Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina The Brown Room The Grey Area | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Cognitive Resonance
Start left and right in large pockets. Punch up to sloper and stand on small crystal to crimp, top out. | 4m | |||
V7 | The Coin Slot
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New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina The Brown Room Brownroom proper | |||||
V7 | ★★ Brown Wings
Start on the right side of the cave at good left and split pockets for right. Traverse left along the roof via edges and pockets to finish as for De-Fib. The big foot ledge is out until you reach the De-Fib start holds. FA: Ben JengA, 18 Jul 2014 | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina The Brown Room The Pergola | |||||
V7 | ★ Power Station
Electric pergolas into Generator FA: Dan | ||||
V7 | ★★ Knob Jockey (top out)
Tops out the same as 'Hot Rats (top out)'. FA: Antho | 9m | |||
V7 | ★ Slow Moves
FA: Daniel da Silva, 2006 | ||||
V7 | ★★ Causes
Starting at slopey break. traverse below the lip of the roof on well formed pockets and crimp high on lip. Finish at pocket jug a few moves after the two finger pocket. | 4m | |||
V7 | ★★ Hot Rats (top out)
Start matched at the Hueco as for Hot Rats. Up to the big jug but send it up and left. Top moves are classic and tricky. Finish at the break 3/4 way up. Drops off. FA: Daniel da Silva | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★ Red October
FA: dan, 2007 | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina The Attic | |||||
V7 | ★ Skeleton Key
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V7 | ★ Bump in the night
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New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina The Cape | |||||
V7 | ★★ Brown Town
Start at big break right of the arete, and head directly up. through a left hand mono, and a right hand small crimp, ultimately to a mega jug. Top out as per arete problems | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina The Gold Fields The Golden Section | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Gold Rush
Sit start at the arete. Directly up the scoop. Hold has broken now, slightly harder. | 3m | |||
V7 | ★★ Kurt Russel
Sit start on the arete, traverse right down to the horn then climb Goldie Horn. Pumpy. FA: Daniel da Silva, 2007 | ||||
V7 | ★★ Golden Circle
Goldie Horn without the crimps. Straight to the pocket/dish. FA: dan, 2007 | 3m | |||
V7 | ★★ Horn Rush
Start as Goldie Horn head left to finish up Gold Rush. FA: Daniel da Silva, 2007 | 3m | |||
V7 | Golden Girls
| 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina The Benz Benz Cave | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Slong Shot
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New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina Pearl Jam Caves | |||||
27 | ★★★ Our Modern Needs
FA: Jason Piper | 20m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Umina Lake View Lake View Boulders | |||||
V7/8 | ★★ Geebungs Great Escape
Located on your right as you're walking up the hill. An obvious overhanging prow bloc that looks like its leaning on a tree. Sit start at the back of the little cavelet on the obvious jug. Make some tension moves to head out left and around the lip on small edges to a tricky mantle. FA: Tom Hodgson | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Joe Pike's 40 Acres Left Buttress | |||||
28 | ★★ (Codpiece Project)
| 17m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Central Coast Chapman's Hill The Sietch | |||||
V6/7 | ★★★ Hunter-Seeker
Start matched on brain hold shared with SSSS, move left using rail and jug into crack. Finish same as Shai-Hulud. FA: Ashley Grundy, 12 Nov 2023 | 7m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Galston Gorge The Orphanage Left Side | |||||
V7 | ★★ Tight Crack
Punch from the sit start up to the two slopers. Take a grade off without the sit start. Top out. FA: Jarred Jordan, 2015 | 2m | |||
V7 | ★ Grapefruit Daytrip
Sit start at the shallow rail, crimp on the right, crimps on top, mantle top out. FA: John Bignold & Jarred Jordan, Sep 2016 | 2m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Galston Gorge The Graveyard Upper Side | |||||
V7 | Flat Chest
Stand start on the crimps and mantle over the top slopers. FA: Jarred Jordan | ||||
V7 | ★ Voodoo Child
Start on the big side pull and head up over the lip to the right. | 4m | |||
V7 | ★★ Moon Landing
Start on the big obvious jug and jump straight to the hold over the lip. Avoid holds in between. FA: Jarred Jordan, 2019 | 4m | |||
V7 | ★★ Three Tight Holes
Squat start on the pockets and use a few small crimps and fight to the top. FA: Jarred Jordan, 2018 | 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Galston Gorge The Graveyard Lower Side | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Elegance of the Hedgehog
Absolute bloody classic. Sit start on the right side of the boulder. Use the arete and the face. FA: Jarred Jordan | 3m | |||
V7 | ★ Yippy-Crimp-Yay-MTF
