Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Northern Wonderland Range The Grand Canyon West Wall | |||||
6 | Jacob's Ladder
| 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Northern Wonderland Range The Grand Canyon East Wall | |||||
5 | The Chimney
| 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Northern Wonderland Range The Wall of China Main Wall | |||||
5 | Chin Chimney
| 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Northern Wonderland Range The Wall of China Echo Cave Area | |||||
8 | Reverberation
| 25m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Southern Wonderland Range Weathered Wall | |||||
8 | Cold Front Chimney
| 37m | |||
6 | Cumulus
| 12m | |||
6 | Cirrus
| 25m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Southern Wonderland Range Neurology Wall | |||||
5 | Editor's Egress
| 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Southern Wonderland Range Lookout Point Wall | |||||
8 | Beach
L crack on wall 2m R of SF. 6m corner above tree, traverse L along horizontal, finish up arete. A filthy waste of time. | 30m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Southern Wonderland Range Lake View Wall South Cliff | |||||
5 | (Unnamed 2)
| 14m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Pomonal Area Blazed Rock Main Face | |||||
7 | Rain, Hail or Shine
Up face left of cave, follow chimney crack, up and under large balancing rock, round left and up to finish. Vertical cam crack on right above climb for belay. FA: Matt White & Caillan Sainsbury, 1 Nov 2014 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Pomonal Area Blazed Rock Pawn Outcrop | |||||
5 | Pawn Crack
Climb up the crack on the right-hand side to a ledge at 6m height, then go left and up the crack. FA: Harley Burke & David Burke, 1970 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Pomonal Area Blazed Rock Imp Butress | |||||
8 | Impecunious
Climb the crack on the front of the outcrop. FA: Bill Andrews, 1984 | 10m | |||
5 | ★ Impassioned
The steep juggy line 1m left of Impudent. FA: David Brereton & Matthew Thom, 1989 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Town Cliffs Canberra Rocks | |||||
7 | Charny Carny
The deep right hand line. Start from the lower tier. FA: Peter Cody, Philip Armstrong & Alex Bamber, 7 Aug 2016 | 11m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Town Cliffs Backside Bouldering | |||||
7 | In The Black | 6m | |||
8 | Whispering Gums | 6m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Town Cliffs Mt Ida | |||||
5 | Set Menu No.1
The easy option. Along the top of the cliff between the Northern Cliff and the descent gully to the Main Cliff is an isolated block. Up to and up the easy chimney on the Northern face. FA: Philip Armstrong & David Lia, 3 Apr 2015 | 9m | |||
8 | Cybele
8m R of the Kofta chimney an easy angled crack leads to an interesting finish. A well protected easy route, good for leading practice. Descend to the L along the summit and down a gully behind Kofta. FA: Peter Cody, Philip Armstrong & David Lia, 15 Mar 2015 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Town Cliffs Gate of the North Wind Lower Wall | |||||
8 | Damn the Torpedoes
Start 15m right of Wooden Soldiers, at the highest section of cliff. Straight up on great holds. FA: Campbell Mercer (solo), 1998 | 17m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Town Cliffs Boronia Peak Boronia Bouldering Wall | |||||
7 | ★ Redgum
Simple and easiest line up middle wall. | 6m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Lake Bellfield Rural Rocks | |||||
8 | Why Bother?
| 8m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area Lake Bellfield Little Joe Hill | |||||
5 | Betty Joe
An easy climb on good rock in a nice position. The arête forming the left hand end of Billy Goat Point. About 5m left of the split blocks. FA: Peter Cody & Philip Armstrong, 25 Jun 2016 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area South-East Mt Difficult Range The Watchtower | |||||
8 | ★ Hickory's Handle
Located on the arete at the bottom of the third terraced area/gully uphill and L of main cliff. Start at arete, up steep juggy section to small ledge. Traverse 2m R, then up to a ledge. Move into the gully/groove on the R and up. FA: Aiden Banfield & Chad Banfield, 1989 | 31m | |||
8 | Flakes
Up LH crack opposite Jugular onto boulder, then up flakes on face to top | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Halls Gap Area South-East Mt Difficult Range Chatauqua Peak | |||||
8 | Breeding Ground
Start: Obvious large orange corner towards the RH end of the cliff.
