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Grade Route Gear style Popularity
V9/10
Horseshoe Bay North Side Bat Cave
V9/10 Kendra's Roof

The extension to "Kendra's Roof", continuing past the mushroom via a roof crux and then up a desperate slab above the terrifying drop away landing.

Set: Spenser Tang Smith

FFA: Andy Lampard, Jul 2016

Boulder
V9
Horseshoe Bay South Side Fat Cave
V9 Holy Matrimony

Start at the bottom of the big flake deep in the cave. Up and out via cool pockets and edges. Cave classic and also the hardest established problem at Bowen.

FFA: Spenser Tang Smith

Boulder 6m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Beach Side
V9 Beefy Americano

Sit start in big groove and then make your way out of the overhang on cool groove features and then some very small holds at the lip. Looks possible but who knows.

FA: Spenser Tang-Smith, Sep 2023

Boulder 3m
V8
Murray Bay Mango Boulder
V8 The Great Mango Heist

SS up arete.

FFA: Andy Lampard

Boulder
Murray Bay Traverse Boulder
V8 Star System's a Hoax

Sit start, climb to the lip with some fun and big movements traverse right then topping out above the other boulder. Tricky to spot and pad the top-out. Previously undocumented but named 'Cameron's v7' which was the same line although didn't top out it just walked off on the other boulder, seen in the Due North climbing video by SB. Found and climbed with top-out by Andy Lampard.

FFA: Andy Lampard

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay South Side Fat Cave
V8 Steve Obesity

Start as Holy Matrimony and then follow the line of pockets across the roof to a tricky crux. Out the cave via jugs to a committing mantle.

FA: Nick Larsen

Boulder
Coral Bay
V8 Nick's Stolen Roof

Start at the base of the roof on a big jug and out to the big jug on lip. Drop off here - though it could be linked into "Nick's Stolen Roof Top".

FA: Nick Larsen

Boulder
V7
Murray Bay Tidal Boulders
V7 Hit From Behind

Steep sit start with big moves.

FA: Brendon Abernathy

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay
V7 3 pockets or 4 to top
Boulder 7m
Horseshoe Bay South Side Fat Cave
V7 Steve Obesity in Reverse

As the name suggests, starting in the big pocket near the end of "Steve Obesity". Crux getting established in the line of pockets in the middle of the roof and then R to the flake.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay South Side Seaside Slopers
V7 Nick's Traverse

Start as for problem 8 and then after doing the first few moves traverse back R to finish up the easy section just L of the big crack.

FA: Nick Larsen

Boulder
V7 Uncle Abbers

Start as for "Seaside slopers 2" and then traverse left to the cool line of holds. Up this committing line to the top, with a high, scary crux. An outstanding problem.

FA: Brendon Abernathy

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Bat Cave
V7 Kendra's Roof Short

Classic roof climbing following the obvious line. Starting at slopers at back middle then traverse left to crux move behind head and back across right, finishing on the mushroom. A big 'U' shaped climb.

FA: Spenser Tang Smith

Boulder
V7 Kingdra

Start on double underclings, use right crimp and left pinch to reach better holds.

Located 10m left of the roof.

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Jump Boulder
V7 Pandora's Boxjump

Grab edge and jump. Up via bad slopers.

FA: Spenser Tang-Smith, Sep 2023

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Wall of Certain Death
V7 6ft Under

Start sitting below the big flake on two tiny crimps. Pull on and throw for jug.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Beach Side
V7 Sultans of Ming

Sit start in slopey hue then straight up.

FA: Dan Gordon, Jul 2015

Boulder 4m
V7 King of the North

Sit start on obvious undercling (stack pads if necessary), big move to lip then mantle.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder 3m
Coral Bay
V7 Dark Alley

Cool blank arête deep in amongst the boulders.

FA: Brendon Abernathy

Boulder
V7 Fat Boy Steve

Start way left and traverse all the way to join "Police State".

