Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Waterworks Quarry | |||||
15 | ★ Weetbix
R-most line of bolts on slab, 2m R of 'Eye Bolt Route'. 4 UBs to DUBB. FA: E. Jones, T. Gilbert & G. Abell, 2009 | 11m, 4 | |||
15 | ★ Resurrection
Link up. Start up 'Jesus Built My Hammer Drill'. At 3rd UB, head L to join 'Drilling In The Name Of' at its 4th UB. Finish at 'DITNO' anchors. FA: OCCG (Old Codgers Climbing Group), 2005 | 10m, 5 | |||
16 | ★ The Blind Leading The Crippled
Ascends the blunt arête at the R end of the cliff. Try climbing it blindfolded! 4 UBs to chains. FA: Duncan Meerding & Paul Pritchard, 2010 | 10m, 4 | |||
Proctor's Road Quarry Lower Tier Back Wall | |||||
16 | ★ Exploding White Flies
| 22m | |||
Proctor's Road Quarry Upper Tier | |||||
16 | No Takers
| 15m | |||
16 | No Takers Variant
| 15m | |||
Proctor's Road Quarry Southern Outlet | |||||
16 | Totally Unstable Choss Climb (TUCC)
| 20m | |||
Proctor's Road Quarry Area Unknown | |||||
16 | Exploding white ants
| 30m | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Broken Buttress | |||||
16 | Spurline
FA: R. Alsop, M. Douglas, A. Keller, Mar 1968. Direct Finish: R. Mansfield, P. Robinson, Sep 1980. & R. Mansfield, 1968 | 48m | |||
16 | Crestline
FA: U. Aurelli, D. Cox & P. Sands, 1961 FFA: P. Robinson & R. Mansfield, 1980 | 45m | |||
15 | Prodigal
FA: G. Kowalik & P. Robinson, 1981 | 130m, 5 | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes University Buttress | |||||
16 | Well Actually
Access pitch for Hold That Thought | 15m | |||
16 | Sisyphus
| 55m, 2 | |||
15 | ★★ Ozymandias
| 65m | |||
16 | ★ Chancellor
Takes the prominent corner line immediately right of Chancellor Direct about 8m up the left side of Avalanche Couloir. Start in the big broken right facing corner as for Vice Chancellor or start up the short wall just right of Chancellor Direct to meet the big corner after 8m. This second option doesn't add much other than the possibility of a painful ground fall.
FFA: Unknown FA: M. Douglas & T. Terry, 1967 | 55m, 2 | |||
16 | ★ Catch the Sun in Flight
Wall climbing immediatly left of Sun Stealer. FA: Mar 2015 | 12m, 4 | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Bulging Buttress | |||||
16 | Eye for a Line
| 34m | |||
16 | ★★ Indian Summer
FA: T. McKenny & P. Robinson, 2013 | 49m, 3 | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Teardrop Gully | |||||
16 | The Bentwood
The leftmost climb, short and sweet with steep climbing on good rock. Walk back after top out to rap station. FA: T. McKenny, B.Bull & B.Maddison, Jan 2017 | 12m, 3 | |||
15 | Thor
Climbs the right hand side of the wide wall to DBB. Good protection in horizontal cracks. FA: T.McKenny, B.Maddison & B.Bull, Jan 2015 | 11m | |||
15 | Farouche
the crack right of ITF | 26m | |||
16 | Funemployment
The crack 2m right from Turkey Slap. Start in the crack with stemming options, through the leftwards jag, then to the top of Turkey slap pinnacle. Extend the DBB from Turkey Slap or easily continue to the top. FA: Chris Lang & Madi Roseavear, Nov 2020 | 14m | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Step Tier | |||||
16 | ★★★ Moonraker
| 70m, 3 | |||
16 | ★ Peacepipe
| 80m | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Great Tier | |||||
16 | ★★ Melancholy Mania
| 100m, 3 | |||
15 | ★★ Nefertiti
FA: J Moore & P Stranger, 1968 | 77m, 2 | |||
15 | ★★ G Pillar
Climbs pillar between Clouds of Obsession & Slow Combustion. Excellent climbing, let down somewhat by a hard first 5m, and scrubby last 5m. Good protection. At top of pillar, traverse 4m to rap of Clouds of Obsession chain (25m). | 52m | |||
15 | ★★ Slow Combustion
Start a few meters after the big step in the access ramp at the right-hand end of the Suicide Sadness area.
