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  8. Westward Crag
  2. NZ
  3. South Island
  4. Canterbury
  5. Inland Canterbury
  6. Mt Somers
  7. Pinnacles Hut Area
  8. Westward Crag

Westward Crag

(4 routes)

A 25m crag that is found on the left end of a line of crags, 600m west of the saddle between Woolshed Creek and Bowyers Stream (Pinnacles Hut).
There is a double rap station directly above Black Lies and Blasphemy, either redirect climbs to the DBB or tie off and walk along the ledge to find the DBB.

Type: 
Wall
Altitude: 
1150m
Aspect: 
North
Walk time: 
1hr from huts
Access: 

Go to the saddle between Woolshed Creek and Bowyers Stream (Pinnacles Hut).
Hold a contour back towards Woolshed creek on the true left side of the valley, (opposite side of the track).
Equal time from both huts.

New Zealand map

Map, Topo

Lat/Lon: 
-43.604573000000, 171.349382000000
NZMS260: 
K36 768 323
Topo50: 
BX19 668 707
Reference Title Grade Length Quality Bolts Gone Natural pro Edit link
TF TF Bundy 16 25m
0
 wire representing trad
An obvious left facing corner on the left side of the crag.
Grant Piper 2002
Ps Pitchstone 18 28m
0
 5bolts wire representing trad
Climb up ramp, veer leftwards to the right facing corner move left around the corner and onto and up the brown slab finishing right of the small roof
Steve Moore 2018
TS The Streak 16 26m
0
 3bolts wire representing trad
Climb directly up the ramp onto a ledge. climb up a small black wall through a small overlap then finish up a left facing corner. 75-100mm cam may be useful.
John Goulstone 2018
BL Black Lies and Blasphemy 18 25m
0
 wire representing trad
Follows up some ramps to a ledge at half height. At the headwall foll the crack/ black streak to the top.
Grant Piper, Paul Knott 2002

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