Corra Linn
5-30 mins
All day sun
Vertical dolerite buttresses, up to 25m high. Mostly trad but with some sport and mixed routes.
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Corra Linn Gorge
To get to the Corra Linn bridge, a great little swimming spot, head for Ben Lomond. Soon after leaving the city bounds, the North Esk river will be crossed at a bridge, a mere ten minutes drive from the city.
The climbs either side of the gorge, downstream and underneath the Corra Linn bridge. Access to downstream climbs is either via, swim, small boat or a walk over the bridge and downstream across the paddock to the end of the cliff then back along the base of the cliff.
An extensive guide to these routes can be found in the North Esk rock climbing guide book.
Circuit Board
Topo: theCrag contributors, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, theCrag
Around the second bend in the river, 150m downstream from the bridge is a short featured face on the eastern shore. Climb the central line using face and crack holds with good protection in the crack. A beautiful climb.
Steve Postle and Patrick Munnings 21/2/21
On the far left is an easy groove, a peg with a biner can be found in the crack near the top
From: theCrag
Short crack route with 1 retro-bolt. DBB lower off
Bob McMahon, 2000 · From: theCrag
The shallow line, left of the obvious right hand corner.
Bob McMahon, 2000 · From: theCrag
A bit of totem pole action required. Starts with right hand on the first good side pull in the crack.
Patrick Munnings & Jacob Dean, 2025 · From: theCrag
Main Face
Abseil from the top of the cliff and set up a hanging belay. Climbs the crack on the right-hand side of the main face and finishes easily up the hand/fist crack. The first ascensionists stood on their belay partner to establish themselves on the first hold.
Gerry Narkowicz and Norm Selby - January 2000
One of the more exciting climbs in Launceston. 150m downstream from the bridge and opposite the diving board block, the main face becomes cleaner and more solid. The climb takes the central line just right of the ledge at water level and continues up via the finger, then hand crack to the right of the rooflet. The climbing is committing however the crux is in the first 5m and the climbing becomes easier as the fall into the water becomes more intimidating. Named after the K-Mart raft used to transport the first ascentionist across the river.
Patrick Munnings 21/2/21
Below the Bridge
Climb the corner and surmount the roof directly. Nice face climbing leads to the top.
McMahon, Narkowicz, Oct 1984.
Start off the platform directly below the bridge and climb the very thin crack up the guts of the crag. Absolute class. Can be a bit wet at high river levels (ie. underwater).
Narkowicz, McMahon, Oct 1984.
Downstream from Thin Lizzy, up to flake, over the small roof on the big spike and up.
McMahon, Power, Foken, 1984.
Bridge up the thin corner R of Balbec then up either finger crack above.
McMahon, Ling, Prall, 1984.
The central crack line of the three starting from a left trending diagonal or laybacking the crack
Patrick Munnings, Irene & Mikey, 2024 · From: theCrag
The right finger crack to a half way ledge.
Patrick Munnings, Irene & Mikey, 2024 · From: theCrag
Lead Shed
Access: Private Land - Although Not Fenced this crag is on the same land title as The Crystal Palace and Riverbend.
50m upstream from the bridge. Step over the steel barrier.
Up to ledge then Jam up the corner.
McMahon, 1984.
Start just L of the orange wall, at a bottomless blank groove just right of the arête . Layaways lead to some underclings on the arête . Continue up, using further layaways off the arête to reach the jugs and the top.
G.Narkowicz, Oct 1984.
The arête with 3 bolts. Features on the cover of McMahons North Esk guide.
Selby, 1999.
Corner to the right of POT past small tree near top.
Tierney, 1984.
Start about 5m R of The Boys are Back In Town at the orange wall. Climb straight up the wall.
Narkowicz, Oct 1984.
The nice finger crack/corner to the R of Whiteline Warriors.
R.McMahon, Oct 1984.
The corner and off-width just R of GR.
McMahon, Holmes, 1999.
Up blocky crack to ledge then face above past 2 BR.
McMahon, Selby, 1999.
Short face to ledge and crack above.
Prall, 1984.
The Crystal Palace
Access - This Crag is on private land. The land owner has given permission to access the crag for climbing. Lets keep it this way. See the note at the start of the North Esk guide for details
The Crystal Palace is a few hundred meters upstream of the Lead Shed. It is best approached by walking from the parking space for Riverbend (see Riverbend below) through the gate (GPS NES000) and turning immediately L back parallel to the road, heading towards the bridge. At the end of the roadside guardrail, head towards the river and you should find yourself above the climbs, about 100m in total distance (GPS NES010).
The gully left of Crystal Laces. Climb up the left wall in the chimney then up through the roof to a ramp then up the headwall to the top. Trad gear to about half height. Two FH and DBB.
Kearnes, Webb 08/01/2019
Go up the gully left of Crystal Laces. Climb up the blocky face to an overhang, clip the bolts and pull through the roof (crux) onto a slabby finish. Natural gear, 4 FH and DBB.
Fox, Kearnes, Webb. 02/02/2019
On the downstream end of the buttress is a crack that ascends a blocky face to a ledge. Begins as a finger crack, then hand crack. Mantle onto ledge and follow the twin cracks to the top.
McMahon, Narkowicz, Smith, 1982.
Even better than the song. Up Crystal Laces to the main ledge, step R to arête and then up.
Bissett, Vincent, 1998.
Climbs the blocky wall between Crystal laces and Stanley pub, with bouldery start, then joinging JCP for the last few metres.
H Jackson and S Joseph 2013/14
Climbs up Stanley Pub and hand traverses L to join JSP finish.
Baxter, 2007
Pleasant corner R of JSP. Steep, but easy.
Ling, Smith, McMahon, Narkowicz, 1982.
Hand jam the corner, with thinner sections higher. Good face holds on blocky sections.
Narkowicz, McMahon, Smith, 1982.
Corner to roof and bolt. Past this and up corner to the top. Retrobolted, 1997.
Narkowicz, Smith, McMahon, 1982.
Line around the corner from SP. Up to a tree, finish up off-width.
McMahon, Narkowicz, Smith, 1982.
Face and crack climbing up the side of the pillar. Up the flake to a ledge, then up chimney to top.
Narkowicz, Smith, McMahon, 1982.
Start on the R where the ledge ends. Follow the line up the face , then onto arête to finish.
Narkowicz, Smith, Ling, McMahon, 1982.
From top of cliff drop down short gully on western side, climb the R trending diagonal crack on the wall facing downstream.
Dennis Kearnes 1995.