Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Blue Mountains North Lower Blue Mountains Brosville South Side | |||||
10 | ★ Chalk Monster
2m rt of access gully. Straight up face passing left leaning flake to top. FFA: Ian reynolds, 21 May 2017 | 7m, 2 | |||
Blue Mountains Lower Blue Mountains Norton's Basin West Side Crag | |||||
10 | Pleasure
| 10m | |||
10 | ★ MI
| 10m | |||
10 | Alpha
| 8m | |||
Blue Mountains Lower Blue Mountains Norton's Basin East Side Crag | |||||
10 | Raindance
| 15m | |||
10 | Dinghy
| 12m | |||
Blue Mountains Lower Blue Mountains Norton's Basin Riverside Crag | |||||
10 | Scream Gems
| 12m | |||
10 | Green Slime
| 12m | |||
Blue Mountains Lower Blue Mountains Lapstone Confluence Snake Cave | |||||
10 | Snake Cave Access Route
Route used to access top of cave for developing routes in the cave | 10m, 4 | |||
Blue Mountains Lower Blue Mountains Glenbrook Gorge South-Eastern Wall | |||||
10 | Tom Foolery
A few metres left of TV. A short wander. Up black wall then left to tree. FA: B Cameron & T Williams, 1981 | 15m | |||
Blue Mountains Lower Blue Mountains Glenbrook Gorge Main Wall | |||||
10 | Southern Cross
Obvious 'V' chimney in right of squarish gully. Does not impress. Up to pipe, out, over and up. FA: E Truupold & et al., 1952 | 35m | |||
Blue Mountains Lower Blue Mountains Glenbrook Bluffs | |||||
10 | ★ Choad of Choad Hall
Chimney and wide crack in centre of crag FA: Seong Hyman, vanessa gysbers, stuart sims & Joon Hyman, 31 Mar 2019 | 8m | |||
Blue Mountains Lower Blue Mountains Steep City Heather Gully Owl Roost Twisted Tree The Crèche | |||||
VB- - 0+ | ★ Not a Toddler Anymore
Small line up obvious features on the left side of the downside of Crèche boulder. How do I delete this route??? FA: SiennaBelle Parer, 2013 | 2m | |||
Blue Mountains Leura Sublime Point West Face (Main Area) Lower Cliff Subjacent | |||||
10 | Slurp
Quite a fine short climb. Start: Directly above the finish of Burp at a direct fierce looking crack.
FA: J. Davis, N. Rees & J. Law, 1966 | 30m | |||
10 | Subterranean
Start: Unknown "at middle of cliff" at chimney set well back on right side of big scoop.
FA: T. Batty, K. Westren & B. Ryan, 1967 | 83m, 4 | |||
10 | Conscious
Start: The right hand nose of a scrubby gully to the right of Subterfuge Direct. Climb up 3m to bottom of first pitch.
FA: T. Batty & B Ryan, 1967 | 42m | |||
Blue Mountains Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Rhum Dhu | |||||
10 | Rhum Cognac
"An historic climb as its first ascent on 11th May, 1958 by Peter Hardy, Ken Cooke and Doug Litchfield marked the formation of the Rhum Dhu." [BA] Start: 33m left of Gin and Tonic below and left of small overhang in corner. (Directly below abseil from the Skinny John bollard below Cahills Lookout.)
FA: P. Hardy, K. Cooke & D. Litchfield, 1958 | 56m, 6 | |||
10 | Cocktail Buttress
"A fine position and was a very popular climb. Details hazy. Rotten rock and exposure at the top." [BA] "A long and varied climb, which used to be very popular." [JME] Start: The blunt buttress between Baby Sham and Whisky Gully.
FA: K. Cooke & D. Litchfield, 1958 | 63m, 4 | |||
10 | West End
Start: "A very obvious scrub filled corner, some distance left of Devils Hole." [JME] 100m right of Whisky Chaser. [Owens] 43m
FA: J. Worrall, C. Regan & R. Barton, 1966 | 43m, 3 | |||
Blue Mountains Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Main Bivouac Ledge | |||||
10 | Deshabille' Detour
| 48m | |||
Blue Mountains Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Southern Crag | |||||
10 M5 | Guico Piton Direct Start
| 25m | |||
10 | Ventura Highway
This route may not be possible due to dead tree branches!
