Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Victoria North West Arapiles Mitre Rock North Mitre | |||||
8 | Pete Made Us Do It
Space filler. FA: Bendigo CAE Students, 1990 | 30m | |||
6 | Short and Curly
Done Exodus and Cloaca and looking for another easy route? Below the Mason's Apron (left of Exodus) is a short pinnacle. This climbs the tallest part of the outside face. FA: Woodser & Kirsty Hamilton, 1996 | 8m | |||
6 | ★★ Exodus Scramble
An awesome climb if you're not a fan of exposure. 1) 23m (6) Start on exodus for 16m and then head up the sloping belay ledge on L. 2) 15m (2) Up the corner then traverse R then straight up. FA: jen findlow & Daniel Howell, 5 Oct 2017 | 38m, 2 | |||
6 | ★★ Exodus
Delightful. Start just right of a detached little pinnacle and just left of Edgell Gerber at a shallow corner. FA: Keith Lockwood & Geoff Uebergang, 1967 | 36m | |||
8 | ★ The Devil's Advocate
Climb short crack 1 metre right of Exodus to ledge then the chimney-gully on the left side of the Salem wall. FA: Chris Baxter & Andrew Smith, 1967 | 45m | |||
Victoria North West Arapiles Western Side Possum Rocks | |||||
7 | Faggot
Wide corner crack right of 'Myles'. FA: Iain Sedgman & Francine Gilfedder, 1975 | 18m | |||
7 | Central Corner
The right-facing corner to large blocks at the top. Start: Start about 35 metres up the gully above 'Cuscus'. FA: Iain Sedgman & Lesley Roberts, 2004 | 11m | |||
7 | Dame Edna
The series of lines to the roof, step right and up. Start: Start several metres left of "Pygmy Possum". FA: Iain Sedgman & Lesley Roberts, 2004 | 15m | |||
Victoria North West Arapiles Western Side Christmas Walls | |||||
6 | Miss All Toes
Up the obvious crack for a few metres, step left and follow the main, slightly recessed line on the left side of the wall. Start: Start as for 'The Atlantic Wall'. FA: Iain Sedgman & Ron Spence, 2003 | 30m | |||
5 | Three Wise Men
Start 3m left of the right-side of the slab, 4 metres right of 'First Noel' at a broken crack in a very small left facing corner. FA: Iain Sedgman & Ron Spence, 2003 | 22m | |||
8 | Ode To Mistletoe
Start 3m left of 'First Noel'. FA: Vince Waters, Noel Whiteside & Iain Sedgman., 2002 | 22m | |||
8 | Victoria C. Woodhull
Up the line to a left facing corner. Move left onto the slab and up avoiding the corner to finish up a crack/groove. Start: A few metres left of Ode to 'Mistletoe' and about 4m right of a large old conifer. FA: Iain Sedgman & Peter Canning., 2003 | 24m | |||
Victoria North West Arapiles Western Side Campbell's Kingdom | |||||
8 | Sporus
Up groove. At halfway ledge cross over gully and finish steeply up wide crack on left. Start: Start at groove on left side of face about 12-13 metres left of pinnacle. Inital S (don\'t get on 'Sundowner' by mistake). FA: Keith Lockwood & Murray Taylor, 1967 | 33m | |||
Victoria North West Arapiles Western Side Pop Wall | |||||
8 | Country Cousin
Rubbishy corner just left of chimney to ledge. Finish up face-crack. FA: Mike Stone, Chris Baxter & Francine Gilfedder, 1976 | 18m | |||
Victoria North West Arapiles Western Side Western Creek Valley | |||||
7 | Bonsai
The left-hand of two corners facing the valley. FA: Keith Lockwood & Iain Sedgman, 1979 | 13m | |||
7 | Sunday School
Up the corner 7 metres right of 'E Pluribus Unum' and finish right. FA: Noel Whiteside, Iain Sedgman & Leigh Penna, 1999 | 11m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Campground Cave Of Ghosts Cliffs | |||||
6 | Pool Climb
| 10m | |||
8 | Windy
| 35m | |||
8 | Spirits In The Sky
North and approximately 45m directly uphill from the Mini 'Castle Crag' is this wall. This corner climb is situated about 12m right of the large cave. Marked by white square. FA: Ian Welsby, Jane Welsby & Colin Mibus, 1985 | 18m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Campground Warden Wall | |||||
8 | ★★ Photographers Solo
Best access to top as well as an easy down climb. | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Campground Sentry Wall | |||||
