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Canterbury Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Canterbury

Castle Hill 0 / 2 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15
Flock Hill 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
Mount Somers 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5
Mt. Cook 5 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 9
Port Hills 8 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 42
Elevation: 413 ft
GPS: -43.806, 171.902 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By: DCrane on Dec 13, 2017
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Description

Canterbury is a large area encompassing Christchurch, Banks Peninsula, Castle Hill, Mt Somers, and more.

Getting There

Christchurch is the main city, see sub areas for getting to specific areas

72 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Canterbury

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.
V1 5
 8
● Fickle Finger of Fate
Boulder
Castle Hill > Spittle Hill
V3 6A
 7
● lung arete
Boulder
Castle Hill > Quantum Field
V4 6B
 12
● Beautiful Edges
Boulder
Castle Hill > Spittle Hill
V4 6B
 6
● Think Tank
Boulder
Castle Hill > Quantum Field
V4 6B
 5
● Cauldron
Boulder
Castle Hill > Quantum Field
V6+ 7A
 7
● The Unrepeatable
Boulder
Castle Hill > Quantum Field
V7 7A+
 8
● Tuppimaster
Boulder
Castle Hill > Spittle Hill
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
 3
● Red Arete
Sport, Alpine 3 pitches
Mt. Cook > Sebastapol Bluffs
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Fickle Finger of Fate Castle Hill > Spittle Hill
 8
V1 5 Boulder
● lung arete Castle Hill > Quantum Field
 7
V3 6A Boulder
● Beautiful Edges Castle Hill > Spittle Hill
 12
V4 6B Boulder
● Think Tank Castle Hill > Quantum Field
 6
V4 6B Boulder
● Cauldron Castle Hill > Quantum Field
 5
V4 6B Boulder
● The Unrepeatable Castle Hill > Quantum Field
 7
V6+ 7A Boulder
● Tuppimaster Castle Hill > Spittle Hill
 8
V7 7A+ Boulder
● Red Arete Mt. Cook > Sebastapol Bluffs
 3
5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Sport, Alpine 3 pitches
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Somewhere high on Spittle hill is this nice V5 slope!
Somewhere high on Spittle hill is this nice V5…
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