FA: A.Penney & D.Humphries, 1977 | 67m, 6 | |||
10 | Pawn Wall Direct Finish
| 37m | |||
Blue Mountains Katoomba Area Narrow Neck Narrow Neck Crags Herbaceous Gully | |||||
10 R | Herbaceous Gully
Starts below the chockstone in the gully. Originally soloed! Start: 18m right of 'Un Named Climb' (Dixon's Ladders Sth). FA: K.Westren, 1960 | 37m | |||
Blue Mountains Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau Red Point Dog Wall | |||||
10 | Easy Gully
Harder than it looks. Start: In large chimney with gully above (right edge of Dog Wall).
FA: G. Owens & G. Maybury, 1968 | 30m, 2 | |||
Blue Mountains Katoomba Area Ngula Bulgarabang/ Radiata Plateau The Nest Main Area | |||||
10 | ★ Misty Mountain Corner
A great little corner. First route completed. Good rock and gear. Start: The obvious easy corner crack L of grey slab. Up cnr. moving R at top. Tree belay or right to DRBLO for slab routes. B and BE Cameron 11/7/2013 | 17m | |||
Blue Mountains Medlow Bath The Sunbath | |||||
10 | Chossmaster
Start as for Chadmeister. Climb the easy diagonal crack trending climber's right to below the edge of the cave, then up the face to 3BB over top. FFA: T. Chaffey & M. East, 1 Sep 2018 | 15m | |||
10 | ★ Three Sheets to the Wind
Another worthwhile easy climb that adds to the range of options for beginner leaders at this crag. 5 bolts to a DBB FA: Mel Rowland & Stuart Sims, 2 Sep 2018 | 12m, 5 | |||
Blue Mountains Medlow Bath Flying Fox Area | |||||
10 | Who's Lead?
Start: 5m right of Fibbertigibbet at corner vegetated with ferns, shrubs and trees. #Historical This corner has returned to its naturally vegetated state and has no further need to be cleaned or climbed.
FA: G. Owens, B. Crouch & Robert J Smith, 1970 | 47m, 3 | |||
10 | ★ Psycho Arete
Start: Marked PA just left of arete below small corner. Appeared to originally climb departed tree. Ascend corner or traverse in low from the right. Plenty of pro for the first 20m, thereafter plenty of jugs but unknown.
FA: B. Crouch, 1970 | 33m, 2 | |||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags James Bond Mr Big Area | |||||
10 | ★ George Lazumbe
FA: J.Anderson | 12m | |||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Megalong Valley Crags The Phoenix | |||||
10 | Smoulder
| 10m | |||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Mt Blackheath Area Blackheath Lookout | |||||
10 | Nothing Desperate
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10 | Us
Start: 3m right of 'Quadrill' at break in overhang marked Q.
FA: G. Owens, 1968 | 30m | |||
10 | Solo Climb
Start: 40m right of 'Knees As Well'
FA: J. Worrall, 1969 | 40m | |||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Mt Blackheath Area El Desperado Wall | |||||
10 | Bitter Aloes
Start: Marked BA. Rambly gully. FA: S. Kitchen & H. Luxford | ||||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Abseil Gully | |||||
10 | ★ Sweet Irish
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Start: Wall to the right of OE.
FA: L.Smith & B.Postill, 1967 | 49m, 2 | |||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Afghan/Girl in the Mirror wall | |||||
10 | Schisenhousen
Start: 9m right of FH.
