Access is across private land owned by Rocky Hill Station. It is allowed only for Wānaka Climbing Club members. Please support Wānaka climbing by joining the club, and by following the access rules: follow markers and signposts, no dogs, no fires, no development of new crags, no entry to paddocks.
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Black Wall
Updated 22 January 2026, by Gomez.
Type
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Routes
| Reference | Title | Grade | Length | Pro | Quality | Alert | Operations |
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| 1 | 1Heavy Metal, 27 | 27 | 25m | 8 |
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Climb the thin crack on the left side of wall.
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| 2 | 2Drag Racing, 25 | 25 | 22m | 10 |
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Direct start to Start Your Engines, climbing directly to the crack.
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| 3 | 3Start Your Engines, 24 | 24 | 25m | 10 |
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Once the easiest route at the crag, so was named as a warm up. Start up a short pillar and vertical ground, then slightly left to no hands rest below crack, then through the overhang and varied terrain above.
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| 4 | 4Café Racer, 22 | 22 | 25m | 8 |
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Begin as for Start Your Engines, then veer right, traversing to a bulge below a groove. Move up and right to a corner/ arête combo feature.
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| 5 | 5Dunce, 20 | 20 | 25m | 10 |
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The obvious big corner with a crack in the back of it.
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Wānaka Climbing Club
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