5 | Sentry Arête
The right hand rib of the chimney. FA: Gordon Bedford & Gary Lyons, 2005 | 12m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Campground Doddery Rock | |||||
8 | Nose Hairs
Obvious chimney. Free hanging start, pull up into chimney. About halfway move out slightly right, up over protruding block. Move back on line to top. FA: Cameron Barrett & Leigh Coles, 2006 | 8m | |||
7 | Ulcerations
Left 1.5m of 'Staying Grey'. Follow obvious jugs up diagonally left to narrow slot in face that leads to V-break. FA: Cameron Barrett & Leigh Colless, 2007 | 6m | |||
7 | Walking Frame
Move left up ramp, 1m left of Y-Fronts, to crack and up. FA: Leigh Colless & Cameron Barrett, 2007 | 10m | |||
7 | Granpa's Y-Fronts
2m left of 'Pension Days'. Up through shallow cracks and breaks. FA: Leigh Colless & Cameron Barrett, 2007 | 8m | |||
7 | Pension Days
Start on the white rock on the South East corner. Up to horizontal break, then follow this left 4m. Through tree to shallow corner above, move left to finish. FA: Leigh Colless & Cameron barrett, 2007 | 8m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Campground Mt Pleasant | |||||
6 | ★ Abbren
Obvious crack line at E./ left end of cliff. Left of scrubby descent gully FA: Leigh Colless & Cameron Barrett, 2007 | 8m | |||
5 | Free Hangin
Crack/ corner right of scrubby descent gully, left of FH's. Start 1m. left of 2FH's. Bridge between crack & sidewall, exit through V brake at top of crack. FA: Cameron Barrett & Leigh Colless, 2006 | 12m | |||
5 | Sheila G
3m. right of K. the arête. use boulder to gain arête, move up this to jugs and over top. belay from top of K. FA: Leigh Colless & Cameron Barrett, 2007 | 12m | |||
6 | Alpine Experience
Optimistic. First corner right of Shiela G. Pull up into knobbly corner and work up on good holds. Pull up onto ledge and continue up bridging corner. Some holds are brittle. First shallow corner right of S.G., Pull up into knobbly corner & work your way up on good holds. Pull up onto ledge & continue up bridging corner, some holds brittle. FA: Cameron Barrett & Leigh Colless, 2007 | 12m | |||
5 | Philip
The easy chimney right of 'Rosehill'. FA: Jeremy Maddox, 2001 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Pohlner Track & Smith's Rd Area Mt Emu | |||||
7 | Noddy Gets His Phil
| 25m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Pohlner Track & Smith's Rd Area The Unnamed Cliff | |||||
8 | Mustang
| 57m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mount Zero Pangaea Walls | |||||
8 | Hop Hop For Cheese
You would have to be extremely desperate. FA: André Geelen, 1991 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mount Zero 4 Cornered Crag | |||||
8 | Future Legend
The scrubby second corner, R of Waiting. FA: Bill Andrews & Allan Hope, 1984 | 14m | |||
8 | Spaceball Ricochet
Past 'Lost Daze' and the unclimbed arete, on the small wall at the end of the cliff. Follow the obvious line. FA: Hope & Heather Phillips, 1988 | 12m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mount Zero Mount Zero West Walls | |||||
6 | The Age Chimney
Beware of falling newspapers? A true cliff-splitter.The chimney that splits the tier R of the overhangs. FA: Dave Burnett, 1991 | 30m | |||
8 | Baa
A face crack 5m L of the corner to a ledge below the overhang. Heavens knows what happens there. FA: Neil Barr & Peter Watling late., 1985 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mount Zero Mt Zero roadside Crag | |||||
7 | Easy Face
Between Big Chimney Corner and Volksgrenadier is a well trodden expanse of easy rock. Up anywhere. FA Unknown | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Flat Rock West Flank | |||||
6 | Feeble Fusion
Traverse the diagonal crack/ledge. Start below Nuclear Error, follow crack up and right, step on to the small roof and continue along ledge to top. Bring lots of slings. Rapel off Alpha Decay. FA: SSherwood & Wojtek Kaftanski, 3 Jan 2018 | 27m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Flat Rock Bellerophon Wall | |||||