FA: G.Owens & M.Clarbourgh, 1967 | 68m, 3 | |||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Walk-Down Gully | |||||
10 | Kite Eater
Possibly the route marked with a square only. | 61m | |||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Mt Boyce Crevasse Gully | |||||
10 | Fizzler
| 40m | |||
10 | Wandering Willie
| 85m | |||
Blue Mountains Blackheath Area Closed Pulpit Rock | |||||
10 | Easy Route
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Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Pindari | |||||
10 R | Ease
Middle of the short black wall in the gully. FA: D.Grey, 1985 | 15m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Cottage Boulder | |||||
10 R | Kiss the Dog
Start: Just left of the boulder descent route. Take care! | 30m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount Piddington Solomon Area | |||||
10 | Kokoda Trail
Start: Short chimney and gully to top. | 35m | |||
10 R | Babylon
Start: 9m left of Z. Scrubby chimney. FA: W.Kilham & B.Smith, 1964 | 41m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Corroboree Walls Disneyland | |||||
10 | ★ Nantucket Sleigh Ride
Starts below the Captain Hook ledge at short crack. Crack to ledge. Up wall (retrobolted by Maleficent). How this was written up as 8 grades easier despite a lack of trad protection we will never know. They bred 'em tough. FA: C.Dawson, P.Morris, B.Maddison, R & Parkin, 1973 | 48m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Ethel's Wall | |||||
10 | Stairway to Heaven
| 12m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Deceptor Buttress | |||||
10 | Deceptor
Low angle slab with retro'd carrots - original had none. FHs on top ledge to belay from. Run-out but easy - not really an R rated route. FA: B.Mattick & G.Owens, 1968 | 30m, 6 | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Zig Zag Amok Time Gully | |||||
10 | The Carpenter
| 25m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mitchells Ridge Sunset Rock | |||||
10 | Skeezer
Start at arete Right of Steve Steps Out. Behind tree to break, then up ramps on arete. Bring a large cam for break. FFA: F. Lumsden & L. McManus, 1988 | 10m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mitchells Ridge Loft Chimney Area | |||||
10 | Hidden Crack
| 15m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mitchells Ridge Bay Tree Towers | |||||
10 | ★ Scones
| 12m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York Galactic Gully | |||||
10 | ★ PTJ
Left side of the gully coming down. | 15m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York Auntie Jack Area | |||||
10 | ★ Lishenbak
Get here early for this one. FA: J Lorinez, W Williams & B Blunt | 30m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York Exhibition Wall | |||||
10 | Nutmeg
Chimney! Start: 4m right again. FA: W.Blunt, Mr(?)Thornton & Mr(?)Thompson, 1974 | 20m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York Monument Ridge Gully | |||||
10 | Le Spew
Start: As for previous but right to cave. FA: C.Wilmott & D.Le Dieu, 1994 | 10m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York First Year Uni Area | |||||
10 | Kitchen Sink
Start: 30m right of FYU. Corners. FA: H.Luxford, 2000 | 10m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York Ashes to Ashes Area | |||||
10 | ★ Easy Piece
Corner 3m right of 'Peeceezy'. Corner to ledge then steep section onto slab. Up to belay on ring-bolt for Cinders at roof level. FA: W Williams, K Melville & S Parker, 2009 | 35m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Mount York Mt York Bouldering Fargoid Boulders | |||||
VB+ | Squeeze job
Sit start left side of boulder, short traverse to same mantle exit as TNIHAM | 3m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area The Soft Parade The Right Hand End | |||||
10 | ★ S'easy
Short buttress with undercut start Set: B Jung FA: J Reay, 2012 | 8m, 4 | |||
10 | ★ Willow
Set: B Jung FA: B Jung, 2016 | 8m, 5 | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area The Soft Parade The Middle | |||||
10 | ★ Lazy Lizards
To the right of the arete. Set: S Puchala FA: S Puchala, 2012 | 8m | |||
10 | ★ Carrot Cake
Line of carrots above the "test" lower-offs Set: Barry Jung, 2017 FA: Barry Jung, 2017 | 8m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Historic Wells Other Routes | |||||
10 | A4
Easy corner passing bushes to the top. FA: M Warren, 2011 | 25m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Bardens Lookout Historic Wells | |||||
10 | A4
Easy corner passing bushes to the top. FA: M Warren, 2011 | 25m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Hartley Hartley Vale Road | |||||
10 | Song Sung Blue
| 25m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Hartley Hartley Heights | |||||
10 | Corner
FA: First recorded ascent & Jim Croft | 15m | |||
10 | Alfa
| 12m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Hartley Dargan's Creek | |||||
10 | The Vertical Smile
| 22m | |||
10 | Mail Box
| 15m | |||
10 | Other World
| 50m | |||
10 | No Bra
| 15m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Hartley The Poetry Strip | |||||
10 | Swags Up!
