Routes in Northern Territory for selected grade

Good for climbers starting on slightly inclined climbs boasting juggy holds. Crux is a dyno either up or left of the upside down tear drop.

This climb has a bit of everything and feels like it is a bit out of sequence. Doesn't flow and forces reposition before continuing in a few places.

Up the flared crack in the center of the front face. Using the upper level crack to climb right of the boulder under the roof. Once at roof traverse left over boulder and top out.

As for "Soft shell" but go over the boulder instead of around.

Starting on platform at base of wall, climbing up the ramp to the obvious crack without using the boulder. Follow undercling to vertical fault line, go straight up from here using left side of face directly under the roof. Climb through the roof to finish.

Starting on platform at base of wall, climbing up the ramp to the obvious crack without using the boulder. Follow crack to right side of face and climb directly up without using the Arete.

Start on small platform under tree, head up face without using the pillar.

Start on Boulder in corner and traverse along horizontal crack until nearing the Arete. Finish as per Cherax Destructor Direct.

Twisted and seemingly featureless slab has tricky start. Easily recognizable by looking for white quartz veins on slab, on left side of valley. 50m right of Squirrel Slab. Very fun climb with excellent anchor pro at top.

Climb is all trad, micro cams recommended. Three bolts exist at the top of gully on right side. Requires ring or mallions to run rope through for descending. Potential for arete climb to right and short overhung face climb to left.

Start as for 'The Bulge', then follow crack to left. Possibly one of the most underclimbed and under-rated climbs here. No pro at top traverse right to anchors for the bulge.

Start easily through choss to base of slab with FH over lip. Pull onto face and follow left line of RB's. Tenous and off balance crux move to large flake. Easily up to left side of overhang, traverse right to finish. 2RBB

RIP TREE 1/8/21 New Tree growing as at 23/5/23

You will be sadly missed but your memories will live on through all that people that you saved.

Start easily up through choss to base of slab with a FH over lip. Then straight up on small but adequate holds to FH on right. Tricky and technical moves onto upper face, squeeze underneath tree without using it and finish in small alcove. Chain lower off.

Dangerous route, Rap in off tree to bottom - Standing atop Lyell ledge you find a gnarled tree with a boulder leaning against it. below this is excellent overhung face climbing. To the right of that on the corner of the face is this interesting, scary and ultimately trundled route. A couple more climbs might clean it up. Be very sure about your gear.

Old top rope problem. Kelly Hansen holds the honor of having first top rope ascent of this little beastie.Up crack to lip then crimp hard onto very thin face. Tenuous and balancy moves under right leaning Flake to thank f*#K jug. 2BR, 3BB.

Carpark facing wall. Nice route on starting on reddish rock, staying away from left hand arête. Up line of weakness move slightly to the right then left across face through mono to large flake. Finish up right side of blade. 3BR, 2BB

Starts as for Death Adder, follow right hand arête of this pinnacle. Very balancy moves through middle then easy finish on slightly softer rock. 3BR, 2BB.

A great route, which could be greater without the rope drag. Climb UN2 lo ledge, gain right leaning arête, and pull right onto front face of the pinnacle using a prominent horizontal break. Delicate move right and up to top of pillar 4 BR, 2BB A harder companion route exists traversing this same pinnacle left-right graded approximately 19. The front overhanging face of this pinnacle has been the scene of much frantic top roping

Beautiful big right facing crack that eats big SLCDs. Start on block (or with a jump!) and head right using strange move onto pedestal where crack starts to thin. Up from there.

Start on right hand side of the wall, up easily to horizontal break and first piece of protection. Traverse left to prominent v shaped groove. Follow this up. A great if wandering climb, that requires careful attention when placing natural gear. Twin ropes could also make this easier

Poorly protected and pumps you hard. Left crack line

Contrived and very spasely protected line between Habib and sleek. Exists reallyonly to run the shop and cook the Pizzas.

Just to the right of Guten Arven is an obvious crack leaning slightly left. Climb up past 1CB to gain crack, crack to ledge and finish up small hanging corner.

Carrots and Rings on top

nice route, mixed pro

Start up leaning crack before moving onto face. Small tricam in pocket or blue master cam in slot can be used before first bolt. Up past two bolts. A purple C4 can be used before topping out. Rap off by anchoring rope to belayer on back side of pinacle.

Obvious pencil thin crack up to a small corner. Two carrots on top.

Another runout finish.

