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South Buttress

CLOSED: Permanently closed. Please do not climb here.
Updated 24 January 2026, by Richard Thomson.
Type
Sector
Part of
Pukepohatu Bald Rock

Climbing is not permitted on Pukepohatu Bald Rock. This information is provided as a record only.
This is the main face visible from the road.

Aspect
South
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 South Face Route, 20,A1 20,A1 40m
0
  • P1
  • 20
  • Aid A1
  • 40m
  • Trad

At the left -hand side of the undercut base is a fist crack behind a tree. Climb the crack, move right around the overhang and up the crack to a sling belay on top of the large block.

  • P2

Climb to the overhang, avoiding the loose blocks, move right and up to gain the near horizontal crack. Free climb for two metres then aid on friends to the big flake. Layback around this to finish. Will be possible to free the second pitch, but to date hasn’t been done.

 The Crack, 20 20 25m
0
  • P1
  • 20
  • 25m
  • Trad

Around the corner on the same wall is another prominent vertical fist crack. Strenuous.

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