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Flex Boulder

Type
Sector
Part of
Hospital Flat South

This huge boulder has an amazing outlook.

Rights credit
Wānaka Rock 2021
Rights
Copyright Wānaka Climbing Club and New Zealand Alpine Club
Walktime
10 min
Approach

Access from the right (looking up from the carpark) side of the Highside Loop Track, past The Crackhouse and The Conservatory.
Caution! If kārearea (falcons) object to climbers during spring, they will be nesting, so please choose a different crag.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
1 1The Pathfinder, 12 12 15m 6
0

Slab route on featured black rock. A well-protected beginners’ lead.

  • P1
  • 12
  • 15m
  • 6
2 2The Sentinel, 25 25 20m 7
1.02

Diagonal up and left on a hand traverse, then commit to the steep face up left with a dynamic move. Heel hook around the corner, finishing up on the slab.

  • P1
  • 25
  • 20m
  • 7
3 3Flex Luthor, 30 30 15m 8
1.02

Start as for The Sentinel then head right because that’s where it stays steep. The left variant up the corner is Ghetto Navigator (27).

  • P1
  • 30
  • 15m
  • 8
4 4Fatboy Slim, 31 31 12m
0

Perhaps Wānaka’s hardest route?

  • P1
  • 31
  • 12m
Comments
This place appears in
Wānaka Rock, 2021
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Attribution
Wānaka Climbing Club
UUID
 
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