White Wall of Goodness

Type

Sector

Altitude

100m

Part of

Paradise Crags (Main crag or left side)

To the left or up stream from the Main Paradise Wall (Left Wall)

Aspect

North

Lat/lon

-42.100729,171.368991, NZ Topo Map

Topo50

BS19 651 378

Approach

Follow the marked trail beyond the bivy along the base of the cliff for 5 minutes until you duck under a large tree to arrive at the base of High Contrast.

Accessed from

Bullock Creek

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Pro	Quality
	High Contrast, 21	21	24m	7	0
P1 21 24m 7 Like driving a motorbike over Arthur's Pass: lots of cruising with some scary bits in between. Starts on the little podium on the very left of the wall and remember to ignore TomTom's bolts just to the right and continue straight up to a desperate finish.
	TomTom, 21	21	29m	10	0
P1 21 29m 10 Someone forgot to tell these boys they're not in The Cave anymore. A fine link up nonetheless encompassing the more exciting parts of both routes. Starts up the first 3 bolts of The Irony then meanders left to finish up High Contrast.
	The Irony, 20	20	28m	10	0
P1 20 28m 10 Climb the clean crème brûlée through some reachy moves to the crack where the climbing mellows. For extra fun stay on the pillar right of the crack. Extending the last runner will help with rope drag if top roping.
	Room With a View, 21	21	28m	11	0
P1 21 28m 11 Friendly-as for those looking to push their White Wall experience. Use the first 2 bolts of The Irony (sling the 2nd) before heading off right for some absolutely elegant climbing. Join back up with Irony after pulling over the last bulge.
	House of Cards, 19	19	30m	6	0
The original route of the White Wall and an absolute classic. Climbs really well as one 30m pitch if you've got the stamina. P1 19 15m 6 The handholds don't get much better than is … good thing because it's pretty rumpy pumpy P2 18 15m 6 The climbing mellows, but the fun doesn't. Weave your way up the line of bolts to a hidden belay on a small ledge to the right.
	Thirty One, 18	18	40m	11	0
The following climb is 30m back down the trail on a white wall with broken off flowstone lower down and a very loose looking pillar to its left. The cleaning effort on this climb gives the phrase carved out of stone a whole new meaning. Props to Christine Borland for putting in her time. P1 17 10m 6 Short little pitch to get the ball rolling, climb up the flowstone and veer off left to the belay on a small ledge. P2 18 30m 11 The meat and potatoes pitch, you probably won't have room for dessert after this one, follow the line of bolts consciously trying to avoid bridging on the loose looking rock behind you as much as possible.
	Don't Tell Mum, 22	22	13m	5	0
Located on the lone pillar literally next to the White Wall track 20m before Thirty One. P1 22 13m 5 Nice little boulder problem. Starts up a slab that turns into an overhanging pillar at half height. Well worth a stop for a few minutes to sort out the sequence on the upper part of the route.

Comments

Attribution

Neil Silverwood, Jack Grinstead, Lindsay Main. Additional information added from the pdf by Neil Warrington & Neil Silverwood. http://www.kiwitracks.com/paparoa/

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