Use the left arete and any tiny crimps on the face. Feet are bloody terrible. Makes for a tough slab climb. FA: Jarred Jordan, 2018 | 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Galston Gorge South Side Bouldering - The Boulder Field | |||||
V7 | ★ Afternoon Deelite
Burly sit start off RH dish and LH sidepull leading into Big Yellow Joint. FA: Meedu Samaraweera, 2019 | 7m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Berowra Blackboard Wall | |||||
28 | ★★★ Butter Knives
An utterly desperate wall climb on tiny holds. Strong candidate for sandbag of the millenium, originally graded 26, but latest talks have it at 28/29 Start: 4m right of 'Gidget Verdon'. FA: Mike Law, 1980 | 12m, 4 | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Ku-ring-gai Chase McCarrs Creek | |||||
V7 | ★★ The Knight Bus
No hands walk up the slab to some big moves towards the obvious jug and up to a tough mantle FA: Yossi Sundakov-Krumins, 28 Aug 2021 | 4m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Ku-ring-gai Chase Cottage Point Cottage Cheese | |||||
V7 | Gone In 60 Milliseconds
Grab the holds at the base of the feature in the middle of the overhang and good luck! Explosive fun. | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Ku-ring-gai Chase Nameless | |||||
V7/8 | ★★★ Neil's Arete
Right arete of freestanding block. Fantastic. FA: Neil Wallace | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★★ Sharik's Arete
Up the arete over the fallen block. FA: Sharik Walker | 7m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Eagle Rock The Left Wing | |||||
27 | ★★★ Squeeze the Squid
FA: JASON PIPER | 28m | |||
27 | ★★ Daddy Cool Crack
FA: JASON PIPER | 30m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Hornsby and the North Craftys | |||||
27 | ★★★ Blowing Bubbles
Hard slabbing in the middle. FA: monique forestier | ||||
27 | ★★★ River Rage
FA: Jason Piper | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Closed Alfords Point Bouldering | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Stringybark Massacre
Crag Classic! Start on a jug at the back wall and move out the roof, along the sloping shelf and powerfully into the broken corner before heading left and straight up the groove to a thought provoking top-out. | 6m | |||
V7 | ★★ Love Gun Stand Start
Standing start, straight into the back breaking press. | 5m | |||
V7 | ★ Humpathon
Start on the shelf low and just right of the corner and make powerful move straight up to gain a good hold before taversing left and finishing up either 'Love Gun' or Stringybark. Pumpy and hard for the grade. | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Lom crag | |||||
28 | ★★★ Taylor made
Start as for bucks party. Move right through roof and up headwall. Knee pad or tee shirt for the right knee is recommended.. very good and very hard.. the right start is the "To Suit" project Set: Cameron Taylor, 2009 FA: Jason Green, 2019 | 13m, 10 | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Little Moon Bay The Slabs | |||||
27 | ★ The labyrinth
Obvious finger crack, rap rings over the lip. FA: nathanual hebbard, 17 Jan 2022 | 8m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland The Cathedral Main Crag | |||||
27 | ★ Bordella de Merde
A DF to expectorant or start up anticoagulant, the pinch out right is on (rebolted 2008) FA: Richard Sonnerdale, 2011 | 8m, 3 | |||
27 | ★★ Inchworm Groove
This one is for the hard nuts,it was once the hardest trad line in shire, and possibly NSW. Start: Below the thin seam, tenuous moves up the groove to lower off chain at half height or easily to top up anything nearby. Take small gear. FA: Mike Law, 1986 | 8m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Lost World | |||||
27 | ★★★ Bird Bath Blues
Start as for Slap My Blues Away and at the anchors pull the lip and begin to trend slightly left. (to avoid drag while getting lowered off and working the route unclip last bolt before the anchors) FA: nathanual hebbard, 5 Jun 2021 | 18m, 8 | |||
27 | ★★ Lost world Scenic Detour
(link up) Endurance Test Piece! Start as for Slap My Blues Away and instead of pulling the lip keep traversing the entire length of the flake, finish up Family Ties. Long draws and slings help for rope drag. FA: nathanual hebbard, 30 May 2021 | 28m, 12 | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Bangor Blocs Blocs | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Rocknasium
Sit start as for Cool and straight up 45 degree wall, Jugs out R are off. Alternative Beta to the Dyno: Mauricio Chino FFA: Cam Taylor | 4m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Bonnet Bay | |||||
27 | ★★ Heavy Haulage
One of the hardest routes in the Shire and appears to have thwarted every attempt at a repeat. Start as for LB, continue on a direct line to the top (if you can). There has been two variant methods that have been done - (26) FA CT ignore third bolt and climb left to good jug on Lean Beef Now DYNO up and right to join back into line. There is also a (25) option. Climb to third RB, then traverse right to arete (left side of Offalwdith). Up a few moves then traverse back left (reachy) into line. Top out finish no anchors . Bolted from mixed trad by LW. FA: Giles Bradbury & Mike Law 1990s | 15m, 6 | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Closed Bonnet Bay (Bouldering) Bonnet Bay Cave | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Lucky 7
