Elphinestone

One of the mountains ultra-hard climbing walls. If you're a travelling crusher wanting to tick an Australian 9a, this is the place to do it.

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Aspect South East
Rock type Sandstone
Abseil/Rappel access
Climb out
Fragile when wet
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Approach

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Distance1.6 km
Elevation Change81 m
-33.70201, 150.28170
-33.71095, 150.27157

Routes

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

Route lengths: Lengths range from ~15 m to ~45 m. Most climbs are between ~25 m and ~30 m.

Route styles

45
Total
Sport

Grade bands

Routes

Via Ferrata

The entry and exit route for Elphinestone. Fix a rope down the Via Ferrata to abseil into Elphinestone, using the captures to stop the rope rubbing on the rock. To exit, climb the rungs and self belay using a micro traxion using your abseil line.

Sport25m★★★Classic

Other routes

29

Thumbs Up

Sport18m
26 R

Castor's Dinner Date

Runout
Sport30m★★Very Good🔩7
28

Pollux and the Pussycat

Sport25m★★Very Good
27

A Parisian Feast

Sport25m★★★Classic
31

Aristocat

Sport25m★★★Classic
33

Tiger Cat

Sport25m★★★Classic
33

CatDog (Linkup)

Linkup
Sport35m★★★Classic

Hyper Cat (Closed Project)

Project
Sport30m
34

Hiding Vegetables (Linkup)

Linkup
Sport30m★★★Classic
33

Beta Vinyl

Sport30m★★★Classic

Closed Project

Project
Sport
35

Kitten Mittens

Sport30m★★★Classic
31

Velvet Love

Sport25m★★★Classic
30

Love Cats (Linkup)

Linkup
Sport25m★★★Classic
31

Love Vinyl (Linkup)

Linkup
Sport30m★★★Classic
30

Tiger Snatch

Sport25m★★★Classic
31

Tiger Vinyl (Linkup)

Linkup
Sport30m★★★Classic
33

Pussy Snatch (Linkup)

Linkup
Sport★★★Classic
30

Tiger Hook (Linkup)

LinkupTraverse
Sport40m★★★Classic
33

Sitting Bull

Sport★★★Classic
34

Sue's Last Ride

Sport★★★Classic
32

Bandula

Sport30m★★★Classic
30

Brummel Hook

Sport30m★★★Classic
30

Palomino

Sport30m★★★Classic
28

Palomi

Sport20m★★Very Good
29

Ristretto

Sport15m★★Very Good
30

Getting Rid of the Milkman

Sport30m★★★Classic

Double Ristretto (Closed project)

Project
Sport35m

Wombat Roof (Closed project)

Project
Sport
31

Baby Wombat's Week

Traverse
Sport★★Very Good
31

Piggy Pikelet

Sport20m★★Very Good
35

Schweinebaumeln

Sport35m★★★Classic
33

Lord Elphinstone

Sport
32

The Elephant Man

Sport35m★★Very Good
34

The Milkbar

Sport45m★★★Classic
31

In Real

Sport★★★Classic
29

Gravitational Wave

Sport45m★★★Classic
31

Ushi-Oni

Traverse
Sport30m★★Very Good

Closed project

Sport
34

Nilp

Sport45m★★★Classic
30

Mr Squiggle (Linkup)

Linkup
Sport30m★★★Classic
32

Zigzagonal

Sport35m★★★Classic
32

High Hopes

Sport35m★★★Classic
29

Green Grass

Traverse
Sport30m★★★Classic