car keys
| 6m | |||
V2 | ★ Rail chaser
| 5m | |||
V2 | ★★★ The squeeze test
Sit start on finger crack deep in the dark and then finish on top in the sunlight. Crux is the entire thing trying to figure out which elbow goes where and how to simultaneously push while pulling and keep your core tense while also being relaxed, and whether to go head first or feet first. Impossible to grade, but worthwhile entertainment If you can't physically fit, a no hands bat hang finish is a worthy substitute. FA: Volodymyr K | 1m | |||
V2 | ★★ Wreath
A nice slopey crimps through a bulgy mantle FA: Brendan Heywood, 11 Nov 2018 | 2m | |||
V2 | ★★ Remembrance Traverse
Start right on the end (possibly over water) and slap all the way into Remembrance | 3m | |||
V2 | ★★ No big deal
Sit start with feet on the chock stone, up great crack. Don't fall. FA: Nathan H., 11 Nov 2018 | 4m | |||
V2 | ★★ Stale Pringles
Start on arete and chockstone, up thin crimps. Chockstone can be eliminated | 4m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Cascade boulders Yoda's cave | |||||
V2 | ★★ Yoda Traverse
Instead of mantle slap all the way right FA: Brendan Heywood & Ben Vincent | 9m | |||
V2 | ★★ Extension start
Alternate longer almost lie down start | 3m | |||
V2 | ★★ Baby Yoda's Swamp Bog
Start on the dry waterfall, then step around and a slopey traverse over the water, and possibly link into 'Baby Yoda' FA: Ben Vincent, 2 Jul 2020 | 6m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Central Boulders River boulders | |||||
V2 | ★ R1
SDS with odd moves through small roof and top out (North rock) | ||||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Central Boulders Vulcanology area | |||||
V2 | ★★ Slappy slap
SDS low right hand, slap up right and mantle FA: Brendan Heywood & Benji Dutaillis, 4 Sep 2021 | 2m | |||
V2 | ★★ Extension start
Sit start extension into ether of the right lines FA: Benji Dutaillis, 4 Sep 2021 | 4m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Central Boulders Warmup boulder | |||||
V2 | ★ Warmup traverse
Start further back along the seam, the further left the harder so it's a bit of a choose your own adventure. You can finish up from the pocket as for Warmup or there are several variant direct finishes | 3m | |||
V2 | Dyno direct
Eliminate the massive jug and just mantle | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Central Boulders Mozzie Rock | |||||
V2 | Baby mozzie
Sloper start, then slap up and right | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Central Boulders Pseudoephedrine Boulders | |||||
V2 | ★ Echidna flake
Sit start on bottom right of obvious flake. Up flake then head left and up into corner. Use pocket in corner then up. | 4m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Central Boulders River terrace | |||||
V2 | ★★ Two teeth
Start on both teeth then slap and mantle | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Central Boulders Hierarchy of Kneeds Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★★ Belonging kneeds
Start either in the crack, or a more direct start on pinching the overhung flake, up then traverse along the flake with the obligatory double knee bar invert rest just because you can. FA: Brendan Heywood & carol lee, 15 Apr 2022 | 3m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge South-Western Boulders Tank Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★ Tank face
Thin and crimpy | 2m | |||
V2 | ★ Just the arete
Good but contrived | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge South-Western Boulders Crack Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★ Old school
Layback the crack and top out on the left face | ||||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge South-Western Boulders Sloper Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★★ Sloper traverse
Start far left practically lying on the ground and slap all the way around the the juggy mantle | 1m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge South-Western Boulders Quickdraw Area Self Isolation Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★ Essential Service
The low ball left of N-ES. Start on pinchy flake feature. A R heel is essential (for most mere mortals). FA: Ben Vincent, 23 Apr 2020 | 1m | |||
V2 | ★ Non-Essential Service
The low ball right of ES. Start on the slopers & obvious footer rail. Mantle & finish on obvious weakness. FA: Ben Vincent, 23 Apr 2020 | 1m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge South-Western Boulders Quickdraw Area | |||||
V2 | ★★ Quickdraw traverse
SDS the traverse left and top out. Various finishes, the longer the harder | 3m | |||
V2 | ★★ thing
Sit start with both hands on on the right jug of Quickdraw Direct, pull up and slap, then slap again to sloper and mantel. Hint: get your right foot high and right. | 1m | |||
V2 | ★ Gymnastic
Juggy but awkward | 1m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge South-Western Boulders Three Crack Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★ Tree Crack
Start in the crack on the left side of boulder with the thin little tree growing in it at half height. Climb crack not using the tree. | 5m | |||
V2 | Right of Tree
Start half a metre right of the crack with the tree in it. Up thin crimps to join the horizontal crack above. It is a elimination variation so try and not to use the crack to your left. | 5m | |||
V2 | Unknown
Just left of the finger crack is a micro right facing corner. Start there and go to nice edge then mantel and finish as for the finger crack. | 5m | |||
V2 | Unknown Var.
Start to the right of the finger crack and without using it, proceed up the very thin slab. | 4m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge South-Western Boulders Piece of Yarrowyck | |||||
V2 | ★ A little peice of Yarrowyck
Start on an undercling then right slap and up. FA: Brendan Heywood | 1m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge South-Western Boulders Powers Lab | |||||
V2 | ★★★ Powers Witch
Start on the lower rail on the left side, up and around the corner over the water FA: Brendan Heywood, 27 Jun 2021 | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Southern Boulders Red Lichen Boulders | |||||
V2 | R3
Very thin slab moves | 2m | |||
V2 | ★ R6
Start on undercling below overlap and up right to good hold then slap up and left onto sloping arete then mantel. | 3m | |||
V2 | ★ R7
Nice tall crimp problem with a few variants. Pull down not out, crimps have a tendency to flex a bit. | 4m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Southern Boulders Australia Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★ S8
Start on crimps above alcove then mantle. | 2m | |||
Northern Tablelands Gara Gorge Upper Gara Gorge Southern Boulders Corners Boulder | |||||
V2 | ★★ Corner traverse
Start on slopers then traverse around corner and up | 4m | |||
V2 | ★ Back of corners?
On the back, up the corner near a tree? | 4m |