Tower Hill Main, Bouldering

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10 6 11 3 12 5 9 2 4 8 1 7

1 Business Time Boulder 2 Party Time Boulder 3 Turbo Time 4 The DC Boulder 5 Old Time Boulder 6 Pillow Time 7 Power Couple Boulder 8 Stones Throw Boulder 9 Fledgling Boulder 10 Big Tree Boulder 11 Cave Boulder 12 The Pebble

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Description

Tower Hill Bouldering is a small boulder field on a rise below East Tower. There are around 10 large free standing boulders with a bit of everything from short to tall, slab to steep. Quality of the rock is really good, however does require some extensive cleaning.

Access issues inherited from Tasmania

Designated

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Approach

Gentle <5 min

For the bouldering, follow Cabin Road for 3.8km and park in the bend of the road on the right, you'll see the boulders already. On the right hand side you'll see a little bridge and path to the main boulders

Ethic inherited from Tasmania

Crag Stewards

Many Tasmanian climbing areas have Stewards assigned as a point of contact for safety or access concerns.

For more details and the list of Steward emails please visit: http://www.thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Introduction+to+Tasmanian+Climbing

Statewide Ethics

The operation and use of drones by park visitors on reserved land including national parks is not permitted
Peregrine Falcons nest from July - December each year. It’s important that climbers don’t climb near active nests during this period. Known sites (non exhaustive) are: Sand River (Far East, The Panopticon), Bare Rock (R of the Boneyard, L of Bisso of Orange), Rocky Cape, Pubic Wall/Duck Reach, Hillwood, Gunners Quoin, Lowdina.
Please note that Tasmania has notoriously patchy phone reception for particular service providers. Telstra is the most reliable. An emergency Personal Locator Beacon or similar is recommended kit when climbing in remote locations.
For more information - follow the link below for some local tips + tricks on how to better reduce your impact during your next Tassie climbing holiday