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Grade Route Gear style Popularity Crag
15 Reach For The Stars

Great climb with a ledge at the top of the first pitch for easy belaying. Pitch 1: 15m with 7 bolts. Anchors on 1st pitch- chains and a second set with rings. Pitch 2: 30m with 10 bolts. Loose rocks make the last few moves a bit dodgy but well worth climbing. Anchor for 2nd pitch- chains.

Sport 2, 17 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Resurrection

The right-most route on the right side, and the original line of the crag. Starts left of the bolt line to avoid the roof, although the direct start can also be climbed at about grade 21.

FA: Murray Ball, Pete O'Neill & Roman Ammann, 2014

Sport 15m, 6 Sebastapol Bluffs
18 Scientology and the Art of Guiding

Starts just to the left of Resurrection. Originally a dry tooling route.

Sport 10m, 3 Sebastapol Bluffs
20 Decompose

The left most route on the right side of the cliff. Climbs through light coloured rock on generous yet possibly temporary holds.

Sport 10m, 4 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Shaken, Not Stirred

A fun, short route on the far right side of the left wall. Negotiate the bulge/roof and cruise up the face and arete.

FA: JG, 2023

Sport 10m, 5 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Rattle

Climbs to the right of the vegetated ledge through a diagonal break and between a narrow corridor of moss. Some of the better rock on the cliff, but it's a low standard. Has a halfway anchor to facilitate SAR training.

Sport 15m, 7 Sebastapol Bluffs
21 Shake and Bake

Start to the right of Shook and left of the vegetated ledge. Good, steep moves with poor rock near the top.

Sport 10m, 4 Sebastapol Bluffs
25 Shook

Start to the right of Fire in the Hole. Surmount the roof, then find more hard moves at the top.

SportProject 15m, 6 Sebastapol Bluffs
24 Fire in the Hole

Climb through a roof on the far left side of the crag.

FA: JG, 2022

Sport 15m, 7 Sebastapol Bluffs
20 Nicked Headwall

About 15 meters after the start of the first pitch of Nicked Extension, traverse left below the first horizontal white roof to find a double-anchor belay station. From there, climb directly up through both roofs and meet the anchor of Nicked Extension after 10-15 meters of easy climbing without bolts.

FA: Sam Henehan & Murray Judge, 15 Jan 2018

Sport 45m, 6 Sebastapol Bluffs
18 Golgotha

Starts on the face and moves to the arete

FA: Simon Middlemass

Sport 17m, 7 Sebastapol Bluffs
20 Crown Of Gorse Direct

Start the 2nd pitch of COG following bolts left to finish as for Crown of Thorns

FA: Sam Waetford

Sport 30m, 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Old soldiers never die

Crack on the right.

Sport 30m, 12 Sebastapol Bluffs
21 Bucking Alley

FFA: Murray Judge & John Hamilton, 13 Mar 2016

Sport 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
21 Rodeo Drive
1 21
2 18

FFA: Murray Judge & John Hamilton, 2012

Sport 2, 19 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Unnamed Route

Long route on RH S of red wall crossing two overlaps and diagonals to the upper R of the wall.

FA: 25 Apr 2016

Sport 45m, 12 Sebastapol Bluffs
21 The Orange Men

FFA: Rob Connolly & John Hamilton, 2012

Sport 30m, 14 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Clementine

FFA: Murray Judge, 2012

Sport 28m, 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
20 The Bitter End

FFA: Rob Connolly, 2012

Sport 15m, 6 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Lemon & Lime

FFA: Murray Judge, 2012

Sport 10m, 4 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Mandarin

FFA: Murray Judge, 2012

Sport 10m, 4 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 The Charge of the Light Brigade

FFA: Murray Judge, 2013

Sport 7 Sebastapol Bluffs
17 Shell Shock

FFA: Murray Judge, 2013

Sport 12m, 5 Sebastapol Bluffs
18 Shrapnel

FFA: Rob Connolly, 2012

Sport 10m, 3 Sebastapol Bluffs
15 Holy Alliance
1 13
2 15

FFA: Dave Brash & Aoraki Polytech students, Mar 2015

Sport 35m, 2, 14 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Five Hour Commute

