Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Bright Lights Warmup Boulder | |||||
{FB} 4B - C+ | ★ You're Under Arête
Sit Down Start. Around the corner, to the left of 'P. L. Traverse', sit with both hands in the long horizontal crack. Each hand is on either side of the arête. Climb up the arête to top out. FA: Rowan Douglas, 6 Dec 2020 | 4m | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Deer Park Big Bad Block | |||||
FB:4B+ - C+ | Corner Jugs
Climb the east corner on the Table Mountain cableway orientation FA: Steve Koehorst, 1998 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Deer Park Yosemite Boulder | |||||
FB:4B+ - C+ | Flame Arête
start on the shelf and top out via pinchy arete | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Deer Park Blackened Boulder | |||||
{FB} 4B - C+ | Burnout
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{FB} 4B - C+ | 2
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{FB} 4B - C+ | Matchstick
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Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Deer Park Triangle Boulder | |||||
{FB} 4B - C+ | Left Arête
Climb the LH arête and traverse to TO FA: S. Koehorst, 1998 | 4m | |||
{FB} 4B - C+ | Right Arête
Climb the easy arête FA: S. Koehorst, 1998 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Deer Park Tree Boulder | |||||
FB:4C | ★ Elementree
Start high BH on the big sidepull where the tree use to be, move left onto the slab and TO in the centre of the slab. The arete and the jugs just to the left of the arete are out. | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain Cecilia Forest Ike's Boulder | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Slut
Sit-start with arête and climb up. | ||||
{FB} 4B+ - C+ | Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
Sit-start on a ledge and climb the face / arête. FA: Marijus Šmigelskis | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain Cecilia Forest Beginner Boulder | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | ★ Route 1
Start left on the face with the arrow on it. Sit/crouch start on black horizontal rail. Move up to the central top end of the boulder without using the arete. | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain East of Platteklip | |||||
18 | Owl Music
Climbs the face to the right of 'The Reckoning'. Start easily up to a layback flake system and then take a central line up the face with a short, wide vertical crack just before the top. FA: Richard Halsey, 2012 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain Higgovale Quarry The Polling Booth | |||||
18 | ★★ Mandela Magic
FA: N. Matthews & G. Hattingh | 6 | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Higgovale Quarry The Peanut Gallery | |||||
18 | ★ Torn Finger
FA: A. Hartung & S. Kets, 2000 | 10m, 5 | |||
18 | Phallange Arête
FA: S. Kets, 2001 | 3 | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Ledges Silverstream Ravine Silverstream Lower | |||||
18 | ★ Covid Alley
FA: Richard Halsey & R. Strate, Dec 2020 | ||||
18 | ★ Une Autre Année
Spacey gear at the top. FA: Richard Halsey & R. Strate, Dec 2020 | ||||
18 | ★★ Sun Orbit
Tricky take off, then pleasant. FA: Richard Halsey & R. Strate, Dec 2020 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain Ledges Silverstream Ravine Five Sixteen Crag | |||||
18 | ★ Adaption
The gear at the start is a bit tricky. FA: Richard Halsey & R. Strate | 20m | |||
18 | ★★★ Resilience
FA: Richard Halsey & R. Strate | 20m | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Ledges Spring Ledge | |||||
18 | ★★ Jigsaw Crag
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Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach The Egg Sector E: Walking on Air | |||||
{FB} 4C+ | ★★★ Hot Air Buffoon
A few meters right of 'Walking on Air' are 2 thick edged flakes at ground level. Start just right of the left ground flake. Climb a bulge on small holds to top out. I'm finding grading granite slab difficult, so please give honest grading. For this one I suspect 4C to 5A. FA: Cormac Tooze, 11 Apr | 3m | |||
{FB} 4C+ | ★★ Alpenrösli
Start on the north side of the fat boulder. Stand start, climb the dark slab almost on the corner of the boulder FA: M.Stutz, 2010 | 3m | |||
{FB} 4C+ | ★★ Alpen Muesli
Start on the north side of the fat boulder. Stand start, to the right of 'Alpenrösli' in the alley. FA: Joe Möhle | 3m | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach The Egg Sector J: Fire the Cannon | |||||
{FB} 4C | ★★ Fire the Cannon
Bum start, climb the layback crack opposite 'Hypergravity'. FA: J.Doran, 2008 | 2m | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach The Egg Sector O: The Badger | |||||
{FB} 4C+ | ★★ Sweet Reggae Music
