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The Arboretum

Type
Altitude
100m
Part of

North-facing limestone crags that are generally weather proof. There are quite a few good climbs here at various grades, and a lot more climbing to be developed. The Arboretum comprises a set of crags about 60–80 metres high. Much of the rock is un-featured and routes tend to follow the large cracks which break up the cliff.
Characteristically the heart of Bullock Creek, in its Jurassic like setting, and its diverse climbing on rock that varies from solid-as to choss pile as you climb through the different layers of limestone. It offers up a handful of moderate multi-pitch adventures as well as some thought provoking trad lines. The Arboretum is also home to the notorious Gumboot Ledge, which has been described by one unnamed individual as "the best climbing at Bullock Creek!" and another as "it's as loose and dirty as the route developers." I'm leaning towards the latter, although Arc of a Diver and Plan B are both classic in their own right

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Walktime
10 min
Aspect
North
Lat/lon
POINT (171.386284 -42.095788)
Topo50
BS19 666 383
Access

Follow the track from the Arboretum parking (gravel pullout 4.7km from SH6 with a rock cairn). Follow the vague track through long grass and "the mangroves" to the sandy (and hopefully dry) riverbed. Walk downriver past the Forum to a trail marked "A1" on a sign hanging in a tree (just before the log jam). This track will take you to Arboretum (left) which includes While You See a Chance and Nevermind the Bullocks, both of these
climbs will give you access to the climbs on Gumboot Ledge. For the climbs at Arboretum (right) continue down the riverbed, through the ever-changing mess of logs where a sign stating "Fun Climbing" hung between two trees indicates the start of a marked track. 50m further when you reach a junction, turn left on the trail marked "A2". Take the rock stairs uphill. Squeeze past a tree and you will have reached the wall. The mellow left facing corner crack in front of you is Crackerjack.

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Places

Type Name
Sector Gumboot Ledge
Sector Two Towers

Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
1 While You See A Chance 18 37m 7
1.02
2 Never Mind The Bullocks 20 37m 11
0
7 Black Sheep 19 40m 6
1.02
8 Blunt Arete 19 20m 8
1.02
9 Rock Ahoy 18 20m 6
0
10 Fresh Bananas 19
0
11 Slanted and Enchanted 18 18m 4
1.02
12 Nomad 19
0
13 Short Story Long 21 20m 7
2.01
14 With Friends Like These 19 47m 8
1.02
15 Crackerjack 13
1.02

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Attribution
Lindsay Main & Jason Blair. Additional information added from the pdf by Neil Warrington & Neil Silverwood. http://www.kiwitracks.com/paparoa/
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