FA: Kevin Lindorff & Ray Fenton [alts] Mark Coutts, 1974 | 55m, 2 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Seven Dials Area Barbican Rocks | |||||
8 | Buccaneer
Start: Initalled chimney 4m R of HA.
FA: Alan Geldhill & Geoff Gledhill [alt], 1967 | 63m, 3 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Seven Dials Area The First Dial | |||||
8 | Catwalk
| 45m | |||
7 | Sandman
| 38m | |||
8 | Anyhow Corner
| 30m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Seven Dials Area The Fourth Dial | |||||
8 | Alfresco
| 42m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Redmans Bluff Northern Cliff | |||||
8 | Florentine Pogen
Corner 10 metres left of where track meets cliff. May be repeat of 'Big Feather'. | 30m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Redmans Bluff Middle Cliff | |||||
6 | September '55
Start at large tree 3 metres left of descent gully. | 99m | |||
8 | Balthazar
Initialled corner 10m left of 'Circus' | 95m | |||
8 | Papoose
Start 24m left of 'Tunc'. Initialled. | 56m | |||
7 | Little Horn
Probably the vegetated gully system right of 'Trilogy' | 55m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Redmans Bluff Upper Summit Cliff | |||||
5 | Son of Consolation
| 54m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Redmans Bluff The Planetarium | |||||
8 | Void
| 25m | |||
8 | Little Tribe
| 100m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Bovine Cliff | |||||
8 | Swanee
The large chimney cleft about 30m L of the RH end of the cliff. This whole area is fire affected and unstable looking FA: Travis Canning & Scott Simpson, 1983 | 25m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Mt William Liomin Castle | |||||
6 | The Crypt
| 33m | |||
6 | Santa
| 40m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Mt William Lower Cliff | |||||
7 | Acaconda
Originally desribed as an impressive corner chimney line. Sounds pretty awful. Start: The SE 'Grampians' Guide says 300m L of Lactic Buildup and 20m L of a boulder choke at the foot of the cliff. The original description said 250 yards [230m] L of the descent gully. Look for a massive corner/chimney up high. Supposedly initialled.
FA: Rob Taylor & Jerry Grandage [alt], 1966 | 63m, 3 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Mt William Upper Cliff | |||||
8 | The Ego Trip
Pitiful Start: From end of terrace L of 'Stage Fright'
FA: Alan Gledhill & Geoff Gledhill [alt], 1972 | 45m, 2 | |||
8 | Mitchell's Carpenter
I have no idea where this route is. It was described as starting 5m R of TD. But nothing with this grade or description goes up there.
FA: Tom Banfield & Keith Wooward, 1972 | 47m, 3 | |||
5 | Hello Sailor
Start: 2m R of 'The Milkshake'
FA: Laurie Doe & Steven Pinder, 1972 | 36m, 2 | |||
8 | Dodo
Start: 5m R of HS
FA: Laurie Doe & Keith Woodward, 1971 | 36m, 2 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians North-West Serra Range Solar Ridge | |||||
8 | Soul's Midnight
| 15m | |||
6 | Nook
Pox. Small corner, then step right to arête on first little buttress ‘where the cliff starts to build up again’. FA: Warwick Wright, Ray Thomas & Stuart Willis, 1994 | 15m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians North-West Serra Range Green Gap Pinnacle | |||||
5 | Green Gap Pinnacle Arete
Start: From the small tree 6m up the right arete.
FA: Alan Gledhill & Geoff Gledhill, 1969 | 190m, 5 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians North-West Serra Range Eldorado Lower Cliffs | |||||
7 | New Chum Hill
Front of buttress left of Pommy Granite. FA: Peter Cunningham, Peter Birkett, Susie Massie & Liz Webb, 1991 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians North-West Serra Range Dreamtime Wall | |||||
8 | ★★ Jammed Rope Syndrome
Start: The large left facing corner crack immediately right of 'Death Threat' FA: Mark Poustie (Solo), 1993 | 40m | |||
8 | Head Wound
Same starting point as 'Mookie' (12). Go up the slab to the left through bush until you're in a corner. Go up the crack with saplings on every ledge. Head to the top right. Abseil from same anchor as 'Mookie' (12). FA: Bernd Schiffer & Phil Sidaway, 1 Nov 2014 | 22m | |||
7 | ★ Prince Albert
Fun but short. Start: About 15m west of "Mookie" is a 15m high pillar that's hard to miss. This route climbs the south (easiest) side. Appears to be a direct version of 'Moomba'. FA: Josef Goding, Ambia Scott & Dianne C, 2009 | 12m, 3 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Teddy Bear Rocks | |||||
8 | Ursa Minor
| 35m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Mirranatwa Gap | |||||
6 | The Last Unicorn
FA: Gordon Talbett & Peter Watling (alt), 1992 | 240m, 6 | |||
6 | Guinea Pigs Picnic
Climbs slab left of main slab of the Last Unicorn, then crosses gully between and joins The Last Unicorn.