Bum start and climb the crack. FA: Unknown | 2m | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Lower Buttresses Arrow Buttress | |||||
18 | ★★ Bowstring
1
12
25m
2
12
22m
3
14
22m
4
18
28m
FA: J. Levy & M. Scott, 1968 | 97m, 4 | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Lower Buttresses Venster Buttress | |||||
18 | ★★ Transience
FA: Richard Halsey & R. Strate, Jun 2020 | 20m | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Deadwood | |||||
{FB} 4A - C+ | ★★ The Warming Arête
Crouch start on good jug. Follow jugs on and slightly right of arête. TO. | 4m | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest The Classroom | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | First Grade
Reach/jump to holds in hollow, climb diagonally left to TO. | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Gatvol Boulder | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Can You See My Screen
Climb the middle of the slab FA: Guy Holwill, 2020 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Broken Boulder | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Speedy Return
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Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Moss Master | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Khaki, Crocs & Koala Bears
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FB:4A - C+ | Marlowe
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FB:4A - C+ | Wildlife Warrior
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Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Leftfield Leftfield | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Unnamed 3
Sit-start a little right of Unnamed Arête with right hand up on a layaway pinch and climb the arête / slab to top-out. | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Leftfield Little Bleau | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Dime a Dozen
Sit-start hugging the corner with left hand on a sidepull and right hand on a bad sloper. The big low footgrips are off. FA: Scott Noy, 2007 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Hillywood | |||||
FB:4B - C+ | Famous for Being Famous
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FB:4A - C+ | Look Mama - I'm on TV
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Cape Town Table Mountain Orange Face (Permit needed) | |||||
18 | ★★★ Nature Cons
Permit needed to enter RESTRICTED AREA. Nature Conservasions bright ideas FA: Jeffrey Denning, 2004 | 220m | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Apostles Barrier Buttress | |||||
18 | ★ Barrier Sandwich
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18
23m
2
8
20m
3
16
20m
4
16
18m
5
16
18m
6
16
18m
Do not underestimate the first pitch. Start: about 12m left of Barrier Frontal, up a left facing corner capped by a roof.
FA: H. Graafland & H. Snijders, 1960 | 120m, 6 | |||
18 | ★ Rowan's Route
Nice climbing but wanders a bit. To the right of the slab is some scrappy rock. Start right of this and up to narrow overlap. Pull through on the right then move back left and up to easier terrain. Continue heading left, following a vague, steep recess until able to exit right at the top. FA: S. Nightingale & Richard Halsey, Jul 2018 | ||||
18 | ★ Coleonema
Good climbing, pity about the loose block and bushy mantle at the end... Start: up the wall at a point where a faint path leads through the bushes and out to the right side of the crag. Head up and tend left under the broken rock and up to the midway ledge. Climb up below the black water-streak corner for 2m and then rail left 2m and up to the exit face will a series of horizontal rails. Beware a big loose block just right of the final face. The top out involves negotiating none non friendly climber's friend. FA: Richard Halsey & F. Walters, Sep 2018 | ||||
18 | ★ Briefie Master
Nice climbing up to midway, then a walk and tricky finish. Start: on the far right of the wall. Climb up to where a short traverse right leads up to the ledge. Walk right a few meters and then climb diagonally back up and left to a tricky exit at the top. FA: Richard Halsey & F. Walters, Aug 2018 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Apostles Valken Buttress | |||||
18 | ★ Slumber Crag
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18
10m
2
18
9m
3
18
18m
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8
15m
5
14
15m
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14
25m
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13
40m
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16
30m
9
16
35m
"Very Steep. Unlikely that anyone will fall asleep on it" Start: Left of the Hottentot Cherry Tree situated to the left of Valken Face.
