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The Cave

Type
Sector
Altitude
145m
Part of
Barnett Park

The many steep endurance test pieces in the Cave make it the steep sportclimbing crag in New Zealand. Beware the native Cave climbing Troglodyte. The best time to climb here is summer as it turns into a giant seeping mess in winter.
Subway map

Walktime
20 Minutes
Aspect
North East
Lat/lon
POINT (172.733746 -43.576252)
Topo50
BX24 785 752
Access

Park at the end of Bay View Road and walk up the Barnett Park walkway for 20 minutes on the right hand side of the valley until you get to a slightly hidden turnoff in an alcove of the track, you should see steep rock above you at this point.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
Super Glue 27 11m 7
0
Shrubble (The Warm Up) 26 12m 7
2.01
She Devil 28 16m 10
2.01
Centrifuge 32 18m 12
1.02
Rubble 27 14m 7
0
Gorilla Grip 27 15m 7
2.01
Troglodyte 30 15m
1.02
Hydroplaning 34 0m
0
Kaz's Project 32 16m 9
3
Hung Like Elvis 26 12m 7
0
Snake Charmer 29 18m 13
0
Ride of the Valkyries 32 17m 9
1.02
Bogus Machismo 29 18m 11
3
The Enigma of Kasper Hauser 31 17m 12
1.02
Kaiser Soze 31 18m 11
1.02
The Doomsday Clock 34 18m 11
0
Space Boy 32 16m 10
2.01
Buffy 31 17m 9
0
Dracula 30 14m 7
1.02
Nosferatu 30 15m 8
0
Urge 26 13m 7
0
Let There Be Bolts 28 13m 6
2.01
Groundhog Day 27 0m
1.02
Retrograde 30 0m 6
1.02
Choss Muncher 29 12m 7
0
Attack Mode 28 13m 7
1.02
Straight No Chaser 25 13m 5
0
Ice Man 26 13m 5
0

Comments

derekthatcher

How do you reorder the climbs?

Thu, 05/10/2023 - 18:22 Permalink
cullenr

Thanks for your terrific sustained effort getting the project to public launch. Hope that you are getting warm praise from site visitors.

Mon, 09/10/2023 - 16:51 Permalink
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Attribution
All data entry by Jarrod Alexander with info from Rock Deluxe
UUID
 
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