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Good crags for kids to climb

phil_nev
13-Feb-2015
1:19:40 PM
Hi All,

Taking my young cousins away for a weekend in the Gramps in April.
With Summerday Valley closed, does anyone have any suggestions of good crags with easy routes, access etc that might be good for setting up some top ropes?

Cheers,
Phil

shortman
13-Feb-2015
1:30:17 PM
Just go to Arapiles??
prb
13-Feb-2015
1:41:27 PM
The Watchtower is 2 minutes from the road and the car park is 1 minute from Halls Gap. Toprope accessible and handful of reasonable climbs in the mid-teens.
kieranl
13-Feb-2015
2:17:32 PM
Maybe Lookout Point Wall, just down from the Sundial Parking area.

Pat
13-Feb-2015
6:31:48 PM
How young phil? good little top roping area at Mountain lion for younger ones. Long drive down there, but short walk in.

JamesMc
13-Feb-2015
8:07:46 PM
+1 for Mountain Lion. The descent is a pain so they will be best off abseiling. That should make them happy.

JimmyS
13-Feb-2015
9:55:58 PM
+1 for mountain lion, also some good bouldering up to v10 there If you've set up the yo yos

phil_nev
14-Feb-2015
4:20:42 PM
Thanks guys. Kids are 5-10 years old. Don't remember there being much at the watchtower in the 10-15 grade range.

Araps could be a better idea but is still a reasonable drive from halls gap Mountain lion could be pain as I'm not convinced of my cousins people mover getting along those roads.

phil_nev
14-Feb-2015
4:21:20 PM
On 13/02/2015 kieranl wrote:
>Maybe Lookout Point Wall, just down from the Sundial Parking area.


Is there a guide for this area Kieran?
kieranl
14-Feb-2015
5:00:43 PM
There's stuff on TheCrag. There's also a draft guide to the Wonderland area floating aout which might be slightly more useful. I can email you a copy if you want.

Pat
17-Feb-2015
7:02:53 AM
On 14/02/2015 phil_nev wrote:
>Thanks guys. Kids are 5-10 years old. Don't remember there being much at
>the watchtower in the 10-15 grade range.
>
>Araps could be a better idea but is still a reasonable drive from halls
>gap Mountain lion could be pain as I'm not convinced of my cousins people
>mover getting along those roads.

People mover from Halls Gap should be no problem. I remember it being basically good dirt once off the asphalt, with a short walk in.
gfdonc
17-Feb-2015
9:21:58 AM
I have a ton of up-to-date info on the Halls Gap area. There are more choices than you could imagine.

Paddy Castle would be my recommendation. 20-25min drive from HG but a very short walk in. Single pitch routes from grade 7 and up.
I can send you a draft.
Closer to HG: I hear Budja Budja is good but I haven't found it yet (!).

Crock Wall is also good but a half-hour walk up Mackeys Peak to get there. There's now a new rap station there to make access easier.
I've also taken my 6yo into Point Sunshine, small bush bash but that seemed to add to the experience for her.

Agree, there's not much good stuff at the Watchtower at lower grades.

Pat
17-Feb-2015
12:38:59 PM
Where's Budja Budja?
gfdonc
17-Feb-2015
1:38:01 PM
Somewhere behind Mt Ida, across the creek from Halls Gap, east side of the valley.

(I have directions to it, but have yet to match up the directions with the crag after 2 reconnaissances. I'm fairly sure I know where it is now.)
armstp
17-Feb-2015
3:18:53 PM
Budja Budja is VERY easy to find. Just follow the directions on the Crag site. It is only 200m from the track and someone has recently cairned the track in. It doesn't really have any climbing below grade 16 however.

simonu
22-Feb-2015
8:39:54 PM
Thinking of heading down to Mountain Lion with my kids in the next few months. Are there any good bush camping sites down that way?

Cheers

Simon

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