Directly on the other side of the pinnacle from Harvey Crumpet is a fine line that takes a shallow right facing seam. This climb is easily identified by wildly undercut area just to the right. Follow the seam up onto the slabby wall then delicately up

Up the crack near the Ararat and around the tree through the roof. Good moves down low.

Stunning climb, a bolt or a large set of nuts (not the wired kind)and a small brain will see it led one day. Start on the right hand side of the front buttress, right of the obvious corner. Up the face trending right, then up the wall just left of Where Dick Goes Down.

Named after the Ashton’s’ delicious lunch on the day of the FRA. The crack 2m right of Where Dick Goes Down.

Steep, tree roots currently encroaching on crack (2007)

Stiff at 16, challenging at 17. Great pro.

The obvious crack line through the roof and up the face on the RHS of the face of the buttress (just left around the corner from VO) just left of the arête.

I liked it.... others don't, could be hard for shorter folk

Climb chimney with prominent overhung crack on right hand side behind Gnomes Roam. Exit from chimney through bulge.

Start from the low platform

Variant pirst pitch on 2 Wraps. Up overhanging crack.

Further up the creek is an impressive orange wall with a line of 5 fixed hangers up the middle of it. Big moves on bug holds, can be pumpy if you don`t find the rests.... Beware the caves!

Start up the line of weakness on the back wall of the dark chimney to the right of Big Spender. Tough moves to small ledge above chimney. Finish up obvious v shaped corner. Deduct a grade if you stem in the chimney

Start in frequently sandy “V” shaped corner at base. Go straight up and and stay on face through some thinner stuff to reachy and committed move at the top. Quite a satififying, if underrated climb.

Perhaps Kiwi’s finest moment at Hayes Creek. Follows shallow seam up beautiful creamy coloured slab 30m left of MAC. Past small roof and up to single BR at about halfway. Thin and balancy moves on crimps to ledge level, then haul those jugs to glory. A Really satisfying climb, which curiously has very few Green ants (unlike some other climbs). Obvious descent gully to the left. 1BR

Great alt start to Vegemite, 3 carrots one fh.

A couple of harder moves at the second and fifth bolt due to smallish footholds, the rest steady and enjoyable. Can be a bit sandy as all routes on this wall.

3m left of 'Black Betty'

Note: small cams

Start as for SAS and pull though roof early to go up face/corner to right of pinnacle.

Sounds like a sea of whingeing to me, it is the crack with some chockstones in it. Looks like fine rock, if a little unprotected at the start.

Left most climb, though obvious bulge and gain blank face above. Then move up and right to chains. (planned)

Up layback flake, traverse left and pull through roof at crack weakness, up to chains. (planned)

Start is the thin Crack 10m R of Rations. Crux is getting off the ground, followed by easier climbing to top. Stay Right of Fig Tree. Aptly named after a missing engagement ring.

Up to and into very obvious and memorable crackline through beautiful blank headwall to finish

Very cool, 2 cruxes and lots of good climbing in between. Great pro. Around the corner right of Supply line. Take thin crack in rooflet then up wall to ledge. Overhanging finish.

Up the face of the pinnacle on small cams to begin with (17?) or around the back (14?). This is a fun climb because once on top of the pinnacle you jump across to the main wall and top out that way.

Starting up on the ledge, follow the crack line up the center of the large blank wall until you pass the roof. Then traverse right 2m and top out with the next crack.

Up pillar on right of cliff, at top step across onto face and follow the right side finger crack through the roof to belay off fig tree.

Up Left Arete

Start on obvious platform and climb up crack and around roof to tree belay. 60m rope is just long enough for the repel down.

Up face then traverse left into crack (unprotected). Up crack until it runs out and then traverse right to DBB.

Start near at base near water. Climb up to the crack with tree root in it. Aim or top of pillar. Climb face to get to very top.

Crux is 18 is of the Climb is 14

About 6m R of Clown's corner, this tackles the overhang that leads to the prominent grey slabby wall. Very pumpy start with exciting move onto main wall. Easier but poorly protected finish up slabby wall past mantelshelf.

Essentially a variant route of OAL , starting similarly but finishes up the right hand arête.

Starting point approximately 3m right of OAL. Slightly overhanging start then follow crack straight up to tree in top of crack, step right and finish straight up face. By all accounts… quite stiff at the grade!

LH crack in the Enclosure wall. Scary unprotected start! Follow the LH crack up to the stance below the roof, traverse left onto the face and up through the ‘V’ crack in the roof. Definitely one of the best routes here.