FA: Peter Watling & Gordon Talbett (alt), 1993 | 160m, 4 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians South-Eastern Grampians Mt Abrupt The Cheesecake | |||||
8 | Flay
The obvious leaning crack to the right of the small caves when you first reach 'The Cheesecake'. Easy but definitely a few grades harder than 8. An alternate finish involves heading right and up the slab at the third cave, thereby avoiding the bushes. | 25m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Eureka Area Clean Cut Walls | |||||
8 | ★ Son Of Clean Cut
Up grey wall around corner from Highly Evolved. FA: Jimmy Gruber, 2014 | 26m, 7 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Eureka Area Closed Yanganaginj Njawi | |||||
8 | Shivers Slab
Grey slab 100 metres right of "Slippery When Wet" | 70m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Eureka Area Gondwanaland | |||||
8 | Rock Climb
Easy angled black hand crack corner 50m left of 'Gibber'. Second pitch climbs juggy face above. Not recommended. FA: Gay Welders Union, 2002 | 60m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Eureka Area The Lost World | |||||
7 | The Go-Between
Start: Start below the right of three large chimney-cracks angling sharply to the left.
FA: Chris O'Brien & Chris Baxter (alt), 1975 | 79m, 2 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Mt Fox Area Jungle Gym | |||||
6 | Waggy Tail
Worthless. Start off big block against cliff. FA: Michael Hampton & Rhyl Shaw, 1993 | 40m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Mt Fox Area Hollywood Bowl | |||||
8 | Cherub
Traverse L just below the cave to the corner at the L end of the cave to belay. Traverse easily to the R to abseil as for 'Cannes'. Start: To the L of 'Cannes' is a short wall capped by a cavernous roof, with a distinctive flaring chimney at its R-hand end. The 'Cannes' rappel is directly above this. Start at the boulder somewhere near the centre of this wall where a vague line leads up and L toward the cave above. FA: Ylva Wakefield & Tim Day, 1996 | 25m | |||
8 | Nice
The R crack and corner behind. FA: Tony Wilson & James McIntosh, 1991 | 30m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Mt Fox Area Mt Fox | |||||
8 | Norton Is For Nancy's
???? Needs checking Start: Start as for "Warwick's Wafflecone" FA: Rick Jeukin & Ross Meffin, 1991 | 25m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Buandik Area Mother Buttress | |||||
8 | Spanking
Middle of slab round right of Puppy Love. FA: Stuart Imer, Stephen Hamilton, Lisa Imer & Richard Smith, 1992 | 10m | |||
6 | Top Gun
Right end of wall right of High In The Saddle, just left of arete. FA: Karen Tempest, 1992 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Buandik Area The Lego Blocks | |||||
8 | Silver Service Slab
| 8m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Buandik Area Goat Track Pygmy Terrace | |||||
8 | Vukovar
Face 2 metres right of 'Timor' FA: Chris Lawrence (solo), 1991 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Buandik Area The Catacombs | |||||
5 | Chimney Slot Thing
They don’t get better than this. The easiest way to the top. Single RB lower-off. FA: Gay Welders Union, 2007 | 20m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range The Fortress Area The Fortress Black Knight Buttress | |||||
7 | ★★ Black Knight
A great climb up a huge corner leads to a fragile finish. Start: Start below the huge corner marking the right side of an impressive blank wall.
FA: Geoff Gledhill, Alan Gledhill (alt) & Ben Sandilands, 1971 | 90m, 2 | |||
6 | Knight Errant
Easy climbing on good rock in the depths of a massive formation. Start: Start 50 metres right of 'Bastion' where two huge, juggy walls join to form a wide open-book formation. Scramble up to the line.
