Ascents in Snowy Mountains

Worth doing if your in the area

A little bit too dirty and damp to be a true classic I think, but interesting moves the whole way with a little bit of spice to keep it exciting. Definitely worthwhile.

Pretty mega for the grade. Joyous.

I thought this was a properly major sandbag. Dirty, hard, runout, and I was on second!

Pretty exceptional to be honest. Doesn't look like much from the base but man oh man is it rad. So much interesting and varied climbing the whole way. Worth coming out just for this route.

First trad lead and multi-pitch, done as two pitches. Pilfered a wild country friend two left in the wall for many years.

Best climb at Blue Lake

Frozen hands

Bit broken and ledge'y though

Ice climbed this - my first real try at it! Gorgeous percolated ice. Was smooth on LHS and more accessible ice slightly over RHS. Need good toe balancing and strong front calves if there is such a thing

Nice to travel back and forth to wake the hands up.

Nice traverse. I assume sit start?

Blown away by how good this climb was

it may have been the last climb of the trip but if this is a 13 I am a lot weaker than i thought. Great climb though. great pro, interesting moves. always some holds around on one of the faces

the only non sandbagged route here? not as jammy as expected. cool though

a nice direct line

ooooo rope drag. I went slightly too high at the first cave but even so that drag was wild as 1 pitch. the start was cruxy. sandbagged

A lot further round from swing than description lets on. at least a 20. great route with very distinct and varied sections of climbing; hand crack, highfeet layback, mantle, slab, sharp layback. A few loose blocks and a lot of lichen. glad i wasnt leading!

Easily the best route I’ve done all morning. Bloody good workout too.

Nice length climb with varied styles