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The Nest

Beginners friendly crag on The Radiata Plateau

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Aspect West
Rock type Sandstone
Requires bolt plates
Fragile when wet

Area description

The Nest is a sport and mixed climbing crag suitable for beginners. Many routes here use carrot bolts; ensure that you bring in bolt plates.

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Approach

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Distance1.3 km
Elevation Change110 m
-33.70201, 150.28170
-33.69843, 150.27233

Routes

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

Route lengths: Lengths range from ~12 m to ~20 m. Most climbs are between ~12 m and ~15 m.

Route styles

22
Total
Sport
Trad

Grade bands

17

Bald Eagles

Bolt Plates
Sport21m★★Very Good🔩4
16

Jobless High School Student

Mixed
Trad20m★★Very Good🔩3
16

Enjoy the Journey

The moderately vegetated crack.

Trad18m★Good
19

Fibro Majestic

Sport15m★Good🔩4
17

Humzoolgy

Bolt Plates
Sport18m★Good🔩5
14

80 Great Years

Bolt Plates

Approximate route path. 3 metres right of Humzooly. Can be supplemented with trad gear.

Sport16m★Good🔩3
15

Barnaby's Lovechild

Approximate path. 2 metres right of 80 Great Years.

Trad12m★Good
15

Dream Machine

Bolt Plates
Sport14m★Good🔩4
18

Thermal Expansion

Mixed
Trad16m★Good🔩3
10

Misty Mountain Corner

Trad17m★Good
8

Fabslab

Bolt Plates
Sport16m★Good
17

As the Crow Flies

Bolt Plates
Sport17m
17

Mysticism

Sport14m★Good
17

Beorn

Traverse
Sport14m
22

Necromancer

Sport15m★★Very Good🔩7
19

Kookaburra Crack

Mixed
Trad19m🔩1
24

Empty Nest

Sport15m★Good
21

Unknown

Approx route path. Bolted route 6m left of Super Shine.

Sport
22

Super Shine

Sport15m★Good🔩5
16

Shine

Sport15m★Good
16

Weasel Words

Sport15m★Good🔩4
17

Araplactic

Sport18m★★Very Good