FA: Peter Watling & Keith Lockwood (alt), 1981 | 100m, 3 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Graham's Creek Diseased Wall | |||||
7 | ★ Laryngitis
Left the first ascentists speechless. The left hand line.
FA: Ian & Neil Barr, 1980 | 80m, 2 | |||
7 | Bronchitis
The better of the easy routes. Climb the right hand line with a choice of belay spots. FA: Peter Darby & Graham Sanders, 1980 | 90m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Slander Gully | |||||
5 | Liars, Damn Liars And The F.C.V.
The crack right of the right-hand arete of the outcrop. FA: Peter Watling, 1985 | 10m | |||
5 | Motornose
Path of least resistance left of "Not Raving But Climbing" and right of the arete right of "Wimp's Picnic". FA: Neil Barr & Les Flynn, 1986 | 45m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Mt Pox | |||||
5 | Scabs On Heat
Reported as dangerously loose by the FA party. Start: Start below a large roof which is a prominent feature of the crag (VRG)
FA: Neil Barr & Julie Flynn, 1985 | 70m, 2 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Eagles Head Upper Tier | |||||
8 | Top Hat
Easy scamble up right arete of Exploration Wall to Anchors FA: Solo Damien Heath, 2006 | 27m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Eagles Head Eagles Head Summit Crags Eagles Head Summit Slab | |||||
8 | Out In The Noonday Sun
| 50m | |||
8 | Jetstream
| 44m | |||
8 | Wind Shear
| 35m | |||
5 | Lee Shore
| 33m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Ruined Castle | |||||
7 | Unknown
Quick way to the top if you have a trad rack! FA: Pete Donald & Jackie Colhan, 2006 | 10m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Number 1 Creek Valley Tortoise Wall | |||||
8 | Hatehakea
Juggy wall just left of the creek. Start at shallow corner by creek and climb just left of the arete. At the big ledge move left and continue to the top. FA: Michael Hampton, Jeff Robertson & Rhyl Shaw, 2000 | 30m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Number 1 Creek Valley Cloggy Maiden Ecstasy Buttress | |||||
8 | The Wayfarer
Start: Start on the left wall of the big central chimney.
FA: Peter Watling & Keith Egerton (alt), 1978 | 160m, 4 | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Number 1 Creek Valley The Great Slab | |||||
7 | Free And Easy
A rather irrelevant climb taking the centre of the smoothest part of the slab just right of the big corner. The bulges are avoided by diverging into the corner at those points. FA: Peter Watling & Alan Hope, 1982 | 110m | |||
8 | The Great Slab
Doddle city up the slab left of the big corner. Climb the slab just left of "Cricklewood Rainbow" pitch 2 to the bulge. Step right and climb the wall 2 metres left of a crack and continue up a corner. Finish up a thin crack on the right wall. FA: Peter Treby & Peter Watling (alt), 1978 | 75m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Number 1 Creek Valley Death March Wall | |||||
8 | Chimney Thief
On the front of the block, around left from "Pickpocket" is a bottomless chimney. Finsih up a slabby arete. FA: Keith Egerton, 1978 | 35m | |||
5 | Small
Arete and wall 3 metres left of "Urchin" and crawl through a slot. Now slab on left. FA: Kieran Loughran, 1980 | 20m | |||
6 | Urchin
An easy crack at the right-hand end of the cliff. FA: Peter Watling, 1978 | 15m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Gilham's Crags - Southside Red Rain Wall | |||||
8 | L'Access
Just a way of getting above 'Red Wall' Start: far left side of the wall From the blocks on the left side of the wall, climb the arete easily. FA: Stuart Imer & Lisa Imer, 1990 | 30m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track The Breach Right Wall | |||||
6 | Speargunna
| 8m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Renaissance Walls Back Buttress | |||||
7 | Orlando
| 15m | |||
7 | Crescent Footpad
| 15m | |||
Victoria North West Grampians Victoria Range Harrop Track Renaissance Walls The Lower Cliff | |||||
7 | In Praise Of Folly
| 25m | |||
6 | Pure Folly
| 17m | |||
7 | Diet Of Worms
| 21m | |||
7 | Nobody Loves Me
| 21m | |||
7 | Everybody Hates Me
| 17m |