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Ripple Effect

CLOSED: Closed until further notice. Please do not climb here.
Updated 1 December 2025, by JP.

Whanganui Bay is now closed to climbers. Access dates for 2026 are to be confirmed. To register and for access conditions visit https://whanganuibay.acat.org.nz/.

Grade
28
Length
28m
12
Quality
2.01
First ascent
John Palmer, 2025
Located on

  • P1
  • 28
  • 28m
  • 12

Access is from the lower gorge track. Just upstream from the Mangakara confluence, a short track on the true right leads to the base of the wall. Climb the obvious pillar/arete feature covered in aesthetic ripples, then quest out onto the pocketed wall above, and finish up the amazing friction slab. Has a little bit of everything.


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