Takes the obvious lower left arcing crack to ledge then up through the crack in the roof. Some delicate edging, fiddly protection and solid underclinging here.

Spectacular and exposed! Start at the tree above the corner climb mentioned above. Follow the horizontal crack out to above the climb in the centre of wall of the second pool (mentioned below). Down climb to the large ledge. Belay from here. Escape is to toss a weighted chalk bag across the pool, down climb to a safe height to jump into the pool.

Possibly the most underclimbed, and underrated climb hereabouts, this climb starts at the far end of th second pool near a large paperbark tree. Quirky start leads to great climbing up double crack system with delicate moves at half height. Finish up v shaped corner.

Starting at the end of the overhung red face, stepping left at 6m to gain arete. Exciting and exposed climbing.

Very short, poorly protected and gymnastic mini route at the far right end of the wall. Loose rock at top, not really worth doing.

Up face and twin crack system left of BB. Start out of the water.

Up slab, hard move over bulge at 4m. Up thin cracks through middle of black slab.

At orange rock where the route becomes vertical stem beside big block on left. Follow holds to top.

• Vegetated slab
• Chossy top

Start halfway up wall opposite Smitt Rock on river right. Ascend the series of heavily vegetated slopey bulges.

This climb begins directly above the rightmost point of gently sloping ledge/ramp.

Right to left along section of horizontal breaks. Stay low and follow the holds.

Obvious crack on orange wall on river left at the top of 8th gorge.

Start on a big ledge 4m out of the water. Scramble onto ledge then straight up slab to stepping stones (or easy scramble around left). Up crack to top.

Descend off downstream side, short scramble.

Start hanging on jugs below bulge. Pull up over bulge then continue up right line, not around arete.

Up face 3m left of BS. Over bulge to join finish crack of BS for final 2m. Not enough pro for trad (trad anchor at top)

Looks like a great line, Ist assensionists report it is dangerously loose in places

Far better and cleaner than it looks, great pro, great moves with no choss. Due to the wandering route half rope are almost essential.

Pitch 1: Start at base of corner crack/chimney and pull through the overhang, following the crack up past the tree and second small roof to a small belay ledge. The crux is harder than 17, around a 19.

Pitch 2: Continue straight up through into to chimney roof, then left out onto the face following the roof till you can top out.

The easiest way up the cliff.

1. 10, 50m - Easy vertical scramble on clean black bulges

2. 6, 50m - Horizontal traverse to the right until over the sandy beach. Belay in small cave below dark buttress

3. 16, 35m - Up the RHS of the dark buttress then back to its centre, hand jam cracks (overhanging the beach) then into polished but positive slab climbing. Belay in corner with small wires.

4. 17, 35m - Up and right on horizontal breaks, some challenging climbing, then continue upwards through bugles with key hand jam.

5. 12, 20m - easy climbing up polished rock

6. 12, 20m - as for 5

7. 12, 20m - Barely a pitch, one hard move at the start with leg breaker potential (without belay) then easy scrambling out to the top.

Alternative finish could be done from start of P6 on the bold tower out left, looks good, and no harder than 19-20.

Use the left feature and top out

The landing is a little dangerous. Can set a top rope easy.

Climb the line of jumbled blocks 2 metres R of TM to a single FH, continue past 2 carrots. Beware a loose rock or two, especially toward the top

Weakness 1m R of FV. Straight up ramp above to BB

R side of main cliff face. Climb starts 1m R of unused white FH. Climb face on the R of 2 FH, clipping them on the way. At chossy finger ledge head L and up past FH, and over bulge to top. DBB

More of a short Boulder Problem

Ends at FHB. Good crack climbing. Ramp 5m R of WFA to L leading diagonal crack (next crack R of WFA).

Early crux will have you leaning back. Protect it well as it looks easier than it actually is. Fine once you've got the sequence worked out but until then can make you feel like a moron. Much easier and enjoyable climbing once beyond the crux.

A couple of metres right of TV and very worthwhile with a thoughtful start to gain the first ledge. Pick your line over the small roof and continue for an enjoyable sustained climb.

A great face climb perfect for the grade. Starting a few metres left of Butterfly Lost, climb towards the small dish with slight overhang and then continue up the rib through another slight overhang (somewhat of a second crux) and just keep on going through easier climbing above. Protection thin with ground falls possible if falling from the top of the second overhang.