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Warratah Wall

CLOSED: Permanently closed. Please do not climb here.
Updated 8 November 2024, by Richard Thomson.

Ngā Poutiriao ō Mauao, the Mauao Joint Administration Board, has decided not to allow climbing on Mauao (Mt Maunganui). The bolts were removed in 2021.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
5 5Unnamed Sport Route, 19 19 11m 2
0

  • P1
  • 19
  • 11m
  • 2

Short steep start past one bolt, use the crack to mantle to the ledge. Past one morebolt on the headwall to DRB.


6 6Dreamweaver, 17 17 11m 2
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  • P1
  • 17
  • 11m
  • 2

Steep move to the ledge and then a run out across easier ground. Two bolts and anchor.


7 7Cold Fusion, 15 15 11m 2
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  • P1
  • 15
  • 11m
  • 2

The easiest line on this wall. A delicate start to bigger jugs. Climb though good holds to an anchor shared with #6. Protected by two bolts.


8 8Fatboy, 16 16 11m 1
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  • P1
  • 16
  • 11m
  • 1

The wandering route that starts in the gully. Climb to the bolted boulder, clip the hanger and then carry on up through jugs to the DRB.


8a 8aFlight Facilities, 22 22 18m 6
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  • P1
  • 22
  • 18m
  • 6

Right of Fatboy, belay at an eyrie between flax and small pohutakawas a few metres above the track. Scramble up the gully to the first bolt on the right wall, continue up the rib to the K2 belay ledge. Move left to the crux wall, and finish by grooving up the rounded crack. DRB.


9 9Konichiwa Two, 22 22 6m 4
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  • P1
  • 22
  • 6m
  • 4

From Warratah Left Side scramble up the hillside to the base of the boulder that comprises Cable Right Side. The face route high above the others. Start from a boulder embedded on the hill side (DRB) and pass two bolts to mantle a ledge. Climb through the face and past one more bolt to a shared anchor with the next route to the right.


10 10Short Crack, 15 15 7m 3
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  • P1
  • 15
  • 7m
  • 3

Climb the line of bolts to the right of the crack. DRB as K2. Three bolts to anchor.


11 11Nami, 16 16 8m
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  • P1
  • 16
  • 8m

The leftmost line on the bolder. Start at the left corner and climb tending right to the DBC anchor shared with the route below.


12 12Geisha Girlz, 16 16 8m
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  • P1
  • 16
  • 8m

The juggy line through the weakness on the blunt arete.


13 13Hangdog Whipper, 19 19 8m 1
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  • P1
  • 19
  • 8m
  • 1

Start off the low boulder and over the bulge to the bolt (don't miss this clip!). Straight up to the DRB anchor.


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