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Mt Pleasant

Type
Altitude
250m
Part of

Location

Just below Mt Pleasant spur, overlooking Heathcote Valley.

Climate

Has good shelter from north-easterlies, and is pleasantly sunny in the afternoon. Take care in the summer as it can be too hot. In a southerly it generally cops it. A good winter afternoon or summer evening crag.

Climbing

Mostly crack climbing, which is perhaps now a forgotten art. However the friction is excellent and often there are good incut holds. Grading is generally quite severe at this crag. The Left Cliff has a good range of well-protected middle-grade routes, while the Right Cliff is a mix of short routes that are often soloed at each end and hard to desperate numbers in the middle.
There are only a few bolts at the crag, which are mostly old "carrot" type bolts, and as such should be treated with caution. Hopefully these will be replaced soon. Recently a few bolt anchors have been established at the top of the Left Cliff.

Descents

Descent routes are around the end of each cliff and by abseil from the new anchor stations installed at various points. For a longer session it can be worth leaving an abseil rope in place.

Image
Walktime
5 min
Aspect
West
Lat/lon
POINT (172.72129727 -43.57681042)
Topo50
BX24 775 751
Access

The crag and approaches are owned by the Christchurch City Council and forms part of the Scotts Valley Reserve. Access is open to climbers, but the land is leased to local farmers, so avoid stock when they are present.
Approaches
Drive up Mt Pleasant Road and turn into Longridge Drive. Park at the bend opposite the John Britten Reserve entrance and walk for two minutes to the north end of The Left Cliff, immediately below a power pylon, about 50 metres from the road. The Right Cliff can be reached in about ten minutes’ walk from the crest of the Summit Road, near Broadleaf Lane, or in five minutes from the Longridge Drive approach.

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Places

Type Name Alert
Sector Left Cliff
Sector Upper Tier
Sector Middle Cliff
Sector Right Cliff
Comments
Attribution
By Lindsay Main
Copied in & Topo by Grant Piper
UUID
 
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