FA: Nick Larsen

Boulder
Queens Bay Octopus Boulders
V7 Mollusc Crawl

Start on car park side of Molluscing around bouldering on right hand side pull and left good sloper. climbs to the left through excellent pocket and all the way around the left to the good rail and then up to easy top out. Feet to avoid barnecles and hard residue after the start.

FA:

Boulder 4m
V6/7
Horseshoe Bay North Side Warm-up Boulder
V6/7 3

Starting on the same arête as "2" finishes on. This sit start problem starts low with a small chockstone for feet; pull down on with two desperate sloper sidepulls and throw for the big jug.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
V6
Horseshoe Bay
V6 1st Overhang
Boulder
Horseshoe Bay South Side Seaside Slopers
V6 Seaside slopers 2

Start crouched with slopers. Move left to big pinch and then blast back right via more slopers to join "Seaside slopers 1" at the top.

Boulder
V6 Seaside slopers 1 (variant finish)

Start as for "Seaside slopers 1" but move up and R to finish on featured rib of holds.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Warm-up Boulder
V6 2

A pumpy traverse. Sit start and traversing right on a series of slopey features finishing on the obvious juggy arête on the opposite side of the boulder, the start of the problem.

FA: Nick Larsen

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Beach Side
V6 Fat Girls & Beef

Start two hands on obvious rail then straight up on bad feet and small edges.

Boulder 3m
Coral Bay
V6 Fat Boy Nick
Boulder
Queens Bay The Overhangs
V6 Concerned Susan

Start on edges in middle of face right in front of concerning stake sticking out of the ground. Traverse left along small edges to rail then finish up rail to a massive jug and cool mantle.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder 4m
V5/6
Murray Bay South Side Boulders
V5/6 Amphetamemes

Sit start on the lower bloc. Traverse L to gain obvious sidepull jug and dyno to holds up high. Probably nicer as a stand start.

FA: Cameron Wycherley, 4 Oct 2018

Boulder 3m
V5/6 Irukandji

Small and stings.. A two move problem up the steep 50* roof, starting low on obvious sidepull in middle of face. Big move to lip and top out.

FA: Cameron Wycherley, 4 Oct 2018

Boulder 2m
V5
Murray Bay The point
V5 High Tide

Low start with committing move, following up slaps to the top.

FA: suhas sharma & Time Nguyen, 18 Dec 2020

Boulder 3m
Murray Bay South Side Boulders
V5 Clam Hands

Start on slopey face, above big undercling/jug on the left side on the roof (Could start on undercling, however it appears to be quite weak). Traverse R along lip of boulder on slopers, topping out above adjacent boulder.

FA: Cameron Wycherley, 4 Oct 2018

Boulder 2m
Murray Bay Tidal Boulders
V5 6
Boulder
V5 Flakes Away

Low start from good flake.

FA: Nick Larsen

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay
V5 4th Overhang
Boulder
Horseshoe Bay South Side Fat Cave
V5 Fudge Boy Nick the Pudgy Oompa Loompa

Start in the middle of the cave. A big move out to the pockets in the middle of the roof then R to big flake.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder 4m
Horseshoe Bay South Side Seaside Slopers
V5 15

Stupid but fun. Mantle, starting on the sloping LH end of the tiny boulder. Credit: The Best pf Bowen Bouldering by Steve Baskerville.

FA: Spenser Tang Smith

Boulder
V5 11

Sit start with RH sloper and LH sidepull. Up and L to finish. Credit: The Best pf Bowen Bouldering by Steve Baskerville.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
V5 Seaside slopers 1

Start off low slopes and up into "Seaside slopers 1 (stand)".

FA: Brendon Abernathy

Boulder
V5 Welcome to Barbados (low start)

Start extra low on slopey hueco. Hard start moves right into the sit start of "WTB".

