Air Traffic Control Tower

(4 routes)

A tasty little gem hidden amongst the bush with awesome steep, juggy climbing. (about 10 metres high) a few hundred metres up the Punakaiki Valley Road of immaculate compact limestone complete with sheltered grassy belay ledge. It has a northwesterly aspect for warm, sunny climbing. The crag was discovered in 2008 by Jack Grinsted and Lindsay Main.

Type:

Wall

Altitude:

30m

Aspect:

North West

Access:

Park at an obvious turnout about 50 metres from the crag, and follow the track through the bush.

Map, Topo

Lat/Lon:

-42.127142000000, 171.335710000000

NZMS260:

K30 724 964

Topo50:

BS19 624 348

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Reference	Title	Grade	Quality
1	Flight Control	22	0
	Follows the weakness on the left side of the wall. Jack Grinsted, 2008.
2	Thievery Corporation	25	1.02
	Get established on the flowstone; then make the hard moves through the bulge and finish at the Flight Control belay . . Josh Hudson, Jack Grinsted, 2011
3	First In Flight	19	0
	Climb the overhanging wall on substantial holds to the horizontal break, where the character of the climb suddenly changes, with crimpy moves on the finish. Jack Grinsted, 2008.
4	Honour Among Thieves	17	2.01	1
	Reachy moves on big holds up the lower steep section of the route, after which it changes to a more delicate style on small holds. Lindsay Main, 2008.

Attribution:

Jack Grinsted and Lindsay Main. Neil Warrington & Neil Silverwood, http://www.kiwitracks.com/paparoa/

This place appears in

Paparoa Climbs - Bullock Creek

2014

UUID:

63ebecf4-dd82-4cd5-ac96-ee84512b32d5