A great place to catch the sun and watch the world go by. Especially the SUVs with skis on top.
From the Conservatory, follow fixed chains up and right to a short via ferrata, then up the grass to another few rungs to the base of the crag. Alternatively, from Sunnyside go left and up to Momentum Wall, then further left and up to the same few rungs. A fixed chain leads to the base of the crag. Anchors and ageing rope at the base of the crag provide an illusion of safety.
Caution! If kārearea (falcons) object to climbers during spring, they will be nesting, so please choose a different crag.
Routes
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Up steeper stepped corner just left of the nose of the bottom roof.
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| 1 | 1Mars Is Next, 26 | 26 | 18m | 7 |
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Bouldery moves to lower angle face.
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| 2 | 2A Game Of Three Halves, 24 | 24 | 18m | 6 |
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Climb the left-facing corner in the centre of the wall, trend right up the wall, then through the black roof. There’s a fixed draw to help retrieve quickdraws when lowering.
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| 3 | 3Unhinged, 24 | 24 | 15m | 5 |
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Just right of the nose of the bottom roof. Reachy gymnastic manoeuvring to pull onto wall then up to corner.
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| 4 | 4Orbit, 20 | 20 | 20m | 7 |
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Start as for Hipnotick then traverse left across the entire wall to finish up the giant flake feature. Runners or long quickdraws useful.
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| 5 | 5Optical Confusion, 22 | 22 | 15m | 5 |
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Start as for Hipnotick, traverse left then up through bulge and head wall.
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| 6 | 6Hipnotick, 24 | 24 | 14m | 5 |
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Second right-most start, straight up.
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| 7 | 7Ghost Galaxy, 19 | 19 | 14m | 6 |
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The far right-hand route. Make sure your belayer is clipped in before setting out for the horizontal fistcrack above.
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