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder 4m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Bat Cave
V5 Moonbo Roof variant

Start a little left of "Moonbo Roof" on edges.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
V5 Moonbo Roof

Original problem. Start at left side back slopers and move to a sloper behind head.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Jump Boulder
V5 3

Sit start and desperate mantle.

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Wall of Certain Death
V5 Afterlife

Start at the big jugs at the base of the little corner. Blast out to the arête and pocket and up the high wall.

FA: Spenser Tang Smith

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Warm-up Boulder
V5 Danabus

Left of "1". Sit start, starting on a two hand pinch moving diagonally up R through problems "1" and "2". Finishing up the juggy arete with a mantle.

Boulder 3m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Beach Side
V5 A Salty Groove

Sit start way at the back of the groove in pockets then head up and out to finish up the right hand arête.

FA: Dan the Man

Boulder 3m
Coral Bay
V5 Pockets

Sit start and up via big moves to the break. Drop off from there. Does not top out. Can also be done as a stand start, see "Pockets (stand start)".

FA: Nick Larsen

Boulder
Queens Bay The Overhangs
V5 Cave left variant finish

As for the cave, avoid the easy holds to the right on the lip, up to the crescent crimp then up left.

Boulder 4m
V4
Murray Bay Tidal Boulders
V4 5
Boulder
Horseshoe Bay
V4 Crimpin crystals
Boulder 4m
Horseshoe Bay South Side Fat Cave
V4 Teenage Dirtbag Extended

Same as Teenage Dirtbag but continue out and over the lip, topping out with a mantle.

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay South Side Seaside Slopers
V4 12

Sit start and then up to the right. Credit: The Best pf Bowen Bouldering by Steve Baskerville.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
V4 Jochheim Blues

Stand start from lowest point (not boulder on left) then follow obvious line of sloppy features straight up. A bit committing so make sure to have some mats and spotters.

Boulder 5m
V4 Welcome to Barbados

Sit start.

Boulder 6m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Pockets Boulder
V4 Penumbra

FFA: Christopher Glastonbury, 1 Jan 2021

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay North Side Wall of Certain Death
V4 Moisture Infused (sit start)

The sit start of "Moisture Infused". On edges and up to a pitch which turns into an underclig.

FA: Luen Warneke, 8 Sep 2018

Boulder 5m
Coral Bay
V4 Nick's Stolen Roof Top

Starts or continues on from where "Nick's Stolen Roof" finishes. From the jug and up. Be very careful of the rock up high.

Boulder
V4 Police State

Start on the two slopers and move R to arête.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
Queens Bay The Overhangs
V4 Glass Jugs

Sit start in hueco, head straight up on big undercling and good edges to finish in some slightly glassy jugs at lip.

Boulder 4m
V4 The Cave

Sit start on pockets at the back of the cave. Traverse out of the cave then some difficult moves to get out of the cave to the lip of the boulder.

Boulder 3m
V4 Central railways

Sit start at base of obvious rail, traverse right up rail and mantle out to finish.

Boulder 4m
Queens Bay Octopus Boulders
V4 Who Eats Octopus
Boulder
V3
Murray Bay Vanuatu Boulder
V3 Vanuatu 2
Boulder 5m
Horseshoe Bay
V3 Mantle that!
Boulder 3m
Horseshoe Bay South Side boulders
V3 Route 5

Start on massive undercling and work around right through layback flake/crack and up

FA: unknown

Boulder
Horseshoe Bay South Side Pink Elephant
V3 Hold Me Tight

Start just right of the "Descend", traverse left around the boulder to pockets and top out. Finishes at the top of "Table Salt"

Boulder 5m
Horseshoe Bay South Side Fat Cave
V3 Teenage Dirtbag

From the middle of the roof in a sitting position traverse left and low via good holds but less then perfect rock. Can also be started at the flake further right.

