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Al Cove

Type
Sector
Part of
Motatapu

This tranquil setting hides a crag of two halves and a bit. There is a quantity of excellent routes here on good rock, the crag is sheltered, and most routes stay dry or dry very quickly after a light rain.

Rights credit
Wānaka Rock 2021
Rights
Copyright Wānaka Climbing Club and New Zealand Alpine Club
Walktime
3 min
Access

About 500m after the Motatapu bridge, there is a crag by the road and carpark on the right. This is Roadside Attraction. Cross the fence at the stile, and if you follow the trail left up onto the next terrace, Al Cove and then Farside are within 300m.
No camping and no fires.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
1 What’s for Pudding 20 10m 4
1.02
2 The Imposter 22 15m 5
2.01
3 Handful of Scroggin 21 15m 5
1.02
4 Dysbiosis 18 5
0
5 Vroom 24 15m 3
0
6 Alchemy 23 40m 18
2.01
7 Ole 18 15m 6
1.02
8 Where’s Dr Holdfinder? 23 20m 6
2.01
9 The Colonel’s Secret 22 20m 6
2.01
10 Chinese Hospitality 19 20m 6
2.01
11 Ferocious Weasel 22 20m 8
2.01
12 The Fearsome Flounder 24 20m 8
1.02
13 Misguyded 25 20m 7
1.02
14 Quick Hit 24 20m 8
1.02
15 Roche Moutonnée 23 20m 8
3
16 Bob the Builder 25 15m 4
2.01
17 Huha 26 15m 6
2.01
18 Cunning Linguistics 20 20m 5
2.01
19 Reefer Madness 21 20m 7
1.02
20 The Army Route 19 20m 5
1.02
21 Screamin’ Nor’wester 24 20m 5
1.02
22 Girls, Girls, Girls 23 15m 3
0
23 Do You Do 27 15m 5
1.02
24 Shuffling Madness 24 15m 5
1.02
25 Feral Fodder 18 10m 6
2.01
26 Three Degrees 27 15m 5
2.01
27 To Me Lichen 26 20m 6
2.01
28 Roger the Roofer 28 10m 4
2.01
29 Dynonamics 22 20m 6
1.02
Comments
This place appears in
Wānaka Rock, 2021
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Attribution
Wānaka Climbing Club
UUID
 
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