Corin Dam Road > bouldering

There are several areas along this road and tones of potential, close to Canberra and easy access. These areas are along the same road that you access Gibraltar Peak from. Not all the areas shown on the map are bouldering areas.

Drive out to Tidbinbilla Road either via the Cotter or Point Hut
Crossing, and then turn onto Corin Dam Road. Most of the areas
developed so far are near what used to be a pine plantation forest but has since been burnt down. Forestry roads may have changed.

George's Boulder >

This boulder is by itself and has one really excellent V8 called Phone Sex.
The problem traverses from left to right on the back of the boulder from a
sit start finishing on some good holds (the original finish jug fell off).
There are a few other good problems on the boulder to.
Drive down the road about 2.5km from turn off and turn right onto a dirt
road, park and walk about 100 meters up hill.

1. a) V4, finish with higher traverse to jug. ss
    b) V5, finish with lower traverse to jug. ss
2. V4, up the big flake.
3. V4, up and onto slab.
4. Phone Sex, V8, ss to finish on high jug.
5. Leg Spinner, dyno V6, ss dyno off jug to a good blind edge then up.
6. Shape Shifters, V10, ss up to small crimp and power into broken corner.
7. Phone Extention, V9, Phone Sex into Leg Spinner dyno.
8. Full Traverse, V9

Snake Rock Bouldering >

Drive about 3.5km down the road from theTidbinbilla turn off, and make a sharp 
left onto a dirt road just before a telegraph poll where the power lines cross the road.
Continue down dirt road and park near the edge of the native bush near some small
rocks. Walk down the road to your right for about 200m to a cairn, turn left into bush
and follow track down to the creek, cross the creek and walk up tending left to you see
boulders. Track continues up for Snake Rock Crag. There's about 20 problem here.

This area was found and developed by
Chris Warner in the winter of 2003 and
is the main bouldering area that's along
Corin Dam Road. There's roughly 70 
problems so far that spread up the hill
and plenty of potential. Drive along 
Corin Dam Road until you pass Woods
Reserve on the left and take the next 
right hand turn onto a dirt road. Park 
on the first right hand bend. Walk 
straight up into the bush keeping to the
right of a gully, about 150m in cross 
over gully and head up the hill passing
some boulders on your left, continue up.
To get to the little area called 'The Hand'
branch off to the right a short distance. 
Otherwise continue up diagonally left 
and onto the next ridge and into the next
shallow gully. The first boulder you 
should come across is 'Glitz Rock'. You've
done very well if you manage to find the
good bouldering first go as the scrub is
getting thicker by the day since the fires.
Cantaloupe still has alot to develop so
there isn't a complete topo yet.

The Hand.
This little area has a few good warm ups to do as you 
walk up to the main areas.

1. V3, ss
2. Pinky cling, V4, ss
3. V0
4. Thumb Mantle, V1, ss
5. Middle Finger, V0
6. Tickler,V3, ss
7. V2

Main Area

This area is the most developted on the hill. Still more to do.

1. The Joker, V6, ss
2. Vendetta, V7, ss
3. Tally-Ho, V2, ss
4. Without Words, V3
5. V0
6. V0
7. V3, ss-up through to under cling.
8. Ruffian, V3, ss-diagonally left up seam.
9. Spruce Moose, the overhanging arete.
    ss V9, stand start V5.
10. Lanky Yanky, V8. up and left crimping
      under roof then up and over.
11. Throw Back, V4, long throw to crimp.
12. V3. slab
13. V1
14. Szady Slap, V4, traverse
15. Back in Black, V4. ss-traverse then up slab 
      on crimps.
16. Slow and Low, V3. ss-full traverse L to R
17. V2, ss-arete
18. Little Arete,V3, ss-up left or right.
19. Drug Money for the Bunny, V3
20. Organs in Orbit, V6. traverse L to R then up
21. Check Your Head, V5. easy high-ball
22. Swinging Doors, V6. dyno out left & up
23. V3, ss
24. V0

Glitz Rock front view.
This is the best single boulder 
in the area.


1. Without Words, V3
2. Tally-Ho, V2. ss
3. Vendetta, V7. ss
4. Contempt, V6. ss
5. Variant finish, V5. ss
6. Cerebro, V11. ss
7. Dripping on Trips, V5
8. The Joker, V6. ss
9. Lipstick Lesbian, V10. ss

The Upper Ridge

Walk up from the main area onto the ridge passing some tall blank boulders on the left. Plenty more to do here.

1. V1, ss
2. V0
3. Nice guys finish last,V1, slab
4. O'Ren Ishi, V7, ss-traverse left then up
5. Cotten Mouth, V4, ss-over onto slab
6. Rumspringa,V6, ss-up arete
7. V6, crimp and dyno
8. V2, ss
9. V2, ss
10. V1, ss-mantle
11. V2, ss
12. Blood Makes Noise, V7, 
     start with hand jam between blocks
     then into crack, pull lip and up right.
13. Scream, V8.
     start with hand jam between blocks
     then into crack, straight up and dyno!!.
14. Fraud Landis. V7, ss then traverse left on
      slopers from Rumspringa.

Sundries

This small area is up a ways from the main area, walk up past the heart block diagonaly up across the side of the hill through the ferns.

1. V2, ss
2. V2
3. V3, ss
4. V2, ss
5. V
6. V0, ss
7. Its daddy you shit head, V5, ss
8. Dance for daddy, V3, mantle up

The Ice Blocks

This area is the highest on the hill and has some of the best quality granite to be found in the area. Can be a little hard to find the bouldering as there are lots of boulders around this under developted area.

1. V0, ss
2. Born-again Hooligan, V4, 
    ss-up to big slope and then edge
3. V5, ss-up left
4. Skullduggery, V4,
    ss-left then back right to jug, big throw to top
5. Aspen Armor, V7, ss
6. Skills to Pay the Bills,V10, ss-traverse slops
7. Stone Cutter, V3. start at the bottom
     right and move left to arete and up.
8. Price Check, V5, ss-arete