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A lovely area with tons of easy multi pitch routes and nice exposure leading to summit views and an adventurous decent.

Descrição

The VCC and MUMC have spent many hours out here in the past and developed most of the area. Long, enjoyable easy routes make their ways to the top of the cliff and descend through wells cave on the North-West.

Acesso

From the Sugarloaf Saddle follow the trail across the road from the shelter West where you will immediately come to a fork. The Canyon Track leads to Sugarloaf Boulder and easier access to the peak. Wells Cave Track takes you to Fly Paper Wall, Main Face, Cave Slab, and (Obviously) Wells Cave - the decent route.

Onde ficar

Camping is available at Cooks Mill, Neds Gully and on the range at the overnight hike‐in site, The Farmyard.  Access to Neds Gully camping area is accessible via a short walk across the swing bridge from Neds Gully Carpark. Cooks Mill has sites suitable for a small number of caravans. Camping fees apply and pre booking is required for Neds Gully and Cooks Mill camping areas. Prior to your visit please book online and check for changes in conditions through www.parks.vic.gov.au or by calling 13 1963.

Ética

Keep to designated tracks, All plants, animals, other natural features and cultural sites are protected and must not be disturbed or removed.  There is no rubbish collection in the park, please take all your rubbish home with you for recycling and disposal.    Dogs and other pets are not permitted in the park.  Feeding wildlife is bad for their health. It is an offence to feed or leave food where it is accessible to wildlife. Penalties apply.  Please abide by speed limits within the park, drive safely and watch for wildlife.  Loud noise can disturb wildlife. Please respect the local wildlife and your fellow campers and keep noise to a minimum.

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15m high juggy wall on the walk up to the main face (50m above)

A traverse / girdle from the lower slabs of Sugarloaf, across flypaper wall, main wall and eventually finishing at the very top of Sugarloaf itself. Most of the climbing is easy grade 2-6 traversing, with the sections from baghdad to black streak being slightly harder grade 8-10. There are many variations and belay oppertunities but would be best simul climbed.

From the lowest slabs, or you can even start from the 'Left Route' and climb up and over some blocks, start traversing 5-10m above the ground until onto the main face. From here trend a bit higher and try hit the bolt on baghdad. From here follow some seems and breaks over Cherry flake and black streak. Follow your nose and you will likely find yourself just above the black streak DBB. After this there is a bit of jungle bashing before a very nice clean streak of rock to the top.

Likely done before but recording here for budding adventure climbers. Probably worth 1.5 stars due to novelty and length in a nice position.

FA: Isaac Truman & Matt Wilson, 12 Nov 2023

  1. 18m Start 10m L of BDO and follow juggy face to ledge. 2. 40m Straight up wall behind to belay as for BDO. 3. Move the belay 7m up to the right below the obvious shield. 45m Climb the face directly to a ledge near the left arete. 4. 10m Climb a layback flake and face to top.

Starts at bottom of Fly Paper Wall and heads all the the way to the top of main wall. 1. 18m Right side of FPW to stance. 2. 40m Follow slab past overhang then down to belay. 3. 35m Begin up main face to arete, then right to belay ledge. 4. 20m Follow arete all the way to another belay ledge perched above an overhang. 5. 10m Up the wall behind you.

On the approach to the main face after flypaper wall, the route is on the back of a pathway slab. Follows a small crack up and out.

Up from Fondaknackers. Left side of track. From undercling head up to roof, then traverse R to finish on boulder.

FA: Stephen Hamilton & Joe Dielenberg, 1986

The big wall that Wells Cave Track passes along before Wells Cave

10m L of Tigris.

  1. 12m Climb the humungo flake to top.

  2. 30m Up R of water trap to ledge.

  3. 33m Up to top

Starts on top of boulder mashed against wall to the left of where the trail meets the main face. 1. (24m) Straight up to big flake. 2. (33m) Continue up till you reach a rightwards weakness and follow to top.

Starts in front of boulder to the right of where the track meets the main face below the point of two ramps. 1. (35m) Straight up till you reach the flake. Follow left till you reach the diagonal ledge. You should be able to see the FH identifying the Baghdad belay further up to your right. 2. (45m) Continue up and Right till you see a L facing flake. Stay to the right of this all the way to the top.

Begins where the track meets the main face. 1. (35m) Up to ledge then follow left groove to spike. 2. (35m) Continue up to R of cave, over, out and up to top.

Starts 13m R of Mesopotamia under where a boulder leans against a flake. 1. (35) Up to the boulder. Pass interesting holes, up over buldge, then left to the diagonal ledge. (1 FH). 2.(45m) Keep going up and L till you merge with Mesopotamia.

Start between Baghdad and Cherrys Flake Direct. Straight up to diagonal features that lead to the DBB.

6m R of boulder against cliff (forming step). 1. 16m (8) Up and left passing BR to get to big flake. Follow flake to DRB and lower off or continue the next pitches. 2. 26m (11) Up and L to follow flakes to stance. 3. 24m (6) Straight up to the top.

Starts below the flake and goes straight up to it. Then L on groove, middle slab (14), or R on flake.

At second pitch traverse 7m L. Then go up and left making sure to stay R of a small overhang. Over overhang go up and R to rejoin main line.

Start as for Cherrys Flake and go straight up to DBB, don't deviate.

Shared start with Cherrys Flake. 1. 25m (5) Up to spike, then step R to gain small ramp which is followed L and up past BR to a DRB belay. 2. 35m (4) All the way up.

