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Gibraltar Rock

Type
Altitude
500m
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Although it is Canterbury’s smallest crag, with but a handful of routes, the great rock quality, pleasant routes and nice setting make Gibraltar Rock worth a visit on a summer’s day.

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Walktime
10 min
Aspect
West
Lat/lon
POINT (172.61428919 -43.66015138)
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BX24 689 658
Access

1/3/24. OPEN AGAIN FOR CLIMBING AFTER THE PORT HILLS FIRES:
Gibraltar Rock is situated below the Summit Road about eight kilometres from Dyers Pass on the way to Gebbies Pass, overlooking Tai Tapu. The crag is owned by the Summit Road Society and is open for climbing.
Park at the Omahu Bush Reserve car park on the west side of the Summit Road and walk down the track through the bush, turning off up to the gate with the NZAC sign. Follow the fenceline through the small gate and then veer off to the north, following the waratahs with orange markers around the north side of the ridge, contouring around to the crag after a few hundred metres.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
H Hydrabollocks 23 0m
0
SS Soft Soap 8 0m
1.02
P Penitence 12 0m
0
DH Dynamo Hum 15 0m
0
WD Wasted Daze 16 0m
1.02
WDD Wasted Daze Direct 20 0m
0
CdG Coup de Grace 14 0m
1.02
I Iconoclast 15 0m
2.01
Knob Gnarley Arête 17 0m
0
TW The Wasteland 22 0m 1
1.02
PH Private Hell 22 0m 1
0
SH Salisbury Hill 24 0m
0
Hangman 22 23m
3
The Price of Progress 22 28m 11
2.01
SS Salisbury Sewer 17 0m
0
His Lordship’s Lichen 17 20m 8
0
Comments
alanc

Anchors that used to be at the top of Iconoclast seem to be chopped. I used a couple of cams and one of the rings at the top of the west side routes for a belay anchor.

Mon, 24/01/2022 - 20:22 Permalink
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Attribution
Lindsay Main. Photo Clayton Garbes.
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