Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Te Tai o Aorere, Whakatū / Tasman, Nelson Paynes Ford Creese Wall / Rawhide Roof | |||||
V4 | ★ Easiest Out
Climb the easiest way to the lip of the cave from the big chalked ledge at the back. | 4m | |||
V8 | ★★ Straight out
Climb straight out to the lip of the cave via big moves on positive holds. Start on the block/ledge at the back of the cave. | ||||
Te Tai o Aorere, Whakatū / Tasman, Nelson Paynes Ford High Rocks Boulders | |||||
V5/6 | ★★★ The Acid Test
Prominent roof boulder over the Takaka river. The roof is like honeycomb Every time you climb it you find a new sequence! Loads of people have made it across the roof, but it is rare that someone makes the difficult move pulling over the lip. This is what gives it its V5/6 rating. Legend has it that the first ascent was done by a dude on acid listening to a walkman! FA: | 4m | |||
Te Tai o Aorere, Whakatū / Tasman, Nelson Cable Bay The Slab | |||||
V1 | ★ Ah Novus!
Likely climbed before, but thought I'd just record it. Found just before the slab is reached. Start right with left hand in crack and right on the side, move up and left to top-out. Sharp holds. FA: Zane Wentzell, 14 May 2021 | 2m | |||
Waitaha / Canterbury Ōtautahi / Christchurch City Kahuku Park | |||||
V0 | #1
Run and jump, no hands. Marked holds only. FA done with approach shoes and a full rack of cams + nuts. FA: 2021 | 2m | |||
V2 | ★★ #2
Marked holds only. FA: 2021 | 5m | |||
V2 | ★ #3
Marked holds only. FA: 2021 | 4m | |||
V2 | ★ #4
Marked holds only. FA: 2021 | 5m | |||
V3 | ★★ #5
Match hands to start. Marked holds only. FA: 2021 | 5m | |||
Waitaha / Canterbury Ōtautahi / Christchurch City EQC | |||||
V0 | ★ Gerry Brownlee
Sit start, straight up the front door section. Very easy, a favorite downclimb to reach the ground. Even Gerry Brownlee could climb this one. | 2m | |||
V3 | ★ Off the shelf and into the floor
Middle of the long face. Run and jump to grab the lip and haul yourself on top. | 2m | |||
V1 | Renovations
Jump and grab the jug on the corner of the arette and haul yourself up. Front door features are out. | 2m | |||
V2 | ★★ Liquefaction
Up the back face of the container, jump and grab the lip and up. No arette holds. | 2m | |||
{US} V4 | ★ The Cathedral
Sit start on the back corner, dyno to the lip along the long side and up. Don't use the corner jug. | 2m | |||
Waitaha / Canterbury Ngā Kohatu Whakarakaraka o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua / The Port Hills The Black Wall and Valley of Swallows | |||||
16 | Twisting By The Pool
FA: Simon Middlemass, 1998 | 4m | |||
Waitaha / Canterbury Ngā Kohatu Whakarakaraka o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua / The Port Hills Bridle Path Boulders | |||||
V3 | ★ I Saw a Sheep Sneeze
Sit start, hands on corner. Go up then right on the crimps to link up with the second half of Refresh FA: Gordon Chen | 6m | |||
V2 | ★ Refresh
Start with left hand on side pull and right hand on V cut. FA: Gordon Chen | 5m | |||
V1 | ★ East Face Warmup
SS on the good slopper then head straight up. | 5m | |||
V0 | Arête Left
Climb the arête on the left side until it dulls out, then mantle. | 4m | |||
VB | Arête Right
Climb the right side of the arête. | 4m | |||
V6 | Sauron Roof | 7m | |||
V4 | ★ Sauron Direct | 7m | |||
V2 | Paint Face Left | 7m | |||
V1 | Snow White | 6m | |||
V2 | ★★ Zig Zag | 6m | |||
V0 | ★ V0 | 6m | |||
V4 | ★★ Hangin' out with Friends | 8m | |||
V5 | ★★ Ammonia | 8m | |||
V5 | ★★ Ammonium | 8m | |||
