Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Closed Black Mountain Bouldering Main area | |||||
V1 | ★ Does this count as highball?
Start as for 'Dont touch the jizz' right to the arrete then up and over the bulge to top out FA: Mitchell Robertson, 11 Jun 2018 | 5m | |||
V0 | Disregard the Constabulary
FA: Kaylee Verrier, 11 Jun 2018 | 4m | |||
V0 | Bear hug
This climb is about 50m down the hill from section 59. FA: Cads, 30 Jun 2018 | 3m | |||
V0 | Railway
Pull up using the rail/side pulls, then gain the step before committing to the top out. FA: Cads, 30 Jun 2018 | 3m | |||
V0 | Tension
Pull up then move out right before topping out. FA: Cads, 30 Jun 2018 | 3m | |||
Closed Black Mountain Bouldering Room with a view | |||||
V1 | Room with a view
Sit start under slabby portion, traverse right and come up corner of boulder. FA: William Hall & Ellie Beck, 4 Nov 2017 | 1m | |||
Buildering | |||||
★ Torrens Shops - lumpy brick wall
The side wall of the Torrens shops is a good bet for those on the south side. There was more of the same - an earth retaining wall below the old servo adjacent, but a rain storm collapsed it. | |||||
Buildering National Library Barton | |||||
National Library - Front Wall
The front wall of the national library facing Questacon | 3m | ||||
★★ National Library - Main Wall
At 2.2m high and from 5 to 50m in length, the bottom tier of rough hewn basalt is generally traversed - but some choose to set hard diagonal rising mini routes with sit starts. It's likely that some people wouldn't appreciate the chalk patina that develops over the drier months and no one is really sure how the activity is viewed amongst Library management so please stay away from the front entrance area. The Lakeside walls are fantastic on a summers afternoon when the easterly breeze arrives. | 2m | ||||
V3 | ★★ National Library - Left short wall
On the side facing Lake Burley Griffin is the first short wall in between the main wall and the stairs. Can be climbed in either direction, though left to right seems more difficult. | 2m | |||
★ National Library - Middle short wall
On the side facing Lake Burley Griffin is the short wall in front of the the stairs. | 2m | ||||
V2 | ★ National Library - Lower Wall
Located in lower courtyard near the right end of the lakeside wall, look for the large gap in the hedge where it meets the wall. Rising right to left traverse ending with a big move to a jug. | 15m | |||
V7 | ★★ National Library - Right wall
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. | 3m | |||
National Library - Far Wall
The mega endurance wall on the back side of the Library facing Commonwealth Ave | 2m | ||||
Buildering ANU Fenner Hall | |||||
V2 | ★★ Occupancy Agreement
Smokedoor in hallway, sit start crack up to jug rail on door. Move right, crimp and traverse doorframe, finish on opposite side of doorframe | 3m | |||
Buildering ANU | |||||
Archives Wall
Directly above Parkes Way as it tunnels under the ANU is the Noel Butlin Archives Centre - just outside this, on the north eastern side at the end of Balmain Cres is a long cemented basalt retaining wall that offers a sustained traverse or if you are really sure about youself, some highball solo's ... be careful, little bits of render give way quite suddenly. To access it ride or walk there via the east/west lake cycle path. It is just off the path on the very steep pinch as it goes over the Acton Peninsular. | |||||
Le Couteur Building retaining wall
On the lake side of the Le Couteur Building, Research School of Physical Sciences, below Mills Rd, is a high retaining wall - one of the first built structures climbed in the ACT. It has largely been forgotten but it is still there with the same hard edgy problems which are much more accessible now that the ivy has been stripped away. Do your part - climb and prune! | 3m | ||||
Menzies Library
Pretty easy, and I doubt security likes it much, but I've never been moved off it | |||||
Buildering Eddison Park boulders | |||||
★★ Eddison Park Boulders
There are 2 sculpted boulders with additional plastic holds near the skate park at Eddison Park in Woden | 2m | ||||
Buildering | |||||
15 | Water Police Traverse - Lake Gininderra
This wall has been torn down in the 2010-11 renovations of the area. A traverse of the sea-wall near the water police quarters on Lake Gininderra in Belconnen. | 25m | |||
Buildering Alfred Deakin High School | |||||
V4 | ★ Enter the Catacombs
The space between the crack in the wall and the arete next to the stairs FA: Alek Gough, 6 May 2023 | 4m | |||
V1 | Deakin dash
The far slab wall approximately 70 metres long. Note this is not the wall made of plastic in the fenced area. A good way to waste 20 minutes. FA: Alek Gough, 12 Jul 2023 | 75m | |||
VB | The Swordfish Queen
Find the short gap in the plants behind the chicken wire bike shed. FA: Alek Gough, 12 Jul 2023 | 4m | |||
V4 | ★★ Scented candles
Start from the corner then up and out to freedom. The first and possibly best route at the school. FA: Alek Gough, 2 May 2023 | 4m | |||
V0 | What was once Herpes is Gonorrhea
Find the largest gap in the plants behind the carpark and traverse across from left to right. Ends about 3 meters from The Swordfish Queen. FA: 12 Jul 2023 | 10m | |||
Alek's Open Project
I dont even know how hard this is or will be probably far north of V7. Go to the outside of the gym on the side that faces the main school there are 2 green pipes. Traverse between them from left to right when facing the wall. probably the last route at the school i am going to put up. getting a bit sick of the climbing here. | |||||
V7/8 | ★★ Bisk limpket
on the outside of the gym on the wall facing the main school building there is the obvious climbable wall. on this wall there are 2 green pipes to the left of the right most pipe there is a crack start with your left hand in this crack and head straight up FA: Alek Gough, 16 Sep 2023 | 4m | |||
V3/4 | ★ The wonderful intelligence of Mr bell
On the same wall as Bisk limpket there is an arete on the far left as with most routes here start with your right hand in the crack and left on the arete. Head straight up on the juggy arete with the crack for help. FA: Alek Gough, 16 Sep 2023 | 4m | |||
V5 | Dumpy
To the left of scented candles. Up the arete with your left hand and the crack with your right FA: 16 Sep 2023 | 4m | |||
Buildering Bus Shelter | |||||
VB | Rapid
The sensible route. Straight up the side with the help of the window hole. | ||||
V1 | Interchange
Start the same as Rapid. Climb into the window, turn around, come out from inside and up the roof. | ||||
Driver
Same route as Rapid, but without using the window hole as a foothold. Only use the small ledges and the window's "arrete" to get up. |