8 | ★ Bellerophon
Something of an easy classic. The major corner to the ledge and rap rings. FA: Charles Gunst, Richard Rodd & Margaret Brookes, 1974 | 20m | |||
7 | P Of P
I can see them queuing for this. Cracks 9m R of 'Cesspool', 3m L of blocks. FA: Bedford, Windridge & Thorn., 2000 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre Grey and Green Walls The Green Wall | |||||
7 | Gunigalg Gully
A chasm. The chimney/gully between 'The Green Wall' and 'Taipan Wall'. Lots of scrambling and some roped climbing. The initial chimney often flows with water for long periods after rain. FA: Recorded by John Petheram, 2000 | 100m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre Taipan Wall - North | |||||
8 | ★ Mission Over Tokyo Gunigalg Gully Connection
The easiest way to the top of Taipan if you want to pre-place gear or take photos from rap. It is also a great beginners' route with (mostly) excellent rock, big features and good pro. Start by squeezing up a chimney feature adjacent to the Peregrinator Boulder (3m L of the tricky starting crack of Mission Over Tokyo). Climb most of the first pitch of Mission Over Tokyo, eventually arriving at a DRBB. Step left across the void of the Gunigalg Gully chimney. Easily up the slabby left wall of this, into the boulder choked gully (DRBB). If you wish to reach the summit, scramble up the short right wall (poor protection). FA: Andy Pollitt?, 2000 | 50m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre Lower Taipan Lower Taipan Wall | |||||
7 | Tartarus
| 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre Lower Taipan Reprisal Wall | |||||
8 | Wasted Dreams
The first line on the cliff. Start: Start below and L of the line.
FA: Ceri Law, Bill Andrews & Allan Hope, 1990 | 40m, 2 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre Lower Taipan Tartarus Area | |||||
7 | Tartarus
The crack, followed by a juggy wall. Start: The L-most and widest of three cracks in the wall. FA: Charles Gunst, Mark Carlton & Margaret Brookes, 1974 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Back Wall | |||||
5 | Mo
| 10m | |||
5 | ★ Miney
| 10m | |||
7 | Meeni
| 10m | |||
5 | Chiphurst
| 8m | |||
8 | Seaweed Pepper
| 10m | |||
7 | ★ Chrisglen
| 9m | |||
6 | ★ Glenhurst
| 11m | |||
6 | Chimney Sweep
| 12m | |||
6 | Country Rodent
| 25m | |||
6 | ★ The Cool Cave Crew
| 20m, 2 | |||
8 | ★ Sleepy Head
| 25m | |||
5 | Cypress 2nd Pitch
| 11m | |||
6 | ★ Punk's Delight
Up the crack on the arete. Start: Start at the arete R of GitP. FA: John Fisher & Iain Sedgman, 1985 | 12m | |||
7 | ★ Eat More Parsley
Up the wide crack to halfway then up the juggy R arete to the top. Start: Start at the wide crack just R of 666. FA: Heather Phillips +1, 1985 | 22m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Hadrian's Wall | |||||
8 | Flying Scotsman
| 15m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Norms Face | |||||
8 | Glennige
| 8m | |||
5 | ★★ Belp
| 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Bird Wall | |||||
8 | Desperate For A New Route
| 18m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Left Wall | |||||
8 | ★ Mossie
Apparently only 1m R of 'Jupiter', but 29m longer and 5 grades easier... Start: Start 5m R of the R chimney. FA: Kevin Otten & Sarah Miriams, 1981 | 45m | |||
8 | ★ Any Day Now
Start: Start between the two chimneys.
FA: Ken & Marg Taylor, 1975 | 46m, 2 | |||
5 | Jonhur
Gross black chimney. Start: The chimney just R of the 'Jug City' diagonal. FA: Norm Johnston & Nigel Hurstfield, 1985 | 14m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Noah's Ark | |||||
6 | The Animals Came In Two By Two
| 10m | |||
8 | All the Kings Men
| 12m | |||
7 | Slip Sliding
| 12m | |||
6 | I'm Not Lost
| 12m | |||
8 | Code Nine
| 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Wall of Fools | |||||
5 | ★★ Snot Gobbler
Start: Start from the ground, 13m L of 'Handles'.
