The Elephants Hide 대부분 고전등반 8 루트들 에서의 암장

RH side of smooth slab. There are eight new fixed hangers, some trad gear can be used low down on the prominent (hollow) flake. Finish up slightly L to DBB. 40m abseil.

Start above the pool 6m L of ES. Up centre of slab past 3 bolts. Would be more popular and come down a grade or two if a couple more bolts were added.

Has the right number of bolts, but they are not in the right places. I imagine this was bolted on lead. With a bit of a clean and bolt rationalisation could make a good route. 2m L pf PS. Unprotected moves up L to first bolt, thin moves up past another bolt to mossy ledge. Up past another bolt to a friable unprotected bulge with a bolt after the hard moves. Up to knobbly wall [#0.5 cam] and on to large ledge with DBB. [also possible to duck R to ES belay]

Unprotected at the hard parts, but some quite nice climbing. 24m L of PS at very L end of overlap at 3m. Over this and up slab past obvious knob [10m up, first pro] for 15m, then diagonally R to flakes. Up these until they run out in 10m. Now 3m up knobby wall, then 3m diagonally L up unprotected delicate wall. Up slab for 10m and little wall above.

Start: L leading diagonal 8m L of HoW. This is the lowest of 3 diagonals.

1. 25m (10) Up diagonal and follow it to cave. Up slab above line to cave.

2. 25m (15) Yellow crack above cave to terrace. R, then up wall. Descent involves scrambling as low as possible and finding something to abb off.

Follow tracks from Halls Gap; following the Venus Baths track. Just before Venus Baths, the track goes up stairs to left on the way to Splitters Falls. Follow track until near river - then over rocks to the other side. Theres a boulder feild over this: up right and around to top to the base of route.

1. 50m/3 - Starts low across river going up wall and weaving left before tending back right. Belay at boulders.

2. 50m/2 - Up over boulders up high past deep channels and belay on top of boulders up right.

3. 50m/2 - Follow major ridge tending right and up to before break

4. 50m/3 - Off to right from belay and up to large ledge.

5. 40m/2 - Up steep wall onto easy terrain - belay at large block

6. 60m/1 - Weaves on scrambles up low slabs to corner crack.

7. 35m/4 - Interesting corner and good gear. Up and over the left of this to bollard belays.

8. Over deep chasms and up far wall to left side of summit of Mackeys Peak.

Descent via scrambling back down towards pitch 7 but then left and down to right; following down slot to walking track. Track leads back to Halls Gap

Named due to the crevasse like features on the slabs, the wandering nature of the route and the atrocious conditions it was climbed in - wet and mossy.

Approach: From Halls gap take the wonderland track to the spotlight boulder. At the spotlight boulder bash through and up towards a prominent wall (potential for a direct start) and then head climbers right until you open up onto the slabs. From here break through the first overlap and the route begins.

From here pick your own adventure, going climbers left as you hit the 'crevasses' until you are near the north ridge itself. From here charge up the immaculate rock, jumping and stepping over where necessary. Near the top there is rounded en cheval section and then straight forward scrambling to the top.

A rope and a light rack may be necessary if wet, from the slabs starting it would be about 6 pitchs never harder than grade 4.