The 60–70m high columnar wall between the Waterfall and Orange Walls.
Goto base of Orange Wall, scamble leftwards to the base of The Fortress
Routes
Reference | Title | Grade | Length | Pro | Quality | Alert | Operations |
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Scimitar, 21 | 21 | 56m | 1 | ||||
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Banana Split, 20 | 20 | 70m | 3 | ||||
Traverse left at the second bolt, 45 metres, take a good sized rack of gear up to #2 friend.
Up short crack and scamble out top. |
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Mississippi Mud Cake, 17 | 17 | 70m | 3 | ||||
Climb the slab then the shallow crack to the belay ledge.
Move right and climb a short second pitch to the next belay. |
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Black Velvet Sin, 18 | 18 | ||||||
More than a pitch in length, so needs a belay at half height. |
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Hotline to Jim, 18 | 18 | 40m | 5 | ||||
A long and pleasant arete, either scramble up from the bottom or abseil from the top to start. (some say its 19) |
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0800 Butch, 23 | 23 | 40m | 11 | ||||
The long groove to the right of HTJ |
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Psychological Trauma, 24 | 24 | 40m | |||||
The most obvious corner three metres right of Hotline, good moves, the upper wall above the break and arete are loose. |
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Crackline right of the broken arete, 19 | 19 | ||||||
The second pitch is a 35 metre crack with a short third pitch on the upper buttress (7m). |
The low angled columns below Scimitar-Banana Split area are fully equipped with bolts and rap anchors for a couple of pleasant low grade climbs.