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The Cutting

Type
Sector
Part of
Hospital Flat North

These cliffs are high in the bush opposite the car park and Sunnyside. There is some great face climbing on high-angled slabs with mostly excellent rock. The cliffs are shaded most of the time and normally remain damp until early summer.

Rights credit
Wānaka Rock 2021
Rights
Copyright Wānaka Climbing Club and New Zealand Alpine Club
Walktime
5–10 min
Access

From the Hospital Flat car park, walk west along the road for about 100m to the 4th road marker. Cross the road and pick up the track opposite.
After a short climb through the bush there is a fork, the left track takes you to Middle Wall then Left Wall, the right track takes you to the Right Wall then the Partition, then Sound Garden by continuing around and above the Partition.
The Left Wall can also be accessed via a separate track another 100m along the road.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
9 Downsize Me 17 20m 8
0
10 Sneka 18 15m 7
0
11 I Thought I Had Her 17 20m 6
1.02
12 Gotta Match 18 20m 6
1.02
13 Drying Out 18 20m 6
1.02
14 Cleaning for the Hell Of It 19 6
2.01
15 Labour Only 21 20m 6
2.01
16 Right Wing Politics 18 20m 5
0
17 Wilma 15 15m 4
1.02
18 Fred 15 15m 4
0
19 Falcon Screech 19 25m 7
1.02
20 Henry the Eighth 18 20m 8
2.01
21 Cutting It Fine 25 20m 7
1.02
22 Swift Upper Cut 25 20m 7
1.02
23 Not Just Another Face Climb 24 20m 9
2.01
24 The Secret To Happiness 23 20m 7
2.01
25 The Philosopher’s Stone 20 20m 7
3
26 Gone By Lunchtime 21 7
1.02
Comments
This place appears in
Wānaka Rock, 2021
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Attribution
Wānaka Climbing Club
UUID
 
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