V8 | ★ The Seven Dwarves
Sit start, hands matched in large undercling | 8m | |||
V2 | ★★ Micron
Sit start on LH sidepull pinch, RH diagonal edge, with a right heel hook. Slap up the arête, topping out at the highest point (a full 2m!). Avoiding the dab is the crux. | 2m | |||
V1 | ★ The Stoic Buddhist
Sit start matched on the big jug, feet in tiny cave. If you feel like working a lil harder don't use the arete. | 2m | |||
V1 | ★ V1
Sit start on the lowest of the edges on the obtuse arête. Build your hands then head for the top. | 2m | |||
VB- | Asparagus
Named for the springer spaniel that climbed it. Right side of the low angle slab. | 3m | |||
V3 | Artichoke
Sit start on two side pulls, right hand to crimp, and top out. Avoid using the arete | 3m | |||
V2 | ★ Pumpy 1
Start on the right arete traverse to the left side arete and top out. | 3m | |||
V1 | ★ Meatloaf Meander
Traverse right to left. Start at shelf by grey intrusion | 5m | |||
V2 | ★ Beefcake Crack
Slab side of Beefcake Boulder. Sitstart right hand crimp, left undercling, follow vertical crack to topout | 2m | |||
V3 | ★ Beefcake Slab
Slab side of Beefcake Boulder. Same start as Crack, follow horizontal crack to obvious hold, straight up slab to prominent top | 2m | |||
V2 | ★ Beefcake Arete
Same start as Crack and Slab, follow horizontal crack to obvious hold, top out using arete | 2m | |||
V6 | ★ Dab on the swing
Start left hand on rail and right hand on lower sloper. Dynamic move to V-groove sloper and up arete. FA: Owain Scullion (OwainS), 25 Jun 2023 | 3m | |||
V3 | ★★ Blocus | 3m | |||
V1 | ★ Bridge to Terabithia | 4m | |||
V4 | ★★ Dab Police | 4m | |||
V2 | ★ The Code of Dabbing | 4m | |||
V9 | ★★ The Final Tache | ||||
V8 | Unknown
Isaac and Alec climbed up here after some landscaping. FA: Isaac Buckley | 3m | |||
V5 | ★★ Second Mouse Gets The Cheese
Left sit-start into top of Early Bird. FA: Erin Stewart, 18 Jun 2022 | 2m | |||
V8 | ★★ Early Bird Gets The Worm
FA: Zuri George | 3m | |||
V9 | ★★ Early Exit
Do the first move of Early Bird gets the Worm then go right via large shoulder move. Finish climb to the right. FA: Derek Thatcher, 18 Jun 2022 | 3m | |||
V3 | ★ Unnamed V3 | 3m | |||
V4 | ★★ Board Warmup
Sit-start and go up good edges to easy topout. Good warmup. | 3m | |||
V4 | ★ Siberia | ||||
V6 | ★★ The Trans-Siberian Railway | 5m | |||
V3 | ★ Wāhi Ngaro
Sit start with hands on either side of the bloc and using a good right heel. Slap your way up to a tricky mantle finish. FA: Thibaut, 23 Mar 2023 | 2m | |||
V3 | Murder in the Pacific
SS as per Opération Satanique but take the easy exit straight up via the juggy pinch. FA: Thibaut, 6 Apr | 3m | |||
V5 | ★★ Opération Satanique
SS on the slopey lip with a good crimp rail for the right hand. Follow the runnel to the arete on slopers and small crimps. FA: Thibaut, 7 Apr | 3m | |||
V4 | ★ Alderaan's Not Far Away
Sit start with left hand on the small crimp and right hand on the crimp side pull (L-shaped hold). Find the balance on the right heel and reach up to the good hold. FA: Thibaut, 1 Apr 2023 | 2m | |||
V5 | ★ Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica
Sit start with left hand on crimp (L-shaped hold) and right hand on the side pull in the small break/crack. Crimp hard and find the balance to reach up to one of the half-decent holds up high. FA: Thibaut, 1 Apr 2023 | 2m | |||
V5 | Shrimps is Bugs
Small prow below Space Invaders. Start low on the wide pinch/crimp and rad undercling, one move to the top. FA: 18 Jul 2023 | 1m | |||
