Grey Wall

(2 routes)

Take Red Arete track and continue up scree and right to gully below the Grey Wall. Keep on the left side and up broken ledges rightwards to the base. Rap anchors in left gully for descent.

Type: 
Wall
Aspect: 
North East
Reference Title Grade Length Quality Bolts Gone Natural pro Link to edit content
SS On the Shady Side 17,15,17 90m
0
Starts low down on the left up slab to ledge.
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
11730mNo
 

Starts low down on the left up slab to ledge.

21530mNo
 

Up short wall to bolted slab.

31730mNo
 

Right and up to ledge on right.
Bolt belays 30m apart for descent.

Murray Judge, Bronwyn Judge, 2012
SOG Shades of Grey 17,19,21,18,18
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3
Up short wall to bolted slab.
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
1170mNo
 

Up short wall to bolted slab.

2190mNo
 

Left then up to first overlap then left to belay.

3210mNo
 

Steep balance moves through 2 overlaps.

4180mNo
 

Climb outside edge of large flake to belay on good ledge.

5180mNo
 

Right across ledge then up slab. Belay rings 30m apart for descent.

Murray Judge, Rob Connolly, 2012
UUID: 
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Comments

access is now ok, Shades of Gray pitch 4 / 5 not recommended…big loose blocks

So what changed? Route finding?

Acces to the crag was very unstable, ended up in a free climb of a 3m high wall (14 grade i think :) to reach the wall which was wet, and mossy (ok this is not so wuprising in MAY) dd not climb and went to kingfishers slab which is great, and easy acces. Hiking out of the area was dangeorus, (down in the 14 grade route, than scrambling on VERY loose ground) wouldl not reccomend it.
Take extra precautions.

oh. this comment might sound like from somebody who just got out of a city, and overreacting, but I do live in the area and hike a lot, even off route so I am not a whiner, might be that a rockslip changed the scneario. ?