| 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Jannali Reserve | |||||
V7 | ★★ Jannali Dyno
Sit start below the hole. Dyno from the hole to the sidepull out to the right. FA: Joe Hodgson | 3m | |||
V7 | ★★ Triple Bypass | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★ Quadruple Bypass
Sit start 2 metres right of Triple Bypass, and off the undercling, use the pocket to gain the break. Then traverse left to finish up triple bypass. FA: Joe Hodgson | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★ Swimming in a Fish Bowl
Start As You Can't Change History - instead of going around to ramp, reverse the shoulder move of Wish You Were Here and link into The Brown Ghost. Bicep Bricker! FA: Kosta Prekos | 8m | |||
V7 | ★★ The Real Wish You Were Here
Sit start at left of cave. Head straight out to the face and then head right to finish up the ramp. Back wall/ledge is in. FA: Joe Hodgson | 5m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland The Ridge Boulders Menai Sand and Soil Area | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Big Red
Start on broken shelf in far right of cave.Traverse left along slopers and through broken corner. Continue straight out the centre of the cave to top out. FA: Ryan Cocchietto | ||||
V7 | ★★ Menai sand and soil
Same start as Big red traverse along slopers into broken corner and out the roof. Exit right to top out. | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Sleaze cave | |||||
V7 | Cave 1 link
Start on the far left of cave 1 and traverse around to toilet sprayed on the rock. | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Sierra Road | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Great Roof
Start in gigantic underling and bust out to holds on the lip (one broken) Finish up the head wall. Fantastically fun boulder. | 8m | |||
V7 | ★ The Great Wallroids
As for The Great Roof to lip then traverse left on crimps to mantle in cave. FA: Meedu Samaraweera, 3 Dec 2022 | 4m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Bass and Flinder's Point | |||||
28 | ★★ Man Overboard
Dyno start and then left, head up to finish. FA: nathanual hebbard, 5 Nov 2022 | 8m, 3 | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Villas The Villas Cliffs | |||||
V7 | ★★ Help into Rock On
Link sit start of 'Help into Rock On' | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Villas Closed The Villas Cave | |||||
V7 R | Off Peak
Start in underclings at the back of the cave (back wall is on), climb out and into right hand side of scoop, then move right and across to the big pockets, before tackling the powerful headwall. Bad landing | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Closed Prices Cave | |||||
28 | Intellectually Mild
Through roof then climb right to crimpy crux then nice to top. 'Fantastic' quality. Start: right of jill FA: Paul Westwood, 2000 | 10m, 4 | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland The Fish Boulders | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Flying Fish
RH in the pocket 0.5 metres R of Let's Make Love. Go for the top with LH. Arete is off. FA: Joe Hodgson | 4m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Dead Mans Wall | |||||
V7 | ★ Fish Food
Wide start on slopey LH sidepull and RH slot. Dyno to jug. | 2m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland The Wing Cave | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Weak Ape Test Zone
Sit start on the sidepull/undercling. Low slabby band of rock is out for feet. Follow the obvious weakness through the roof to finish on the ledge out near the point. | 4m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland The Forgotten Cave | |||||
V7/8 | ★★ Forgotten Link
Same start as Dracula but move across into the Forgotten. Same finish. | ||||
V7 | ★★★ The Forgotten
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V7 | ★★ The Forgotten Direct
Alternative more direct exit to the 7. Big triangle jug and massive shelf for original top are all out. Not sure if it's been done in the olden days but haven't heard of it. | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Party Palace Cave | |||||
V7 | ★★ Amber Sunrise
Start with hands in cave and go straight up to top. Simple description, hard problem. FA: Earl Paras FA: 15 Sep 2021 | 4m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Carss Park Up In The Nose Bleeds | |||||
V7 | ★★ Bristle Density
Sit start with matched hands on rail, throw out right and then traverse left, match top rail to finish. FA: James Fenech, 22 Aug 2021 | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan Sutherland Cape Solander Kurnell | |||||
V7/8 | Dyno
Topo indication is approximate. Please refine if you know this route. FA: Joseph Hodgson | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Frontline The Far Side | |||||
V7 | ★★ Hollow Mountain Dreaming
Start on good hold on the left side of the corner and head left out the roof. The separate boulder at the base of the start is not in for hands or feet. Start: Sit FA: Rob Saunders | 3m | |||
V7 | ★★ Sunday Dentist
