Echo Wall

Easy corner crack on the last of the yellow rock, finish up slab on the right to reach belay tree at the top of Surf Nazi gannets.

Watch me! A fabulous outing. Takes the prominent groove to the top of the cliff, with the single small knarled pohutukawa at half height. Start as for Save the snails then stem up the short corner; alternatively start as for Eco Guerillas, carrying on up the corner. At the small tree, step right, up, then stem left into the groove (exposed!). At the top of the groove, step right to finish at the inevitable tree.

Three metres left the roof is broken by a diagonal line. Climb this and finish as for the above route.

Just left of Surfing with the alien is an overhang with a crack through it. Boulder up jugs on the overhanging wall, stack Friends under the roof then go for it! Move left below the shrubbery then belay behind the tree. A fun route.

Crack and deep groove nine metres left of Passion and warfare.. Finish up the short wall at the top to the tree.

Ten metres left of The drilling fields is this obvious line up the overhanging yellow wall. Carefully through choss at the top to tree belay.

Two metres left of TDF, up the bulging orange wall on good holds. 6 bolts lead to a large Pohutukawa branch that you can clamber onto and rap off. A nice climb.

The route with the most ascents at Te Ananui, it's the rippled inset face left of a prominent corner. Boulder to the ledge then six bolts. Originally lead with four bolts and 2 CD's through the crux, it's much more of a consumer route now! Step right onto the ledge to DBC belay. Three 3 bolts through the bulge have been added to provide a direct finish at grade 21. .

The thin seam on the face 2 m left of Raising the Titanic. Crux is close to the ground, nice moves to the small tree, then finish up the crack (watch the loose block) to DBC belay.

This steep corner just left of the prominent black streak on Echo wall was avoided for a long time because it looked unprotectable. It’s all there, the result is a lovely climb on solid rock. Take RP’s, wires and Friends to #2. Pleasant face moves and stemming take you to a ledge on the right at 3/4 height. Protect the final moves up the corner (easy) with a #1 or #2 RP, to the DBC anchor.

A classic steep face climb on great rock with solid protection and good rests. Climb the seam to a small tree and ledge, then trend rightwards up the face to the DBC belay. Take a large cam for the wide crack near the top.

The direct start to Voyage of the Beagle up the thin seam just to the right.

The classic line on Echo wall. Prominent thin seam with a tiny shrub near the base. Through the overhang to the small tree, then two more overhangs above. Finish at a sloping ledge, original exit was right via chimney and ledge to large tree, but now has own DBC belay.

The thin seam to the tree, finishing up Last great American whale.

One of these would never make it up this route, but you should be able to. Climb the short corner to the ledge, then up the crack to a tree. Scramble through it, up the crack above and to another tree. Traverse left along the vague ledge to the DBC belay for Voyage of the Beagle.

Start as for Under the influence but continue directly up the crack on the face to the small trees above the overhang and DBC belay.

Start at the short crack leading to a ledge, move right behind the tree then up the corner crack and face, break through the roof to finish at the small tree and DBC belay.

The sometimes good, sometimes loose corner at the far right-hand end of Echo wall. Finishes way up in the trees. "Beach alpine climbing", according to Will.

At the far right end of Echo Wall you can scramble up to the base of Yellow brick road wall. This line was led on sight and uncleaned by Mark, quite an achievement for a route of this grade. Climb the obvious pedestal then up to a prominent pock and follow the line of least resistance, trending left then right to belay ledge. Protection is only adequate and not obvious at times. Take a #2 Camalot for belay and a medium sling for rap bollard. Friends, hexes and Rocks.