FFA: Ruari MacFarlane & Sophie, 2012

Sport 30m, 7 Sebastapol Bluffs
23 Olympic Feet

FFA: Jane Morris, 2013

Sport 25m, 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
13 Link pitch

Unnamed link pitch between P1 of Let's go bushwalking and Mako

Sport 20m Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Mako

Overgraded and incorrectly named "Kermit" on the 2012 Sebastopol brochure. From the anchor at the top of the first (50m) pitch of Shark Attack, climb up a couple of meters and head left through the bushes to find its start anchor. Either reanchor there, or just continue up without clipping the anchor to avoid drag. After reaching the next anchor, follow the bolts left again and though the overlap.

FA: C.Burtenshaw & AATC students

Sport 63m, 2 Sebastapol Bluffs
17 Nicked Extension
1 17 25m
2 17 20m
3 15 40m
4 15
  1. After Nicked, keep traversing right after the overlap, watching out for loose rocks on the white scoop/roof area before getting to the double anchor on the right.

  2. Keep right and go around the arete veering left to climb up the ramp - this pitch is combined with pitch 3 on ClimbNZ

  3. Climb up veering to the right following some run out steps - this pitch is combined with pitch 2 on ClimbNZ

  4. Climb up the large block and gain the arete following the face through loose blocks

Abseil from the top anchor to Red Wall (Ernie/Bert) using two 60m ropes

Sport 85m, 4, 41 Sebastapol Bluffs
17 Five Ring Circus

Nice bridging along a left corner. You might want to place a cam before the first bolt for protection.

FFA: Murray Judge & Nick Begg, 2012

Sport 30m, 10 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Right hand slab

line of bolts right of poo pond slab. Thin and fun!

Sport 15m, 3 Sebastapol Bluffs
15 Secret squirrel arete

FFA: Ray Button, 2012

Sport 54m, 2, 10 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Pinot

Right hand line of bolts.

FFA: Ray Button, 2012

Sport 23m, 8 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Whispering grass

Middle line of bolts in wall. Start in stream bed and up bolted crack system. Good holds appear when you need them. Through overlap and up to chains.

FFA: Ray Button, 2012

Sport 25m, 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Fringe benefit

Left most line of bolts. Start on boulders in stream bed and up just right of arete. Crux above small ledge between bolts 6/7. Angle right to double bolt belay. Rap 25m.

FFA: Ray Button & Dave Alderson, 2011

Sport 28m, 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
23 a slovakian nightmare

FA: cory green, 2008

Sport 25m, 8 Sebastapol Bluffs
21 Peeled Back

FA: Paul Aubrey, 1980

FFA: Jane Morris & Murray Judge, 2011

Sport 30m, 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
17 Freshly Squeezed

FA: Murray Judge, 2011

Sport 26m, 8 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Bitter Sweet

FA: Tom MacTavish & Murray Judge, 2011

Sport 22m, 7 Sebastapol Bluffs
20 Jaffa

FA: Jane Morris, 2011

Sport 18m, 5 Sebastapol Bluffs
20 Squirt

FA: Tom MacTavish, 2011

Sport 12m, 3 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Poo pond slab

The original route started on the R of the face to the ledge then a 2nd pitch above. Two pitches that probably deserve more traffic than they get.

P1. A line of bolts (mossy?) on the R of the wall to the ledge. 21m Grade 16

P2. Interesting climbing.The first bolts are remarkably close together then the gap and the clips get further apart. 30m Grade 15

Set: Anton Wopereis & Sam Bosshard

Sport 50m, 2 Sebastapol Bluffs
13 Nature's Good Will

Short climb left of the Poo Pond slab over a small bulge - better than it looks.

Set: BJ Veasey

Sport Sebastapol Bluffs
14 The snout

Climb the narrow rib in the trees moving R at 2/3 height. New anchor with excellent secure large clipping carabiners.

