Lake Sylvester | ClimbNZ

Type

Crag

Altitude

1325m

Part of

Golden Bay

Cobb Valley
Traditional Climbing in an alpine setting.

Walktime

1hr 20min

Aspect

South East

Lat/lon

-41.10471,172.623964, NZ Topo Map

Topo50

BP24 684 496

Approach

Turn right at the reservoir and cross the dam. Continue for 1km to the Lake Sylvester track head.
Start walking to the Lake Sylvester Hut, then 20 mins beyond the hut to the lake.

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Pro	Quality
MG	MGMumbai Groove, 23	23	40m		0
P1 22 25m Trad On the Bollywood Wall. Start in the space between the rock and wall. Climb the arete through till horizontal break. A spicey Mantle leads to the ledge. (devious pro) P2 23 15m Trad Put your knee in your ear and your foot in your mouth. Revolve and devolve the pretzl 3 times per metre gained ... Now you are doing the Mumbai Groove. Bombay Chimney, very good pro, and hillarous to watch.
1	1Weeping and Wailing, 21	21	35m		0
P1 21 35m Trad On the Wailing Wall. Climb through the roof on the L-most crack. Finish on the blunt arete or thin crack to the right. Try not to whine as much as the 1st ascentionist.
2	2Fussing and Fighting, 22	22	35m		0
P1 22 35m Trad The most obvious line on the wall. Good crack climbing leads to a spicey crux on the upper headwall.
3	3Naughty Bits, 27	27	30m	5	0
P1 27 30m 5 Steep slab climbing on pockets. Sparsely bolted but safe, cruxes protected
4	4Jammin, 18	18	15m		0
P1 18 15m Trad Behind the tree lies an overhung crack with great pro and a slabby finish.
5	5Infinnerty and Beyond, 17	17	20m		0
P1 17 20m Trad

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Attribution

Paynes Ford Blog

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