FA: Graeme Laver

From the flake in Laver's Route head to the BRs. Go left and up following the weakness and find a belay above the BRs.

FA: Max Anderson & Brian Wells, 1955

Shared start with Cherrys Flake.

  1. 30m (15) To the small spike on Lavers Route. Follow black streak R and past 3 BRs to ledge.

  2. 40m (5) Follow easy weakness to top.

FA: John Ewbank, 1964

Last pitch of Black Streak

FA: Keith Ball

3m L of Webbs Crack. 6m up then left over buldge. Up to ledge.

FA: Greg Lovejoy, 1963

  1. 22m (6) Start below the chimney, up to it till a good ledge.

  2. 28m (8) Follow to top of crack

  3. 20m (5) And up to top of cliff

FA: Eric Webb

7m Left of Plaque at entrance to Wells Cave.

  1. 40m (12) Follow the crack using various techniques and the arete to find yourself in a belay hole.

  2. 22m (9) Up wall to top.

Wanders up and left from the start of Elixer to a ledge and first belay. Then on up and right towards Webb's crack and the second belay. Finish up this route.

FA: Eric Webb & Jim Lane

Start at the left of Well's Cave entrance.

  1. 24m Up and left to the chimney and following overhang before transferring R to secondary chimney.

  2. 18m Up the chimney.

  3. 21m Webb's Crack to finish

The route begins at the base of the slab which forms "Well's Cave" and tops out above the cave chamber. Descent can made by down climbing the northern section of the slab.

FA: Robert Hewitt, 1959

Continue on 100m after Cave slab and you'll get to an easier wall.

  1. 26m Up with passing the overhang and to a stance above.

  2. 27m On to the top

FA: Steve Craddock, 1962

If descending from the top, where the track cuts back and heads towards Well's Cave, continue left instead and follow down towards the slab.

Starts about 3m L of Speigals Other Slab. Balance up the line directly up the wall, crossing the L diagonal to the thin crack through the L hand side of the overlap. Pull up on delicate edges, then reach and pull onto the slab. Up to belay wherever.

FA: Richard Smith & Geoff Butcher, 1987

Starts almost in but just L of Speigal Slab. Follow the fault line diagonally a little then on up to the overlap 2m L of Speigals Slab. A hard move over this then up to the ledge.

FA: Richard Smith solo, 1986

Enjoyable slab climbing with a fun overhang. The main crack up the slab past a bolt and through the overlap at its easiest spot.

FA: Richard Smith solo, 1986

Exposed. Goes thru the minor roof on the buttress R of and above the finish of the preceding climbs. I t exits dirctly onto the The Razorbacl itself. Start from the ledge and balance up the wall until under the roof. Clip the bolt, and make the move through the roof.

FA: Richard Smith solo, 1986

Start at the R edge of the slab on the R side of the large fallen tree.

  1. 25m Up the edge to the overhang. Pass the R side of the overhang and up the faint corner till it stops (not the mossy corner) L across the slab, up to the flake on a ledge L of Speigals Roof.

  2. 20m Up jugs to a ledge L of an inset cliff at the base of a L leading groove. Finish up the groove to The Razorback or straight up the wall above the ledge.

FA: Graeme Hoxley & Kathy Rumble, 1986

Start at the arete. Climb the arete and over the bulge to an easy finish.

FA: Geoff Butcher, Olga McAuliffe & Graeme Hoxley, 1987

Follow Speigal Slab further down to get here

A short distance down the access ramp, a tree grows out of a horizontal crack below a couple of mossy lines (they were clean in 1980) Up the cracked wall L of the tree to below the L hand line. There are no anchors and the stances are poor. The hardest bit is the start.

FA: Dick Morris, Keiran Loughran & Peter Watling, 1980

A fine sustained route. Scramble past the tree to below a short wall 5m R of Extra Cover. The corner, then the clean wall.

FA: Keiran Loughran, Dick Morris & Peter Watling, 1980

Starts up the shallow groove at the L hand side of the main face. Up the scoop (jugs on the L are out) to the ledge, and on to the bottom of the triangular hole (hard to see from the ground). Up L and take the thin crack to the ledge.

FA: Richard Smit & Wayne Thompson, 1986

Follow YSBD to the triangle, then move across the hole (large step) to the R hand hand exit. The line to the ledge.

FA: Geoff Butcher & Graeme Hoxley, 1986

Not great. Starts off the the half height ledge R of the 2 previous routes. Up the pock marked wall to the disintegrated overlap. Through the choss and up to the top.

FA: Richard Smith & Wayne Thompson, 1986

Starts down the bottom of the access ramp. LBW is the obvious groove.

  1. 25m The groove, L at the top and onto the belay ledge.

  2. 25m Up the thin cracks, to the bulge. Directly through this to the large ledge. Climb the face above this at its hardest point to the Razorbacks.

FA: Peter Watling & Keiran Loughran, 1980

Scary for the grade. The L leading line 6m R of LBW. The line to the halfway ledges. Straight up the the flakes, and past these with caution and dubious protection to a large ledge.

FA: Keiran loughran, Dick Morris & Peter Watling, 1980

A suus name for a suss climb lol. Starts about 15m R of DV on the R hand side of a tree. Follow the line of jugs. Descent is down the ramp above GAB.

FA: GAB, Marnie Forster, Jerry Kotek & Graeme Hoxley, 1986

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