7.A Number of short recesses will be found to the right of the ridge. After 8m of climbing one reaches the first ledge. 10m of recess takes one to the next ledge,. A recessed corner with a large tree next to it is ascended for 22m for a bushy stance.
FA: D. Berrisford, K. Fletcher & B. Kohler, 1962 | 200m, 9 | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Apostles Kasteel Buttress | |||||
18 | ★★ Consternation Corbel
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13
27m
2
18
22m
3
10
10m
4
12
18m
5
17
21m
6
11
5m
Harder for the shorties. Start: about 15m left of the Turret corner is a grey face with a break running up its centre. this line takes that break.
FA: R. Baillie, I. McMorran & K. Pilcher, 1960 | 100m, 6 | |||
18 | ★★★ Winning Streak
Up the steep orange and black stripes to the right of the bigger recess. The route tends left, always just right of the recess. Very satisfying. FA: Richard Halsey, Nov 2020 | ||||
18 | ★★ Hydro Flower
Climb the black, left facing corner, step right and then follow the weakness that is parallel to Day Zero. Sting in the tail FA: Richard Halsey, Nov 2020 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Apostles Postern Buttress | |||||
18 | ★★ Tarantella
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18
28m
2
17
9.11m
3
17
30m
4
12
Start: 15m left of the cave, or on the right corner of the Right Block is a shallow, vertical recess capped by an overhang.
FA: K. Fletcher, H. Graafland & H. Snijders, 1961 | 67m, 4 | |||
18 | ★★ Staletto
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14
24m
2
14
15m
3
14
15m
4
17
18m
5
14
12m
6
18
10m
Start: directly in front of a triangular block, a meter or so right of Fraser's
FA: G. Athiros & M. Scott, 1967 | 94m, 6 | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Apostles Spring Buttress | |||||
18 | We are the Robots
This route starts about 8m right of the overhang by the tea cave. Pull onto the wall and follow 2 steep recesses until able to move right into the vertical hand crack. Straight to the top. FA: Richard Halsey & A. Hall, 20 Jul 2014 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Apostles Slangolie Buttress Snake-oil Battlegrounds | |||||
18 | ★ A Death in Sarajevo
One of the few routes to face south, this line is at the very right end of the crag and starts in a open book/crack before stepping onto the left face, past a small protrusion to a rail, then onto the top. Best of luck coming down as the opening party got lost trying to walk off. FA: S. Cunnane & Warren Gans, 2013 | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Apostles Corridor Buttress | |||||
18 | ★★★ Corridor Rib
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18
15m
2
17
15m
3
15
15m
4
12
10m
This route has excellent quality rock and is well worth doing. It is possible to link P1 & 2.
Descent: walk off via the gully on the left (facing out). FA: M. Mamacos, J. Henry, E. Rudnick & O. Shipley, 1950 | 55m, 4 | |||
18 | Cha Cha Wall
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16
27m
2
18
18m
3
17
30m
4
18
18m
5
18
5m
6
18
30m
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8
6m
8
16
27m
9
16
12m
10
13
36m
11
60m
The route starts roughly in the middle of the north-west face of Corridor Buttress next to a scruffy gully.
