Routes in Du Toit's Kloof for selected grade

Start below the arete to the right of the recessed face. Climb between two tall blades of rock to some horizontal prongs. Move left onto the arete and left to a seam. Pull on beautiful incut holds to the rap station.

On the lower band of rock, start on blocks a few meters left of the scramble up to 'Holey Smoke' Head leftwards and through a bulge to gain the upper right tending break. Climb the crack to top out.

Start below the large brown open book, Climb the open book to top out.

Start 5m right of the nose, climb up to the blocky corner, when this fades, climb slightly to the right aiming for the base of the larger corner above, climb this to exit.

Climb the left facing corner to a ledge out left, climb a few steps to a rectangular roof with a slab above, move right 2.5m to another corner, with a long slab face above,climb the corner and up the slab on the left.

Hard for 16, but really good climbing.

1. Start right of the dipped face with the orange and black streaks. Climb the crack below the overlap, exit right at the overlap and continue up the wider crack to the ledge. Stance at the recess with a tree ±1.5m above the ground.

2. Climb slightly right and up to stand on the column. Climb up to the rail, rail left to gain a finger crack, climb this to a small vegetated ledge. Climb the final crack to the top. Nice belay off the Protea tree.

Sart: Below the chimney above the vegetated ledge

1. Climb the fin, to gain the off-width, climb this to the ledge.

2. Climb the blunt arete to gain the scoop. Straight up to finish on the gray arete.

The route starts where the next large band of rock protrudes and the path dips down.

1. 14 18m

   Climb the off-width with the tree to a small ledge out right. Climb up to the next bush, stem beyond this to finish on a broad vegetated ledge.

2. 16 22m

   Start 2m left of the chimney below the off-width. Climb the off-width till the feature peters out, continue up slightly left to the top.

Start on the left of a very large square edged recess capped by a roof 5m up.

1. 15 18m

   Climb the the left hand side till able to access a ledge. Step right and climb the slab to the top. Stance in a right facing corner.

2. 16 22m

   Climb up and slightly left over loose looking blocks. Keep left of the overhang. Move right when possible to top-out.

A Klein Winterhoek clone, with genetic pitch aberrations on a sensational knife edge.

Start approach via Yellowwood Ravine. This is well marked from the road with cairns. Start below the large electrical pylon situated to the right of the ravine and then follow the cairns.

Do the general walk to eventually end near the base of 'Armageddon Time'. This is below the prominent massive left facing corner on the upper Amphitheater. Proceed to walk in on a rising traverse (vague path) and then up the ridge (better path and beaconed). At the point where the path descends around the corner to the obvious grassy bivy cave/ overhang (±70m before the bivy cave) scramble up the gully (It is a scramble, really easy, if it is hard/ sketchy, then you are in the wrong gully), go left, and then up another level to walk past the gendarme on its left. Check the uploaded picture. Take the green line, red line will land you up in the wrong place=lots of wasted time.

1. [E2] 22m

   Climb up a prominent fault to the left of the crest. Alternative new description: To reach the large halfway ledge on Yellowwood Amphitheater from the grassy spot below the gendarme, takes about 70m of climbing (2 pitches), up to grade F1. Take the obvious line, pretty much on the ridge line.

2. [F2] 25m

   The smooth grey face is climbed using the left-hand of the two prominent cracks up to a good ledge above.

3. [D] 15m

   Continue up the crest of the rib.

4. [E2] 12m

   Move up to an overhang, straddle around the rib (20-30cm thick) to the left and continue to the foot of a a bottomless crack. Piton insitu.

5. [F1] 12m

   Climb up the bottomless crack to a stance at the foot of a chimney.

6. [E2] 25m

   Ascend the chimney past a large chockstone and scramble to a stance at the top of the climb.

Descent : Walk over the top of the amphitheater and down into the first walled gully that runs down between the first chess piece and the Smalblaar Ridge buttress. Scrambling and 3 short abseils brings you to the base of the gully (water spot during wetter times of year) and a path back to the bivy cave.

1. [14] 70m

   To reach the large halfway ledge on Yellowwood Amphitheater from the grassy spot below the gendarme, takes about 70m of climbing (2 pitches). Take the obvious line, pretty much on the ridge line. Stance at the base of twin cracks.

2. [16] 28m

   (Variation Pitch) Start at the base of the twin cracks. Climb half the length of the left hand crack up to a prominent overhang on the left. Traverse left on the ramp for 2-3m using underclings. Carry on upwards on flakes with massive exposure out left. Continue to the next stance (a good ledge) of the original route.

3. [9] 15m

   Continue up the spine of the ridge.

4. [10] 12m

   Move up to an overhang, straddle around the rib (20-30cm thick) to the left and continue to the foot of a a bottomless crack, piton insitu.

5. [14] 12m

   Climb up the bottomless crack to a stance at the foot of a chimney.

6. [10] 25m

   Ascend the chimney past a large chockstone and scramble to a stance at the top of the climb.

Start: ±3m right of the lower rap at the base of a short corner with a block at the base.

Climb the corner, to access a 2nd corner/ hand-crack capped by a small overlap, climb the 2nd corner and pull thru the overlap to access another overlap, move up and right to a break. Climb up the break tending left to the Protea tree, continue to the upper rap station.

Start below a shallow recess Step into the shallow recess and climb the left tending corner to a ledge out left. Climb the short crack above 16/17