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Cranberry Crags is a collection of slabs, large boulders and small cliffs, tall enough to boulder or rope up.
Description
Overhung
Slab
Vertical
All day sun
Wet in rain
North
Access issues
Allowed
Adapted and edited from ‘Sutherland’. For over 50 years climbers in the Sutherland Shire have enjoyed free access to many fantastic crags and caves. As of 2014 there have been access problems emerging at several climbing and bouldering areas due to Aboriginal art sites and shell middens in caves. Sutherland Shire Council and the Department of Environment and Heritage have announced closures and sign-posted some of these aboriginal sites, with further closures and signs to be added during summer/autumn 2016/2017. Areas of problem are ground level overhangs with flat bases, the type of terrain popular at hard bouldering areas. Whilst the details are sorted out keep a low profile, clean up ALL rubbish (including removing mattresses in bouldering caves) and avoid climbing at closed areas. Treat non-climbers that you see at crags with the utmost respect; rangers, archaeologists, traditional owners, and everybody else. For more information about aboriginal sites and rock-climbing please read this link from Sutherland Council: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0KxtU2nUQB9cjhHUWE4cE5HWnM/view?usp=sharing
Approach
Park at the end of Cranberry Street, Loftus. Walk down Cranberry fire trail (steep) for 400m. After crossing a gravel spillway, over a mound, then another more established spillway (a subsidiary of the Maandowie Creek), the trail begins to incline and veer up to the right. There is a large rock on the Left, just after it, there is a small trail. Follow the trail up. Approach time: ~10 minutes
Ethic
Under development
It is important to acknowledge the Dharawal people as the Traditional Custodians of the land which the Sutherland shire is situated. We value and celebrate the Dharawal culture, language, while acknowledging the Dharawal people’s continuing connection to the land, the sea, and the community. We pay respect to the Elders and their families, past, present, and emerging, and through them, to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
History
Cranberry Crags has been climbed since the 80’s, all trad & bouldering. Taken from ‘Sutherland’. Climbing has been going on since the 1960's in the Shire. Gossip has it that an old doctor used to play around the cliffs on the Woronora River in those early years. Joe Friend was also known to climb here back in the 1970's. You can find some old pitons, pin scars at odd locations such as the Heathcote Bridge, Menai area and at ‘The Cathedral’. It was common that Scouts and at times the Army regularly frequented places like Menai, Lucas Heights and Alfords Point. The 1980's saw a steep rise in development with climbers from the Loftus Crew, Anthony Scharnbel, Damian Taylor and Bruce Stevens. A big influence in the 1980-1990's was David Barnes. Dave developed several new areas and put up scores of routes across the shire, including the classic routes
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Author(s): Mike Forward and Peter Balint
Date: 2023
With 2065 bouldering problems ranging from V0-V15 across 57 areas nestled around Sydney, the all new Sydney Bouldering Guide will keep you occupied for years to come. Just because we live in Sydney we'll try not to be biased but honestly this city has some amazing bouldering and usually not more than a few minutes off the road or some even near parks and train stations. There's no need to camp out and trek for hours to get to world class problems, they're right on your door step.
Authors Mike Forward and Peter Balint spent over 7 years putting this guide together and is the first new bouldering guide for Sydney in over 20 years. It's over 350 colour pages including 600+ colour photo tops, crag tops, amazing images and more.
Author(s): Neil Monteith & Simon Carter
Date: 2021
ISBN: 9780645299908
Featuring 1142 climbing routes located at 24 of the best crags in the Sydney area, this A5 size guide book is super user friendly with easy to use colour cliff topos and access maps. Covers sport and trad climbing at a variety of grades, something for everyone.
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