50m abseil from the bolted anchor on the right end of the ledge to the start of the climb. FA: T. McKenny, P. Robinson & B. Rathbone, 1979 | 52m, 2 | |||
16 | ★ Slow Combustion Direct
Starts 1.5m Right of Slow Combustion. Traverse left for 2m below dark roof to rejoin Slow Combustion. FA: H.Jackson, 1998 | 52m | |||
15 | ★★ Roaring Forties
| 80m | |||
15 | Feeble Fifties
| 120m, 4 | |||
15 | Janzoon Direct
| 38m, 2 | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Central Buttress | |||||
15 | ★★ Asterix
| 27m | |||
16 | The Den
| 35m | |||
16 | Caledonian
| 45m | |||
15 | Linda
Pitch 1: Ground level to obvious large chockstone (rap anchors present) Pitch 2: Up chimney and belay at base of huge corner Pitch 3: 3 variants - Direct (18) - Left of huge corner which becomes offwidth Chimney (15): Climb R wall for 5m, thenstep R up to ledge and finish up chimney FA: J Moore & J Veasey, 1968 | 90m, 3 | |||
15 | Thrice
Alternative start to Faust which avoids some inital chimneying but involves some alarming flakes. Start up flakes 2m L of chimney and continue directly up the wall, eventually stepping right into Faust at the Hakea. Continue up Faust from here. | 30m | |||
16 | ★★ Faust
The big left-facing chimney.
FA: J. Moore & R. Williams | 85m, 2 | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Flange Buttress | |||||
16 | ★ On Bended Knees
From the belay at the top of Brown Madonna, wander up rock face on the left and continue straight up hand cracks to the left of the chimney. Traverse right at top to Bert's Fear DBB | 35m | |||
16 | ★ Pink Car
| 50m, 2 | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes The Columns | |||||
16 | Piccolo
| 90m, 4 | |||
16 | Claret Corner
| 110m | |||
16 | Ford Prefect
The left of the two short sport routes between DN and PS. FA: R Parkyn & O Gervasoni, Jan 2017 | 12m, 6 | |||
15 | Battlements
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15 | The Cordoban
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Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Northern Buttress | |||||
15 | Bollard Chimney
| 12m | |||
16 | ★ Skyline Major
FA: lots | 90m | |||
16 | Plomat
| 40m | |||
Mount Wellington The Organ Pipes Far North | |||||
16 | ★ Pipedream
| 15m | |||
16 | ★★ Gear Freak
| 10m | |||
16 | ★★ D.N.A.
| 10m | |||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area Lost World | |||||
15 | ★ Cloaca
not sure how this has been listed as 8 meters? unless you want to bring some tat and do a sketchy rap at halfway Climb offwidth for 8 meters, step left up slabby boulder into hand crack, medium cams for anchor, scramble off down the gully to the right. FA: D. Gray | 20m | |||
16 | ★★ Raiders Of The Lost World
"Devoid of any natural gear" | 25m | |||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area New World | |||||
16 | ★ Friends With Cameras for Eyes
| 15m | |||
15 | Catcher in the Rye
| 16m | |||
16 | ★ Pinkinsane
| 16m | |||
15 | ★★ Procol Harum
| 16m | |||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area Micro World | |||||
15 | I'd Rather Be Eating a Super Schnitzel
| 6m | |||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area Big Bend Boulders Lost World Boulders Res Gestae Boulder | |||||
V0 | Pull It Off
20m uphill from Res Gestae, is a boulder with a sharp detatched flake up top. Climb the central line. | ||||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area Big Bend Boulders Lost World Boulders Highball World | |||||
V0 | ★ V0
Nice diagonal flake 5m left of Heart shaped box. | ||||
V0 | Chicken wing to hell
High ball crack line. Don't pull off the loose blocks, they're not that loose and you don't need to pull on them.. FA: Mike Hitchcock | 8m | |||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area Big Bend Boulders Western Front 1st Boulder | |||||
V0 | V0
Little pinnacle to the right | ||||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area Big Bend Boulders Western Front The Somme Boulder | |||||
V0 | V0
| 5m | |||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area Big Bend Boulders Western Front Verdun Area | |||||
