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Spur Road

Type
Altitude
120m

Spur Road is a south-facing basalt crag. It has many good natural gear lines between 10 and 15m high with reasonable protection.
Sometimes the top of the routes can be a little dirty after rain and some of the blocky rock should handled carefully.
There are also many semi-suspect branches in the pine trees at the top of the crag. We recommend you always wear a helmet at Spur Road (even at the top of the crag) and definitely stay away during high winds.
Be very wary of using any old carrot or expansion bolts, the basalt here is quite soft. The newer glue-in bolts are good to go.
The routes often have painted letters to identify them. The abbreviations are included with the route name in the guide.
Routes Are Left to Right, different to "as you approach" which is from the right. Note any climbs left of 'Lion of Judah' have probably not been climbed for years and most are in need of a good clean up. Most climbs from Lion of Judah and right are relatively clean.

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Walktime
10min
Aspect
South East
Lat/lon
POINT (171.154588 -44.360141)
Topo50
BZ19 527 866
Access

Ben and Kate Johnson own the top of the crag (the trees) and carpark area, while the cliff itself and the bottom of the crag is owned by Robert & Jo Rhodes. There is no need to contact either for permission to climb but please show respect; access is a privilege. Steer clear at lambing time, leave the dog at home, leave any gates as found, and respect all farm property. This will ensure access continues.
North of Timaru, turn inland onto Washdyke Flat Rd (just before the State Highway 8 turn off to Mt Cook). This road leads to an intersection with Spur Rd. Follow Spur Rd for 4km to a sweeping corner, 100m before the turnoff to Kings Rd. Park by the deer fence.
Over the fence is a track which leads through trees. Turn slightly right and follow the deer fence line in South-west direction, keeping the deer fence to your right for a few minutes to the pine trees. This takes you to the top of the crag. Go leftwards or east to find your way to the base of the cliff. The right-most routes are about 30m from the track exit at the base of the crag.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
SA Shags's Apprentice 12
0
FL Footloose 10
0
FE Fraser Eraser 10
0
SO Soft Option 18
0
DJ Dragons Jaws 13
0
YB Young Blood 18
0
MM Macho Man 17
0
Slippery When Wet 12
0
Garden of Eden 13
0
ED Echos in the Dark 18
0
AS Airway Spies 16
0
FoI Flight of Icarus 24
1.02
M Medusa 18
0
BD Brain Damage 17
0
Diamond Dogs 16
0
P Purgatory 20
1.02
WC Whose Climb 12
0
ST Smale Trails 15
0
JD Juvenile Decay 12
0
RRR Revenge of the Rectum Ranger 17
0
TiT Terrestial in Torment 21
1.02
Sultans of Swing 21 1
0
BA Black Arts 20
1.02
CB C Bix 16
0
AAK Alive & Kicking 14
0
C The Chills 16
0
Flesh for Fantasy 20
1.02
PK Psycho Killer 20
1.02
DR Death Row 19
0
TH Temporary Heroes 21
1.02
MM Magic Mushroom 16
0
Ashes to Ashes 17
0
RG Rubber Gumboot 15
0
Nightmare on Elm Street 21
0
DTE Delete the Elite 23
0
SR Sorry Rob 16
0
Moon Rocks 13
0
Come Together 15
0
Solid Rock 18
0
GN Gnome’s Nightmare 21 13m 1
1.02
LA Living After 18 13m
1.02
Manhole 20
0
Mince Gully 17
0
TOD Top or Drop 18 13m
0
GB Ghostbuster 18 13m
0
LJ Lion of Judah 16 13m
1.02
T Teardrops 15 13m
0
R Revolution 14
0
GF Green Fingers 15
0
Yum Yum 14
0
FNF Fame Not Fortune 17 13m
0
CR Cavalry Road 17 13m
1.02
CRD Cavalry Road Direct 19
0
TD Two Drops 18
2.01
B Babyskins 16
0
CC Confidence Crisis 13
0
WT Wandering Jew 22
0
SS Shanks Sandbag 17 14m
2.01
A Asylum 14
0
SR Stoneage Romeo 15 14m
0
T2OU The Two of Us 16 14m
1.02
V Victory 13 14m
0
ML Mot Lot 15
0
NB Number of the Beast 18 14m
2.01
Unnamed 24 4
0
RTM Room to Move 18 14m
1.02
Pickpocket 23 14m
1.02
E Eliminator 17 14m
2.01
Staying Power 22 14m
2.01
Pin Ball 13 13m
0
Pin Ball-Rh Start 14
0
AA Andy’s Arête 15 12m
0
B Bush 12 11m
0
What Goes Up 11 10m
0
Eternal Legs 17 10m
0
M Metamorphosis 13 10m
0
HTR Hot Tin Roof 17 10m
0
MB Magician’s Birthday 14 10m
0
H Honbun 10 10m
0
Z Zorro 17 13m
1.02
WW Wee Wettle 14 13m
0
HOF House on Fire 15 13m
1.02
Toxic Shock 18
0
PV Pleasure Victim 20 13m
2.01
Unnamed 18 3
0
Space Oddity 18 3
0
1SA One Sunday Afternoon 15 13m
1.02
RH Rabbit Hole 14 12m
0
KT Knights Title 13
0
ML The Meaning of Life 16
0
LB Lead or Bleed 10
0
IFW Ideas for Walls 8
0
W Wailing Wall 11
0

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Comments
tom-p

Easy enough to identify the routes in real life, between the red painted initials at the bottom of some routes and route descriptions of others.
A lot of routes are quite dirty and could use a brush but quality lines with lots of good gear options (especially nuts).
Grading is quite variable ie a 10 and adjacent 17 felt the same difficulty ~14/15...but then a 17 around the corner felt ~20.
A number of routes actually have double staple/ring anchors but we found it good to take an extra rope and set up extended anchors from the trees at the top which serviced a few routes each. Worth a visit!

Mon, 24/04/2023 - 09:50 Permalink
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