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Bivvy Rock

Type
Altitude
420m
Part of

Set in a lovely spot looking down Lyttelton Harbour. The crag gets lots of sun , is sheltered from the southerly but if the Nor West is cranking, not so sheltered !
My favourite is "Let Me Sleep on it". I am biased. Dave's route is GOOD
The routes are approximately 18-20m long, and are equiped with rap stations.

Walktime
5 to 10 mins
Aspect
East
Lat/lon
POINT (172.627081 -43.625657)
Topo50
BX24 699 696
Access

1/3/24 UPDATE - Bivvy Rock remains CLOSED for climbing until rock fall Hazzard has been assessed and there is significant rainfall. PLEASE NOTE ( 19/2/24 ). Because of the Feb 2024 Port Hills Fire, the Summit Road Society who administer this area, have closed it indefinitely.
The Port Hills Fire caused significant damage in this area and went right across Bivvy Rock so all climbs, bolts, hangers and the rock itself will need checking and for now, there is no time frame on this.
Please wait for further updates before you climb here.
Drive South from Sign of the Kiwi for 3 km. Cliff is on the left, which is clearly visible from a dirt car park also on the left (harbour side). From the car park, don’t follow the ‘Bivvy Track’ - instead, head up the Crater Rim track (north towards Sign of the Bellbird) for two mins to a junction. Here the track is obvious and sidles over to the crag. You’ll come to a new area of easy grade 12 ish beginner sport routes (not online yet?). Walk a bit further to the main area. Although you may find a sign that says 'Track Closed', all the remedial work on the crag itself( removing loose rocks etc ), as well as on the track leading to the crag was done in 2013. When driving, if you get to the top of of the Kennedy’s Bush track where there is a car park on a corner, you’ve driven about 200 m too far.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
SE Scorched Earth 18 20m 7
0
BH Black Humour 19 20m 7
0
RU Round Up 19 25m 8
0
G0 Ground Zero 19 22m 7
0
Pt Pyro-technic 21 20m 9
0
DR Duncan’s route 18 20m 7
0
SD Sleep When You're Dead 19 20m 5
0
DD Dirty Dream 18 20m 6
0
LS Let Me Sleep On It 19 20m 7
3
PT Pillar Talk 17 5
0
CG Cold Ground 20 5
0
Sleeping Beauty 22 6
2.01
We Ain’t Playing Tiddly-winks Mate 22 6
0
RB Ruperts Blanket 16 15m 7
0
FF Faux Fur 13 15m 7
0
Ia Insomnia 17 15m 7
0
U Unamed 17 15m 7
0
Brokeback Mountain 19 15m 7
0
AS Awake to a shake 17 15m 7
0
Comments
climber53

Bivvy Crag and The Air Traffic Control Tower cimbing guide added, please download and use, please do not upload to climbing websites or data bases

Mon, 20/05/2019 - 17:19 Permalink
Files
Name
Biv_ATC Rev E.pdf
Attribution
Simon Courtois and Tony Burnell
UUID
 
296eb206-4586-4bbc-a213-716957c0dfc4