V0 | ★ V0
SDS. Just left of the previous problem. Start on juggy rail and straight up. | ||||
Mount Wellington Lost World Area Big Bend Boulders Western Front Slab a Dab Boulder | |||||
V0 | V0
SDS. North Western arete of the bloc | ||||
V0 | ★ V0
SDS. Two metres left of the arete is a large layaway edge. | ||||
V0 | V0
SDS. Starts on the next layaway line, one metre left of previous problem. | ||||
V0 | V0
SDS. Starts on the jug on the eastern side. | ||||
V0 | V0
Starts on jug on the southern side of the boulder. Finish straight up or traverse around the boulder and finish up4. | ||||
V0 | ★★ Slab a dab
Hands free ascent of the slab (no hand dabs!) | ||||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders Fence area | |||||
V0 | V0
Sit start FA: Mike Hitchcock, 10 Feb 2019 | 3m | |||
V0 | V0a
Sit start FA: Tommy Krauss, 10 Feb 2019 | 3m | |||
V0 | V0 x
Sit start FA: Chris L, 10 Feb 2019 | 3m | |||
V0 | V0 left
FA: Mackenzie Lovell, 10 Feb 2019 | 4m | |||
V0 | V0 a
FA: Alex Lawson, 10 Feb 2019 | 3m | |||
V0 | V0 b
Sit start, up the right edge. FA: Chris L, 10 Feb 2019 | 4m | |||
V0 | Crack with bush
FA: Chris L, 10 Feb 2019 | 4m | |||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders Snowflakes Area | |||||
V0 | ★ Firing Line
Start on big detached boulder and climb wide crack feature to the right of Pancakes. | ||||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders Lookout Boulders | |||||
V0 | Wobbles
Around R of 'This Big.' Slab into hand crack. Be careful - as the left block moves!! | ||||
V0 | ★ Nice Face
Climb the easy face of the final R boulder. | ||||
V0 | ★ Firing Line
Down & slightly right from Stella's Arete area. Fist crack which widens at the top. | ||||
V0 | ★★ Postcards
Located directly in front of the glass shelter - opposite the open air boarded lookout. Climb the hand crack. | ||||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders Ticktack land | |||||
V0 | Tick
FA: Mike Hitchcock, 2019 | 5m | |||
V0 | Ada
FA: Mike Hitchcock, 2017 | 4m | |||
V0 | Frictional AF
FA: Mike Hitchcock, 2017 | 3m | |||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders Penal Colony | |||||
V0 | Plumbers Crack
The breathtaking, standout line in the valley. Bigger than it looks as it starts 3m below ground. Classic jamming. Grade might need adjusting as the first ascensionist isn't a crackhead by trade. FA: Tommy Krauss, 2011 | 7m | |||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders Second Hill | |||||
V0 | Cracking Stuff
Nice jammy crack FA: Chris L, 11 Nov 2018 | 4m | |||
V0 | Alegro
Up the juggy arete FA: Chris L, 11 Nov 2018 | 5m | |||
V0 | 21
FA: Mike Hitchcock, 2019 | 4m | |||
V0 | 32
FA: Mike Hitchcock, 2019 | 3m | |||
V0 | Paint me like one of your girls
FA: Mike Hitchcock, 2019 | 3m | |||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders Sub-Pinnacle Panorama Track | |||||
V0 | ★ V0
Nice slab | ||||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders The Promised Land April Boulders | |||||
V0 | The Pit of Despair
Roof crack under the same boulder as Subterranean Homesick Alien. Start on low chockstone and exit through squeeze. FA: Tim McEldowney, 2024 | ||||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders The Promised Land Seams Alright Boulder | |||||
V0 | Party Hat
Up Little pinnacle FA: Dylan Tubaro, 2022 | ||||
Mount Wellington Summit Boulders The Promised Land South Ridge | |||||
V0 | The Other Slab
The Easy Slab FA: Ewan Berry, 2023 | ||||
Mount Wellington Wellington Craglets | |||||
16 | Y=1/(1+X2)
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Mount Wellington The Springs Lookout Boulder | |||||
V0 | Sitstart on back of boulder
| 3m | |||
Mount Wellington The Springs Symbiosis Boulder | |||||
V0 | ★ Slabby arete
4m right of Symbiosis | 3m | |||
V0 | Mini Cave Wave
Behind the chockstone block is a small 'cave'. SDS on right, move left and up and over slopey lip. Don't use either of the small boulders on the ground. | 3m | |||
Mount Wellington The Springs Lilo & Two Mat boulders | |||||
V0 | Right of Relic
| 4m |