Zig Zag

Mostly a trad climbing area with several quality sports climbs.

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Aspect West
Rock type Sandstone
Requires bolt plates
Fragile when wet

Area description

Zig Zag is an old school, less trafficked trad crag that also has a bunch of quality sport climbs scattered amongst the cliff line. Makes for a great day out if you have a mix of trad and sport climbers but still want to stay together as a group.

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Approach

Follow the Zig Zag trail down towards Bushrangers Cave. At the last hairpin turn where the path continues all the way to the base of the cliff, turn right towards the Zig Zag cliff line. If you end up on a long walk downhill, beneath the Disneyland and Fashion crags, you have gone too far. See approach path.

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Distance632 m
Elevation Change79 m
Time10m
-33.59694, 150.25040
-33.59643, 150.24776

Routes

Grade contexts: Roped (Ewbank), Boulder (Heuco)

Route lengths: Lengths range from ~4 m to ~70 m. Most climbs are between ~15 m and ~30 m.

Route styles

113
Total
Sport
Trad

Grade bands

Ethels Wall

20

Ethel Direct

Sport15m
17

Ethel The Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying

Trad15mGood
17

Harpo

Sport20mGood
19

Grouchie

Sport18mGood🔩6
20

Just Go For It

Sport20m★★Very Good

Deceptor Buttress

7

Brass Monkey

Trad25m
14

Denali Blaster

Mixed
Trad35mGood🔩5
10

Deceptor

Mixed
Trad30m🔩6

Giggles Wall

14

Rickapoodle Arete

Trad44m★★Very Good
14

Grigris, Hmmmmm

Trad30m
9

Rickapoodle

Trad30m
16

Giggles

Mixed
Trad30m★★Very Good🔩7
19

Wazzakstan

Mixed
Trad30mGood🔩7
13

Poodles and Toads

Mixed
Trad30mGood🔩4
R

Toads

MixedRunout
Trad30mGood🔩2
19

Taipan

Mixed
Trad50m★★★Classic🔩3
16

Taipan Variant P2

Trad20m★★Very Good
18

Fer De Lance

Mixed
Trad25m★★Very Good🔩2
21

Unknown 1

Trad15mGood
21

Catweazel

Trad15mGood
22

Monty Madness

Sport10mGood
21

Army Exercises

Mixed
Trad15mGood🔩3
23

Wagget & Wegnut

Bolt PlatesMixed

Face above Army Exercises and Groovey. Approx location.

Trad15mGood

Other routes

19

Spare Glue

Sport15m
19

Nut Free Zone

Bolt Plates
Sport18m

Giggles Wall

12

Groovy

Trad30mGood

Other routes

25

Cos I'm Wicked

Sport20m

Giggles Wall

15

Frottage Wall

Bolt PlatesMixedRunout
Trad12m
22

Possession

Trad35m
23

Truckstop Lawyers

Sport20m
19

Truckstop Lawyers Variant

Sport20m
6

Solo Chimney

Trad45m
8

Semi-Solo

Trad35m
7

Rumdoodle

Trad45m
11

Walkabout

Trad35m
5

The Land of Nod

Trad35m
13

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Trad43m
21

The Hounds of Hades

Trad20m
16

Slunt

Trad20m
9

Indecision

Trad32m

Rip Van Winkle Wall

17

Black Betty

Trad20m★★Very Good
14

Penguins on Safari

Runout
Trad35m
18 R

Bam Ba Lamb

Runout
Trad40mGood
12

Winkle

Trad41mGood
16

Penguin Pete

Mixed
Trad20mGood🔩3
16

Van

Trad44m★★Very Good
14

Rip

Mixed
Trad20m🔩2

Other routes

17

Bedtime Story

Bolt PlatesMixed
Trad

Rip Van Winkle Wall

18

Lincoln's Mystery Route

Sport20m
9

I Did It For Love

Mixed
Trad10m🔩1
21

SF

Sport12mGood
22

Fashion TV

Sport14mGood
21

Urako

Sport12mGood
20

Make It Nylons

Trad20mGood

Dress Rehearsal Rag Wall

11

The Mixture

Trad47m
21

The Mighty Quinn

Approx route path.

Sport15m★★Very Good
21

Dress Rehearsal Rag

Sport35m★★Very Good
R

Destruction of Army Group Centre

Runout
Trad20mGood
23

Disaster Area

Sport15mGood🔩5
16

Dead Milkmen

Mixed
Trad15mGood🔩1
16

Fairy Tales

Mixed
Trad13mGood🔩2
21

Fairy Tales Direct Finish

Approx route path.

Trad21m
15

Tasman

Trad15m

Amok Time Gully

24

Goodie Gumdrops

Trad20mGood
18

Amok Time

Trad20m
18

Sidewinder

Trad30m
9

Revolt

Trad40mGood
10

The Carpenter

Trad25m
6

The Walrus

Trad30m
14

Crack to Nowhere

Trad12m
16

Upheaval

Trad33m
15/16

Ironstone Roundabout

Trad40m
14

Brobdingnag

Bolt PlatesMixed
Trad25m
7

Perfidious Rex

Trad28m

Black Barts Wall

19

Black Bart

Mixed
Trad25m★★Very Good🔩7
17

Bumflute

Mixed
Trad30m★★Very Good🔩7
22

Pacemaker

Runout
Trad40m
16

Stuffed

Mixed
Trad66mGood🔩3
19

Sadhu Rum

Sport30mGood
22

Whale Oil Beef Hooked

Mixed
Trad50m🔩1
20

Stuffed Direct Start

Trad4mGood
22

Pumping Chickens

Mixed
Trad20m★★Very Good🔩2
21

Geezer Pleaser

Bolt Plates
Sport30mGood
15

Just for Fun

Sport50m★★Very Good🔩2
13

Honey Dip

Mixed
Trad28m★★★Classic🔩1
15

Unknown

Trad12m
21

Nameless!

Trad15m★★Very Good

Shakes And Flakes Wall

25

The Racer's Edge Direct Finish

Mixed
Trad30m★★Very Good🔩7
25

The Racer's Edge

Sport30m★★Very Good🔩9
23

E Racer

Sport30mGood🔩7
21

Shakes and Flakes

Sport30m★★★Classic
23

Let's Nail God

Sport30m★★Very Good
23

Tips for Troubadours

Sport30m★★Very Good

Cheap Dive Wall

14

Rainy Day Saturday

Sport60m
18

Turkish Delight

3 pitches. P1: Easily up to ledge (10, ~10m). P2: Climb the corner crack to ledge. (18, ~25m). P3: Chimney to top (NA, ~25m).

Trad60m★★Very Good
22

Cheap Dive

Sport27m★★Very Good
22

Cheap Skate

Sport20mGood
17

Demeresque

Trad74m
14

No Pants

Trad76m
13

Meanderthal

Trad43m
R

327

Runout
Trad35m★★Very Good
19

Mr Poopypants

Sport25mGood
18

Baldaquin

Trad35m
15

Hey Jude

Trad30mGood
AID C1

Splitting Pain

Aid
Trad7mGood
22

Transcendental Meditation

Trad30mGood
20

Knot the Mumma

Trad15mGood
17

Birdsnest Soup

Trad30mGood
23

Bad Moon Rising

Trad50m★★Very Good
22

Optimisation

Sport13m★★Very Good🔩6
9

Fandooglie

Approximate location. The deep gully.

Trad45m
25

Red Dwarf

Sport13m★★Very Good🔩7

Merchant of Nightmares: Project

Trad