V5 | ★★ No Sleep till Auckland
SS with left hand on the small slopper and right hand on the undercling. Use the good right foot and small edge for left foot, stand up and throw left hand up to the decent slopper. Easier finish moves to top out. FA: Thibaut, 10 Jun 2023 | 2m | |||
V0 | Tāmaki Slumber
Sit start on the arête. Layback and heel up. | 2m | |||
Waitaha / Canterbury Ngā Kohatu Whakarakaraka o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua / The Port Hills Halfcar | |||||
V2 | ★★ Roland's Traverse
Start left of the Celica cave and traverse all the way right and finish up ‘Roland’s Warm-Up’ | 4m | |||
V5 | Left End V5
Sit start underneath the roof on jugs. Work your way up and finish as for ‘Sleeker than a Celica’ | 4m | |||
V4 | Sleeker Than a Celica
Sit start in the cave. Traverse leftwards then gingerly climb the pillar. | 4m | |||
V1 | ★★ Roland's Warm-Up
The juggy rightward leaning line. | 4m | |||
V4 | ★★ Dry Drop Knee
Sit start on slopers to the left of the big holes. Perhaps a drop knee will help you get to the lip before joining ‘Roland’s Warm-Up’ to top out. | 4m | |||
V4 | ★ Dry the Clutch
Start as for 'Dry Drop Knee' on slopers to the left of the holes. Gain the lip then traverse rightwards using the good rectangular hold then poor crimps to finish at mega finishing jug of ‘Drop The Clutch’ | 4m | |||
V5 | ★★ Drop the Knee
Start as for 'Drop the Clutch' in the big holes and traverse the sloper ledge but at halfway take the easy way out up to a rectangular jug. From here traverse leftwards on crimps on the lip before finishing up ‘Roland’s Warm-Up’ | 5m | |||
Project 3
Might no longer be a project? Sit start in the holes, traverse rightwards until you can climb out to a rectangular jug. From here climb up on crimps and finish in the ‘Glass Half Empty’ groove. | |||||
V5 | ★★ Drop The Clutch
Sit start in the holes. Traverse rightwards underneath the roof on the sloping ledge. Dyno from the jugs and hold the swing or perform some magic to arrive at the huge finishing jug. Drop off here. | 4m | |||
V7 | Glass Half Empty
From the finishing mega jug of ‘Drop the Clutch’ do some enormous moves and finish up the groove. | 4m | |||
V8 | Glass Half Full
The full thing! From the dirt to the top! Climb 'Drop the Clutch', catch your breathe on the mega jug, then finish up 'Glass Half Empty' | ||||
V7 | Full Sized
Almost the full thing... Start as for 'Drop the Clutch', do the first enormous move of 'Glass Half Empty' but move right and up for a less challenging outro. | 4m | |||
V6 | Halfling
Stand start on teeny tiny holds and a heel on the mega jug. Apply some zest and finish up less challenging terrain. | 4m | |||
Project 7
May have been done? Sit start on the left hand side of the... scrotum shaped feature and wangle your way to the lip. | |||||
V6 | Melon Balls
Stand start on the jug and fight the increasing difficulty all the way up to the lip. | 4m | |||
V8 | Melon Balls Sit Start
Start sitting on the upper testicle, fight to get to 'Melon Balls' starting jug and keep truckin' | 4m | |||
V6 | Growth Spurt
Sit start as for 'Always Crashing in the Same Car' traverse along the lip but exist lower and later, after some spicy moves finish as for 'Halfling' | 4m | |||
V5 | ★★★ Always Crashing in the Same Car
It's what you came for. Sit start in the depths of the cave on two good holds. Ride the ledge all the way along until you can head up the arete. FA: Scott Jury, 2019 | 8m | |||
V10 | Half Brain