FA: H. Graafland & H. Snijders, 1962 | 270m, 11 | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Apostles Sea Buttress | |||||
18 | ★★ Bottle Knows
Start 3m left of where the roof above the tea cave ends. Pull onto the wall at a broken crack that splits the face above. Head straight up and right keeping between the two large, vague cracks. At a roof (about 15m up), climb the wide crack on its left. At the next ledge continue up over the next roof where a projecting block hangs under the roof. Continue easily up and left ~7m to reach a tat anchor at a touch point. FA: Richard Halsey & S. Cunnane, Sep 2016 | ||||
18 | ★★ Right Open Book
A surprisingly tricky route, but well worth your time. FA: Unknown | ||||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Ledge Fountain Ledge | |||||
18 | ★★ Finalé
1
18
30m
2
16
20m
3
17
15m
FA: R. Smithers & M. Scott, 1979 | 65m, 3 | |||
Cape Town Table Mountain The Ledge Africa Ledge Africa Ledge Proper | |||||
18 | ★★★ Atlantic Crag
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18
18m
2
14
20m
3
11
3m
4
14
30m
5
15
12m
6
18
10m
FA: M. Andersen, D. Bell, M. Mamacos & P. O'Neill, 1951 | 93m, 6 | |||
Cape Town Lion's Head Granite | |||||
18 | ★★ Huguenot Crag
1
12
45m
2
18
40m
FA: B. Olsen & G. Davies, 1960 | 85m, 2 | |||
18 PROT:X | ★★ Crystal Loneliness
FA: A. deKlerk, 1984 | 2, 1 | |||
18 | ★★★ Jono Fishers project
FA: E. February | 8 | |||
18 | ★★ Knuckleduster
Climb to the left or to the right of the pillar. Bridge and jam your way up until able to start smearing up to the top. FA: Unknown | 25m | |||
18 | ★★★ Bravo
FA: Unknown | ||||
Cape Town Lion's Head Sandstone Clifton Sector | |||||
18 | ★★ Rainbow Strate
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18
2
15
Start just right of 'Route by T. Hughes'
FA: Richard Halsey & R. Straite, Aug 2019 | 2 | |||
18 | ★★ Naught for Your Comfort
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15
25m
2
18
13m
3
16
25m
4
13
80m
FA: M. Scott, P. deTolly, B. Cheetham & A. Brown, 1988 | 140m, 4 | |||
18 | ★★★ Cat's Pyjamas
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15
20m
2
18
30m
3
12
15m
4
16
23m
5
14
30m
FA: D. Mercer & A. Wienand, 2007 | 120m, 5 | |||
18 | ★★ Kestrel Country Music-Variation
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13
18m
2
14
20m
3
13
20m
4
12
20m
5
18
15m
FA: P. de Tolly & M. Scott, 1990 | 93m, 5 | |||
18 | ★★ Greyscaling
Start ~5m left of Stuffed Lion, just left of a corner crack. Climb straight up the white face to a ledge. Continue straight over blocky terrain to the base of a steep, brown layback crack. After a few meters, when the crack peters out, continue straight up, and easily to the top. The lower sections of this route have surely been done before. FA: Richard Halsey & Warren Gans, 2012 | 35m | |||
18 | ★★ Headline '33
Start about 3m right of Relic News. Climb the corner and then step left. Pull up onto the next shelf and step back right to a crack in the darker grey rock. Follow this crack and move right to gain the next vague corner. Climb up a few meters the traverse across the face and up to the next ledge. Place gear high in the Wild Things Run Free narrow corner but climb the arete to the left. Continue straight up to the big ledge. A Cape Argus Newspaper from 25 March 1933 was found shoved in the crack at the start of this route, still readable. FA: Richard Halsey & T. Lliev, Jan 2018 | 45m | |||
18 | ★★ Headline '33 Variation
Don't go up the V- Notch, keep right up the open book. Traverse left under the roof. Opened it cause I can't read an RD. Harder if you are short. FA: Cormac Tooze & M. Lamprecht, 11 Mar 2021 | 45m | |||
Cape Town Lion's Head Sandstone Wally's Cave Sector | |||||
18 | ★ Jitterbug
FA: D. Mecer & Scurvy, 2007 | 40m | |||
Cape Town Lion's Head Sandstone Power Struggle Sector | |||||
18 | ★★ Kalashnikov
This good route lies five metres to the right of Power Struggle and forms a straight line on the side of the prominent overhanging nose. With a tricky start through a small overhang ascend the face directly below the right side of the prominent overhanging prow. Halfway up step left onto the prow and ascend the shallow recess and steep top section to finish at the Power Struggle platform. Originally the route had 2 pitons which were removed in 2010, after consensus that the route could be adequately protected. Great steep climb. Excellent rock. FA: Hilton Davies & A. Ross, 2008 | 20m | |||
18 | ★★★ Skink Inc.