FA: Spenser Tang Smith

Boulder 3m
Horseshoe Bay South Side Seaside Slopers
V3 Seaside slopers 2 (stand)
Boulder 4m
V3 Pelicant

Sit start at base of overhanging prow. Some cool steep moves get you into a committing top section.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder 5m
V3 Rubber left behind

Starting on the slopey holds of "Welcome to Barbados (low start)", head straight up aret then move right to stay on left arête

Boulder 4m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Gilded Gadfly
V3 Gilded Gadfly
Boulder 2m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Voodoo Boulder
V3 Voodoo
Boulder 4m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Jump Boulder
V3 Right Cheek

Sit start. Campus up via good holds (no feet at the start).

Plenty of other variants (V0 – V4). Lots of short sit starts, traverses and eliminates.

Boulder 2m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Wall of Certain Death
V3 Moisture Infused

Standing start. Crimps/edge up to high under cling / pinch then continue to top out.

FA: Luen Warneke, 8 Sep 2018

Boulder 4m
V3 Underbelly

Sit start and then traverse R staying low to finish on the RH end of the big flake.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder 3m
V3 Thug Life (sit start)

Sit start and up the wall. Be careful of the rock up high.

Boulder 5m
Queens Bay The Overhangs
V3 Salt Spray

Sit start outside the cave both hands on the left side pull then straight up through nice crimps

FA: 18 Sep 2020

Boulder 2m
Queens Bay Octopus Boulders
V3 Around the Little Octopus
Boulder
V3 Octopus 2 and 3/4 (sit start)
Boulder 4m
V2
Murray Bay The point
V2 Flex

Choss pile that looks amazing and obvious line. Sit Start.

FA: Glen Hayford, 18 Dec 2020

Boulder 4m
Murray Bay Tidal Boulders
V2 11
Boulder
V2 Bread Sloper

Sit start from the sloper. Up and left. Short problem.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
V2 1
Boulder
Murray Bay Honey Pot
V2 Født feig

FFA: Christopher Glastonbury, 8 Jun 2018

Boulder 7m
Murray Bay Barnablock
V2 Hold an ann

FFA: Christopher Glastonbury, 8 Jun 2018

Boulder 5m
Horseshoe Bay
V2 3rd Overhang
Boulder
V2 2nd Overhang
Boulder
V2 Mr Wall
Boulder 5m
Horseshoe Bay South Side boulders
V2 Route 4

Start under rock on bucket hold and go up through angled crack. Don't dab on the big left block

FA: unknown

Boulder 3m
Horseshoe Bay South Side Lookout Rock
V2 Santa's Escape

Obvious crack visible from horseshoe bay directly below lookout. Start up flake to ledge. Blast up offwidth and hope you're on the nice list.

FA: Jack Seawright, 24 Jun 2021

Boulder 7m
Horseshoe Bay South Side Seaside Slopers
V2 Seaside slopers 1 (stand)

Classic, starting with low sidepull for RH and sloper for left. Up via slopers to big pocket and a thought provoking, but easy mantle.

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder 4m
V2 Super Pumpy (variant start)

Started a little higher on "Super Pumpy"

FA: Steve Baskerville

Boulder
V2 Welcome to Barbados (stand start)

Stand start on good horn, straight up. A classic steep wall.

Boulder 3m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Voodoo Boulder
V2 Nurofen
Boulder 4m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Jump Boulder
V2 Come Out & Play

A classic arête. A high ball with bad landing. Start with fridge move, work way out right on corner and up slightly left.

Boulder 4m
V2 Vague Seam

FFA: Christopher Glastonbury, 8 Jun 2018

Boulder 3m
V2 Classic Wall

Up the obvious cool features. A nice under cling mid way up.

Boulder 4m
Horseshoe Bay North Side Wall of Certain Death
V2 An Inconvenient Struth (sit start)

Sit start and up "An Inconvenient Struth"

Boulder 5m
V2 An Inconvenient Struth

Standing start. Undercling up to not so good rock.

Boulder 4m

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