Set: Anton Wopereis & Sam Bosshard

Sport 22m, 7 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Scorpions sting

Arete. Chain Anchor.

Set: BJ Veasey

Sport 25m Sebastapol Bluffs
19 The Old Bastard

FA: Sandra Martin, 2008

Sport 15m, 4 Sebastapol Bluffs
18 Growly Girl

FA: Trev street, 2008

Sport 15m, 4 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Shark Attack
1 14 50m
2 16 37m

Starts just left of where the track arrives.

FA: Nick Cradock, 1980

Sport 87m, 2, 20 Sebastapol Bluffs
18 Ernie Sport 35m Sebastapol Bluffs
17 Bert Sport 35m Sebastapol Bluffs
15 Red Arete
1 14 37m
2 13 36m
3 15 20m

Tom Fyfe reputedly climbed this route solo, as preparation for the first ascent of Aoraki Mt Cook. It has since been retrobolted and makes a superb moderate multi-pitch rock climb.

  1. 37m, 14 Climb the second line of bolts from the right-hand end of the slab.The climb follows a prominent rib left of the Totara bushes before moving onto the open face above. Belay at the left end of the ledge the climb arrives ( you can see the climber from there) and then move across teh Aubrey step to belay behind the shrubbery. NB The lower double rings are for abseil descent. Alternatively and quite popular was to start up the Shark Attack line, climb into the yellow scoop and diagonal up R.

  2. 36m, 13 - This is the primo long pitch.From the belay behind the trees, climb up and over a small bulge(crux) then stay left of the arete up the line of bolts (passing a abseil anchor en route) until reaching a substantial ledge with another anchor. Clip the next bolt on the left (ignoring the anchors) climb the pedestal and continue on a short 10m (3 B) pitch to the next ledge where Shark Attack finishes. The arete can be climbed higher.

  3. 20m, 15 - Variant a) From Shark Attack/Red arete belay head L up easy slab to base of bulging wall R of Mako. Through the bulge on the left then up face left of the arete to a ring belay. another bolt protects the easy traverse to the Mako anchor further up the ridge.

    Variant b) 3 Bolts. from the back edge of the SA/RA ledge follow steep slightly run out Grade 13 climbing to the same anchor. Serious if you stuff up getting to bolt 2.

FA: Tom Fyfe, 1894

Sport 93m, 3, 28 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Mako

FA: 2000

Sport 63m, 2 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Dirty Digits

FA: Ray Button & Troy Kirwin, 1999

Sport 35m, 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Seriass

FA: Tony dignan, 1982

Sport 35m, 10 Sebastapol Bluffs
18 Keep Left Arete Sport 35m, 9 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Seamstress

Pitch1 10m grade 18 pitch2 10m grade 19

FA: Kylie wakelin

Sport 20m, 2, 6 Sebastapol Bluffs
23 Drug Abuse

Run out!

FA: Paul Aubrey, 1980

Sport 45m Sebastapol Bluffs
18 Lunar Landing Sport 55m, 10 Sebastapol Bluffs
19 Lunar Tick

Bring two ropes to get down - although apparently it is possible to rap across to the anchors half way up Nicked.

FA: Brent Shears, 1999

Sport 50m, 10 Sebastapol Bluffs
18 Nicked

Run out, some bolt are 4-5 meter apart! Has rap anchors half way up.

FA: Nick cradock, 1983

Sport 55m, 2, 12 Sebastapol Bluffs
16 Let's Go Bush Walking

P1 15 P2 16 (Don't bother - scrubby).

Best to do P1 of this then traverse right into P2 of Shark Attack.

Sport 60m, 2 Sebastapol Bluffs
21 Revenge of the Podge

FA: Brent shears

Sport 35m, 8 Sebastapol Bluffs
20 Poison Dwarf

FA: Kylie wakelin, 1999

Sport 10m, 4 Sebastapol Bluffs

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