'7th Day Ascentist' variant, the same up till the slopey rail then all of Hollow Mountain Dreaming is off for hands and feet and instead of going up the crimps you go straight to the roof. Top out is the same as '7th Day Ascentist'. Maybe V8? Needs some repeats. FA: Chris, 11 Aug 2019 | 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Frontline The Eastern Bloc | |||||
V7 | ★ Swiss Cheese Mind
Link the Crewcut sit-start into Dog Tags. Desperate and crimpy. Start: Sit. FA: Saxon Johns | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Frontline The Main Wall | |||||
V7 | ★ Eating Sheep
Link 'Milo and Kofi' into Woolly Jumper via a mid level traverse. FA: Phil Staples | ||||
V7 R | ★★★ Paratroopin
Traverse right out lip of cave to tough mantle then finish up easy slab. FA: Rob Saunders | 7m | |||
V7 R | ★★★ Pockets of Resistance
Start matched in the back pocket, across the roof, pull the lip and up the difficult slab. There are a pair of nesting swallows in one of the pockets at the start from time to time so be aware. FA: Rob Saunders | 6m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Frontline Front and Centre | |||||
V7 | ★★★ Sloper Dan Low
Start as for El Kooko 'matched' on the flake below the roof and move right to finish up 'Sloper-Dan Milosevic'. | 4m | |||
V7 | ★★ Lieutenant Dan
'Sloper Dan Low' eliminate. Climb 'Sloper Dan Low' up to the crimp before the top rail then go direct to the horn. FA: Chris, 16 Sep 2020 | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★★ Boogie Knights
As 'Boogie Knights (Original)', but exiting right of the horn via jugs as on 'Sloper-Dan Milosevic'. Significantly easier finish than the original. Start: Sit FA: Matt Wilder | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★ Super Size Me
Start 'matched' on the low start below the jug rail of El Kooko as for Sloper Dan Low. Climb across this problem all staying low all the way into and then up Shell Shocked. FA: Daniel da Silva | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Frontline Frontline Right Hand Side | |||||
V7 | ★★ Boabie Dinosaur
Start as for Little Buddha and then make your way through The Vineyard jug rail, then head under the lip to link up and finish out Little Jon Jon. FA: Sam de Guzman, 2016 | 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Frontline The Pee Boulder | |||||
V7 | ★ Battle of the Bonds
Sit start as for all other routes that begin in the cave. Around roof on slopers, then up the arete, staying right of 'Battle of the Shirts' and 'Battle of the Shorts'. FA: Adam Griffiths | 4m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Frontline Area Q | |||||
V7 | ★ Mann Killer
Sit start on lowest jug (same as for 'L'Homme Obu'). Skip the good hold on the left and instead us the triangle crimp for the RH and the glued crimp for the LH. After the break, finish up 'Lay Down Your Arms'. FA: Dave Kellermann | 5m | |||
V7 | ★★ Misdirection
Start as Mann Killer move up through the triangle pinch out right then the glued on crimp bumping up to the jug, then finish up through Arms Race. FA: Owen Davey | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Frontline Roadside | |||||
V7 | The Beach
Double undercling start, around bulge to crimps then bust to jugs. Start: Sit FA: Matt Wilder | 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Lip | |||||
V7 | ★★ What's blue and green and directly over
A testing mantle and the tougher exit. Starting from the Hueco heading slightly left to top out. FA: Daniel da Silva | 3m | |||
V7 | ★★ Whats Blue and Green and Red All Over?
Start at the big Hueco in the middle of the cave. Out to the lip moving right to top out. FA: Patrick John Reynolds, 2011 | 3m | |||
V7 | ★ Little Hell
Starts 3m to the right of the big hueco in the roof, below the faint runnel. Start left hand on low crimp right hand on slightly higher crimp rail. Start with or kick right heel up to start. Curse your way up on not much to gain high little pocket. Doesn't move out right FA: Dan DaSilva, 2012 | 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Mustard Cave | |||||
V7 | ★ Dancing in the Dark
Sit start to Battle Of The Banksias. Short but pumpy. FA: Meedu Samaraweera, 27 Apr 2020 | 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Trenches Bunker Wall | |||||
V7 R | ★ Hamburger Hill (sit start)
Pointless sit start to an otherwise great problem. Start: Sit FA: Jason Whitton | ||||
V7 | Midway
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New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Trenches The Caves | |||||
V7 | ★★ Reader's Wives var
Don't use the painful mono, and this is a powerful, committing and good problem. | ||||
V7 | ★★ Be tall don't wanna fall
Sit start to Reader's wives var FFA: Chris | 3m | |||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans The Trenches | |||||
V7 | Mortar-fied
Start: Sit FA: Rob Saunders | ||||
New South Wales and ACT Sydney Metropolitan North West The Balkans Pony Cave | |||||
V7 | ★★ Smolder
Sit start on low rail then move right through a series of gastons and pop to the brick pinch at the lip to top out as for Black Caviare https://www.instagram.com/p/C7I8bs0yOEM/?img_index=1 FA: Tom Hodgson | 4m |