River Crags > climbing

These are a few of the more visited river crags that are in the ACT, and are the most accessible. All offer pleasant and interesting climbing on good rock and none of them are granite slabs.

Kambah Rocks >

Great on a summers day, crag gets good shade and is right next to the river. The routes are about 13m at there highest and top ropeing is very popular here. Bring some bolt brackets for some of the belays. To get there drive out to Kambah Pool (a swimming area on the river) and walk up stream for 20 minutes on a well defined track towards Pine Island. The crag is down towards the right and faces upstream about 1km before Red Rocks Gorge. There are some shorter ways to get there, just look at a road map and go cross-country.

1. Close Suspects, 22
2. Downward Bound, 20
3. Romance in the Cow Paddocks, 20
4. Right hand Variant, 24
5. Prosthetics, 18
6. Blurred Vision, 20
7. The Hanging Garden, 15

8. Robot Monster, 20
9. Dead Fish Crack, 20
10. Standing Room Only, 21
11. Scrofula, 22
12. Closed Circuit, 20
13. Charlotte Sometimes, 19
14. Robbins Memorial Route, 19

15.Extremely Anal, 22
16. Uncut Pork, 24
17. Missionary Positions, 23
18. The Bummer, 14
19. Vandalism Behavior, 17
20. Silent Running, 18
21 Heat and Dust, 18

Red Rocks >

This crag is 10 minutes up stream from Kambah Rocks and is a very impressive red wall. Access can be made from Kambah Rocks by following the track up stream, or you can park near Tuggeranong Dam (shopping center end of dam bridge).Walk down the dirt road that follows above Tuggeranong Creek, cross over the creek on a foot bridge too your right, turn left and follow the walking track through some paddocks(short cuts can be made) till you see the red wall across the other side or the river. If its been raining or the river is up it could be hard to get across without swimming. The climbing here is excellent though routes can be a little dirty due to its infrequent visitors. There are still new routes to do at Red Rocks and there is some really pleasant bouldering. The wall gets the morning sun and afternoon shade. The swiming is good.

NB. Climbing is banned at Red Rocks between August and January due to the nesting of Peregrine Falcons.

1. Unknown, 17/18
2. In The End Zone, 24
	T.Barten, A.Bull '91'
3. Bosch Imperialist, 20
    M.Peck,K.Luck, J.Stone '91'
4. Tahini, 20
    M.Peck, J.Stone, K.Luck '91'
5. The Long Goodbye, 21
    M.Peck, B.Bunt '92'

6. Red Sorghum, 17
	 M.Peck, B.Bunt, '92'
7. Instant Inches, 20
    A.Bull, T.Barten '91'
8. Carp Attack, 22
    M.Peck, C.Patrick '92'
9. Mills and Boon, 23
	P.Mills, J.Fantini '92'

10. Beautiful and Bald Like Barten, 23
	  T.Barten, A.Bull '91'
11. Project
	  C.Warner
12. Wide World Of Sports, 23
	  M.Peck, S.Carter '91"
13. chossy corner crack, 14