Stand stand on 'perfect single pad crimp', continue up and left through the short roof on teeny grips. | 4m | |||
Project 11.1
May have been done? Sit start as for 'Always Crashing in the Same Car', but when you get to the first big slot hold quest through the white roof, grab the famous 'perfect single pad crimp' of 'Half Brain' and finish as for that problem. | |||||
V9 | Maggot Brain
Sit start as for 'Always Crashing in the Same Car', get up to the slot jug then quest through the white roof to the 'perfect single pad crimp' then move rightwards and join the top of the V6 the right. | 4m | |||
Project 13.1
May have been done? Sit start in the back of the cave and fight until you reach the starting jug of the V6 and finish as for that problem. | |||||
V5 | ★ Right Side V5
Sit start with your toes at the back of the cave. Perform knee-bar wizardry to surmount the lip and crimp to glory. | 4m | |||
V6 | ★ V6
Sit start on the jug below the roof and move up via pinches and crimps. | ||||
V4 | V4
Start on the crimp rail. Pretend the holds aren't miserable end ascend. | 4m | |||
V1 | V1
Climb the black jugs. | 4m | |||
Waitaha / Canterbury Ngā Kohatu Whakarakaraka o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua / The Port Hills Horotane Valley Bouldering The Farm Track Boulder | |||||
V2 | Six Lanes Left
SS left hand and foot on the arete and right hand on the sloppy crimp on the face. One move up to the good hold right of arete then mantle finish. FA: Thibaut, 10 Feb | 1m | |||
V4 | ★ Six Lanes of Traffic
SS with left hand on the bad crimp side pull and right hand on the arete. Use bad feet to reach up and left to a decent slopper. Mantle finish. FA: Thibaut, 28 Jan | 1m | |||
V1 | ★ Wrong Way on a One-Way Track
Stand start on left hand on the side pull just right of arete and right palm pressing the good side pull. Tricky high feet and one move to the top. FA: Thibaut, 10 Feb | 1m | |||
Wrong Way Sit Project
| 2m | ||||
V2 | Three Lanes Moving Slow
SS with a left hand on the good side pull and right hand on the slopey pinch. Move right hand up to a good hold and find some feet to pull through. FA: Thibaut, 28 Jan | 1m | |||
V3 | ★★ Rivers of Headlights
SS using the good side pull on the left arete and crimpy side pull on the right face. Use the slopey arete or bump directly to the higher side pull for extra points. Mantle finish. FA: Thibaut, 28 Jan | 2m | |||
V0 | Your Valleys and Your Farms
SS left hand on the arete and right hand on the good gaston. One move to the good hold. FA: Thibaut, 10 Feb | 2m | |||
Waitaha / Canterbury Ngā Kohatu Whakarakaraka o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua / The Port Hills Horotane Valley Bouldering The Fence Side Boulder | |||||
V2 | Lost Inside Your Visions
SS left hand on slopey side pull and right foot dangling underneath the overhang. Press up to an easy finish. | 3m | |||
V5 | Mistakes of Cowardice
SS on the good right hand side pull and the bad slopper on the left face, tiptoeing on small feet. Big left-hand move to a slopper on the arete then mantle finish. FA: Thibaut, 28 Jan | 3m | |||
V5 | ★★ Mistakes Left Exit
Start as per 'Mistakes of Cowardice' but exit left onto the slab after the crux move to the arete. FA: Thibaut, 11 Feb | 3m | |||
V1 | ★★ Mistakes Stand
Stand start on the good right hand side pull and the slopey arete for the left. Head straight up then mantle the lip. FA: Thibaut, 28 Jan | 2m | |||
V3 | ★ Tragedies Stand
Climb the arete from a stand position using wide pinches and small side-pull crimps to the right. FA: Thibaut, 28 Jan | 2m |