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Access: Track access

This area has been heavily fire affected. Parks and local climbers have marked the original track into the base of the Horn (as per the guide book) with pink tape. Please stick to the track and DO NOT create new tracks. Under the current climate, we need to maintain a solid relationship with Traditional Owners of the land and Parks Victoria.

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Start at the belay ledge at the top and left of Pintle Pitch one. Layback crux at the start and some spicy slab climbing with fiddly pro. Single bolt with rappel ring at belay (can be backed up with cams). Offset nuts and smallish cams are handy. Rap down R to final pitch of Pintle, or L and through very tight squeeze.

Route history

Dec 1982First ascent: Kevin Lindorff, Andrew Collins & Kieran Loughran

Warnings

18 Nov 2020 Warning Access: Track access

Location

Lat/Lon: -36.77623, 146.76784

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Grade citation

16 Assigned grade
16 RockGUIDE: Victoria
16 Mt Buffalo
16 [15 - 16] grAId

ethic

Climbing here varies from trad climbing, mainly up obvious lines and features, to sport climbing up slabs and sections of rock impossible to protect with natural gear. Of course, there are lots of climbs protected with a mixture of trad gear augmented with occasional bolt runners. Given that the trad ethic is still strong here, and the continuing need to minimize our environmental climbing 'footprint', please avoid unilateral decisions to retro-bolt and be restrained in using fixed protection when establishing new routes.

inherited from Mount Buffalo

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Overall quality 77 from 150 ratings.

Difficulty - 16

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Suggested Grade

16

Based on 8 ratings.

Tick Types

Onsight 85
Flash 7
Red point 12
Tick 42
Attempt 3
Target 2

Comment keywords

terrifying committing runout tricky crux hard hands rest slabby easy feet fiddly jamming chossy awkward crap steep crack face flake slippery layback bridging polished chimney jugs classy good pleasant fantastic amazing fun exciting classic superb super awesome cool ripper brilliant nice enjoyable beautiful great

Selected Guidebooks more Hide

Author(s): Simon Murray and Kevin Lindorff

Date: 2006

"The Mt Buffalo - A rock climbers guide is the definitive climbing guide book for the granite wonderland of Mt Buffalo. This area is for adventure climbing and for those that love the higher mountain landscapes and rock formations that are unique to the area. Mt Buffalo offers both single and multi-pitch climbs and mainly uses trad gear for protection but there is the odd sport climb around for those that only want to clip bolts.

The Mt Buffalo - A rock climbers guide is the definitive climbing guide book for the granite wonderland of Mt Buffalo. This area is for adventure climbing and for those that love the higher mountain landscapes and rock formations that are unique to the area. Mt Buffalo offers both single and multi-pitch climbs and mainly uses trad gear for protection but there is the odd sport climb around for those that only want to clip bolts. This 234 page guide is the most comprehensive guide for Mt Buffalo and even though being the 5th edition released in 2006, is the latest version."

Author(s): Lindorff, Goding & Hodgson

Date: 2011

ISBN: 9780646529387

Get ready to fully experience the rock climbing scene in Victoria with Sublime Climbs, a comprehensive guidebook authored by Kevin Lindorff, Josef Goding, and Jarrod Hodgson. This full-color, 380-page book covers the best climbing locations in the region, including Mt Arapiles, Mt Buffalo, and the Grampians. It features descriptions of over 700 routes, topographic maps, and breathtaking images. Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to the sport, Sublime Climbs has everything you need to make the most of your climbing experience in Victoria and experience all of it's classic routes.

Author(s): Chris Baxter & Glenn Tempest

Date: 1994

ISBN: 0646167308

A Guide to selected rockclimbs at Mt Arapiles,the Grampians and Mt Buffalo

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