FA: Joan Fernon & Sue Crone, 1985 | 30m, 2 | |||
7 | ★ Handles
Long and sustained at the grade. Amazingly neglected considering the hordes which swamp the much smaller 'Back Wall' only 20m away. Start: Start 3-4m L of SiS beneath the deep black corner/crack up high. FA: G Brennan & Michael Wust, 1983 | 27m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Scout Cliff | |||||
8 | Rock Lobster
| 15m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley Brownie Buttress | |||||
8 | Brownie Points
| 13m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Summerday Valley The Last Bastion | |||||
5 | Signs Of Life
2m R of Momentary etc. Up to the scoop, then up. FA: Mark Savage, 1988 | 11m | |||
6 | Pigs On The Wing
6m right of Brain Damage. Up the right side of the overhang then straight up. FA: Jarrod Smith & John Savage, 1988 | 11m | |||
8 | Bastille
About 25m right of Viewfinder is a prominent chimney line. Up. FA: Bill Andrews, 1986 | 13m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Flying Blind Area | |||||
7 R | Take Your Pick
Has some loose rock. FA: Bruce Somerfield & Phil Benson, 1988 | 22m | |||
8 | ★★ Arrete
FA: Wayne Maher & Iain Sedgman, 1985 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Barc Cliff | |||||
5 | ★ Boots And All
5m right of Drop Tail | 22m | |||
7 | ★ Two Fern
4m right of Boots And All. There may be two ferns in a crack here. Up to small roof and over this. | 19m | |||
5 | ★ Silly Old B
3m right of Two Fern. Crack. | 19m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Andersens Unknown Problems (to be sorted) | |||||
VB- - 10 | Unknown/Unticked - to delete
FA: Gav Portier/ Gilli Helbig | ||||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Clicke Wall Clicke Wall | |||||
7 | Piracy Direct Finish
Makes a pleasant little climb. From below the overhang move right and continue to the top. FA: Dick Semenow (?????), 1972 | 25m | |||
8 | Attila Variant Start
Climbs the slab to the base of the scrubby chimney 5m right of 'Attila'. Traverse left on the rotten juggy wall into the corner and finish as for pitch one of 'Attila'. FA: Robyn Farrell, 1974 | 25m | |||
8 | Care Factor: Kelvin
Start from base of Piracy's corner (i.e. a few metres right of the start to 'Clicke Crack'. By the way, why did this most obvious of obvious routes need to be chisel-initialled in the first place?!) Head up diagonally right to blunt arete. Follow this to top. Just a climb - care factor? Rap off boulders, or take the standard death route descent down the wall beside 'Piracy'. FA: Ben Clayton & Nic Chapman, 1997 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Kindergarten Northern Caves | |||||
8 | Attila Variant Sart
| 25m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Expedition Crag | |||||
5 | Corruption
| 11m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Pensioners Wall Area | |||||
8 | Ignition
Shocking pile of poo. The guidebook author walked past this three times before realizing it was actually a climb! Old school chimney for dwarfs. Start: East facing wall 12m right of 'Sedition'. Don't get it mixed up with the boulder problems surrounding it. FA: Jack Lewis & Peter Baker, 1992 | 16m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Red Wall Area incl Echoes Block | |||||
5 | Scoop
Hardly worth recording. Possibly climbed by a touron in the dim dark past. Start: Start at the right hand end of 'Red Wall' about 20m right of Vandles. 'Obvious' scoop in grey rock with huge jugs. Follow scoop to top. FA: Peter Holmes & Mel Reynolds, 1995 | 15m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton) Bad Moon Rising Wall | |||||
8 | ★ Octohexarian
The central buckety black streak. Take slings for bollards. Start: Starts about 10m right of 'Bad Moon Rising' and 4m left of 'Headless Chickens'. FA: Unknown's, 1980 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Iskra Crag Western Crags Flower Power Block | |||||
7 | Continuar Sonriendo
On the grey face near where the boulders form a cave. Go up the short obvious corner, then walk up the easy slab and onto the right hand edge of the face by which you gain the summit. FA: 1989 | 22m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Iskra Crag Western Crags Shadow Buttress | |||||
6 | Pick a Number
Start at the obvious cleft at the left end. Bridge up and follow the weakness through to the top. FA: 1985 | 25m | |||
6 | Super 66
Start as for Shadow Streak. Go left up the easy ramp and through the overhang to the top. FA: 1985 | 28m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians North Grampians Iskra Crag Western Crags Sunstroke Area | |||||
6 | V.F.L.
Val's First Lead. The obvious narrow chimney on the north facing wall of the cliff. FA: Val Cheffings & Chris Boylen, 1991 | 15m | |||
8 | Blue Light
The corner line L of the prominent chimney. | 18m | |||
8 | Coccyx Corner
The easy corner immediately R of the narrow chimney, moving L at the top for an easy exit. FA: 1985 | 18m |