| 25m | |||
Blue Mountains Mount Victoria Area Hartley The Tardis | |||||
10 | Spit the Dog
FA: Nora Adam/ Tony Williams | 15m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Ida Ridge | |||||
10 | The By-Pass
As for FGR to ledge on left then around the arete FA: W.Williams, 1992 | 20m | |||
10 | Waltz Up the Wall
Arete right of the long wall. Up the wall just left of the arete FA: W. Williams, 1992 | 30m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Memory Lane | |||||
10 | ★ Alisons Playhouse
Bouldery start followed by a quick scramble to the corner crack. Up crack to top of block then crack to tree. FA: T.Bernutt & J.Smoothy, 1979 | 27m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Stateline Gully | |||||
10 | Green Chimney
Awesome!! Start: Obvious. FA: A.Penney, 1980 | 15m | |||
10 | Choss 'n' Doddle
Spectacular!!! Start: 3m right, faded initials. FA: P.Webber, 1980 | 30m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Penny Arcade | |||||
10 | Memorial to an Unknown Pelican
Slab, traverse left to roof & arete junction, around and up. Start: 8m right. FA: T.Hunt & P.Meaney, 1981 | 30m | |||
10 R | Lazy Mans Climb
"We couldnt be bothered walking any further, so we did it!" - Russell Taylor. Start: 1m right again. FA: R.Taylor & C.Cuthbertson, 1981 | 25m | |||
10 | Zagon
Wall, ledge, corner and scrub to tree! Start: Wall opposite platform 30m right. FA: K.Seddon, 1981 | 25m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Lovers Lane | |||||
10 | Zaphod
Start: 1m right. Weakness in overhangs. FA: K.Seddon, 1981 | 25m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd Cosmic County Area Cosmic County Lunar Walls | |||||
10 | Crystal Vision Alternate Finish
| 8m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Dam Wall | |||||
10 | ★ Kid Playground 1
Left side facing in. DCarrotB's at top. Set: James Leahy FA: Sep 2017 | 9m | |||
10 | ★ Kid Playground 2
Middle climb on the wall. DcarrotB's at top. FA: Sep 2017 | 9m | |||
10 | ★ Kid Playground 3
Right side of wall, facing in. DcarrotB's at top. FA: Sep 2017 | 9m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Wet Feet Area | |||||
10 | Mystery Tower
Low angle wall on right side of entrance chasm into Dams Cliff area - on opposite side of Wet Feet boulder to the little creek. This climbs a slab then finishes up tapered tower of rock to lower-offs (than can be accessed by scrambling up grade 1 slab if you want to set-up toprope). 4 bolt plates required. First ascent & grade unknown. | 12m, 4 | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Mossy Wall | |||||
10 | ★ Hesitation
SSGICs to top-out with 2 bolt belay. FA: J Boyton, 1994 | 15m | |||
Blue Mountains Bells Line of Road & Chifley Rd The Dam Cliffs Shady Alley | |||||
10 | Dunny Doo
This is a training wall for Lead Climbers to practice clipping and re-threading. There are also 2 bolts at ground level to practice re-threading, just to the right. FA: James Leahy, 5 Oct 2015 | 4m, 2 | |||
Blue Mountains Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Green Wall | |||||
10 | Moss monster
The Right end corner FA: D Gray, 2012 | 20m | |||
Blue Mountains Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs | |||||
10 | Baby Wipes
2m rt of BME, up the next obvious blunt arete tending rt to shared anchors FFA: Ian Reynolds, 2013 | 10m, 4 | |||
Blue Mountains Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Marrangaroo Creek Backside | |||||
10 | The Creator of Reality
First route right side of access gully, following flake up high to shared anchors, FFA: rod, 20 May 2018 | 15m, 6 | |||
Blue Mountains Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's West Descent wall | |||||
10 | Somewhere over the Woodpile
The offwidth crack with fragile jugs sprouting from it towards the base of this wall FA: David Gray & Vanessa Wills, May 2016 | 25m | |||
Blue Mountains Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's ViA Ferrata Slabs | |||||
10 | Windows
Short green corner to fig, through natural arch and up canyon slot. 80 meters left of access gully exit. FFA: David Gray, 1 Jan 2016 | 10m | |||
10 | Squeeze Chimney
Northern part (highest) of access slot...fun with squeeze to chicken wings...no pro... just squeeze harder if it feels run-out! FFA: David Gray, 1 May 2017 | 10m | |||
Blue Mountains Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area The Slots Pale & Paunchy Wall | |||||
10 | Terraceist
Right side of blank arete to shared anhcors FFA: James Ryan, May 2015 | 10m, 4 | |||
10 | Gone, but not forgotten
2m lt of FF, stright up face past half moon feature. FFA: Kevin Van Tilburg, 17 Sep 2017 | 10m, 4 | |||
Wolgan Valley Old Baldy Lower Cliff | |||||
10 | ★ Sarsparilla Slabs
Start 30m right of DM up on ledge 6m past tree.
FA: Dave Tanner, Eric Saxby & Sandra Cosgrave, 1964 | 24m, 2 |