Climb a direct line up the face (steep start) to the right of Rodney. FA: Richard Halsey, 2012 | ||||
18 | ★★ The Craving
Climb the black crack starting from the top of the bush to the top. FA: J. Fisher & Tony Lourens, 2011 | 20m | |||
Cape Town Lion's Head Sandstone Geo-Cache Sector | |||||
18 | ★★ Ballad of a Teenage Queen
FA: Unknown | 20m | |||
18 | ★★★ Drive On
FA: Unknown | 20m | |||
18 | ★★ Orphan of the Road
FA: Unknown | 20m | |||
Cape Town Lion's Head Sandstone Lookout Sector | |||||
18 | ★★ Crescendo
1
16
20m
2
9
10m
3
17
13m
4
18
18m
FFA: Unknown FA: J. Cluistra & J. Wilson, 1970 | 61m, 4 | |||
Cape Town Lion's Head Sports Balls | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | 1
Climb the L mountain facing side. | ||||
FB:4B+ - C+ | 2
Climb the middle mountain facing side using large crystals. | ||||
FB:4A - C+ | 3
Climb the R mountain facing side to TO. | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Blackhill Boulder Garden Roadside | |||||
FB:4B+ - C+ | Right Face Warm-up
Climb from the rail to the white jug using everything. FA: Guy Holwill | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Blackhill Boulder Garden Ratchet | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | ★ Clank
Start as for Ratchet and then head left to climb the dirty groove. FA: Stewart Noy, 2007 | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Blackhill Boulder Garden Super Mario Bros | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Super Mario Bros.
Stand start with left hand in a pocket and right hand on a jug sidepull, right hand to a sidepull. The juggy crack to the right is off. FA: Stewart Noy, 2007 | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Blackhill Boulder Garden Snake Charmer | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Desert Dreams
Sit-start with left hand on a slopey edge on the arête above the rail and right hand on a pebble edge just right, left hand to an edge. FA: Stewart Noy, 2007 | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Blackhill Boulder Garden Warmed Up | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Warmed Up
Hang-start on a sharp jug rail and top-out direct. FA: Stewart Noy, 2007 | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Blackhill Boulder Garden Vonic Session A | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | A4
Number 4 is on the opposite side of the boulder. SS on the jugs below a small overhang and move onto the sloping face to TO. | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Chappies | |||||
18 | ★ Orange-speckled Face
Specialist gear required. FA: Hilton Davies & G.Paterson-Jones, 2013 | ||||
18 | ★ Screaming Gale | 2 | |||
Cape Town The Peninsula Elsie's Peak Amphitheatre Sector | |||||
18 | ★★ Midnight Special
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14
16m
2
18
20m
3
11
30m
FFA: Unknown FA: P. Andersen & R. Smithers, 1973 | 66m, 3 | |||
Cape Town The Peninsula Elsie's Peak Suspension Sector | |||||
18 | ★★ Premature Arthritis
1
18
18m
2
16
20m
3
17
22m
4
16
20m
FA: R. Behne, A. de Klerk & G. Morton, 1982 | 80m, 4 | |||
Cape Town The Peninsula Foreign Policy | |||||
18 | ★★ O Brother Where Art Thou?
Provides access to the upper and dassie ledge FA: D. Hugo, 2005 | 8 | |||
18 | ★★ Eskimo Pie
1
18
20m
2
17
25m
FA: Unknown | 45m, 2 | |||
Cape Town The Peninsula Hout Bay Bouldering Fat or Flat | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | Tip | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Hout Bay Bouldering Skabenga | |||||
FB:4A - C+ | 100% Prow | ||||
FB:4A - C+ | Half Pad | ||||
FB:4A - C+ | Quarter Pad | ||||
Cape Town The Peninsula Lakeside Pinnacle | |||||
18 | ★★ Crackadeedooda
FA: T. Russell & Tony Lourens, 2013 | 15m | |||
18 | ★★ Slab 'n Tickle
FA: Tony Lourens, 2014 | 7 |