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Upper Sunnyside

Type
Sector
Part of
Hospital Flat South

One of Wānaka's most popular crags, especially in winter when the climbs bask in sunshine. Although not especially tall, the crag is long and offers concentrated, high quality routes on superb rock.

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

From the Hospital Flat car park, walk west along the road for about 100m to the 4th road marker. Turn left into the bracken and head up the access track, which arrives at the right end of Sunnyside.

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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 Closed project 17m 5
0
  • P1
  • 17m
  • 5
1 1Rocket Man, 27 27 17m 5
0

Blast up the first four bolts of Fire Up The Jet… but continue straight up rather than winging out right.

  • P1
  • 27
  • 17m
  • 5
2 2Fire Up the Jet Bitch, 26 26 17m 5
1.02

Steep face climbing up the wall left of Momentum.

  • P1
  • 26
  • 17m
  • 5
3 3Momentum, 27 27 18m 4
2.01

Right side of the same arête. Steep, dynamic, and just good.

  • P1
  • 27
  • 18m
  • 4
4 4Sun Salute, 26 26 19m 5
2.01

Increasingly difficult moves to a crux on two-finger tips.

  • P1
  • 26
  • 19m
  • 5
5 5Suck the Kumara, 23 23 19m 4
1.02

The steep face climb trends up and left on good holds.

  • P1
  • 23
  • 19m
  • 4
Comments
This place appears in
Wānaka Rock, 2021
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Attribution
Wānaka Climbing Club
UUID
 
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