Aclai del Lei
5-20 mins
Afternoon sun
Vertical dolerite buttresses, up to 25m high
Crag Steward
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Aclai Del Lei
The climbing here is great. On a sunny winters day it's possible to climb in just a shirt.
This cliff is reached from Columbus Drive: head towards the Launceston casino, take a right turn into Blackstone Rd, follow this for a few km's, turn right into Panorama Rd and follow this to a T intersection, turn right onto Bayview Drive. Hint: if you follow Bayview Dr to its end and look to the right you will see Aclai Del Lei - this will help subsequent navigation but don't start the walk from Bayview; instead go up Columbus Dr. Three houses from the end (on the NE side of the street) is what looks like a vacant block. This is actually crown land and connects with a larger area of crown land between the houses and the Hydro Tasmania land that the cliff lies on. The route to the cliff is about 300m and was taped a few years ago (not sure if they are still there though). There is a rap station set back on a boulder above Northern Man. NB: In the past access was made via the track going NW from the very end of Columbus Drive - do not go that way as this is private property and the land-owner has asked that people don't trespass.
To find your way around first find Wasp Factory (the wall with 3 eye bolts and a DBB) and work from there.
Topo: theCrag contributors, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, theCrag
Bridging steeply up face on left of crag.
Narkowicz 1982.
Blocky start up to FH and corner above then trend right. A bit loose in places.
Neale Smith 1983.
Right arete of main face with one bolt.
Parsons 1982.
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Twin finger cracks left of Wasp Factory. One FH near the finish; DDB at top.
Narkowicz 1982.
Tho' I reckon it's a grade harder especially for the onsight or the less than six foot climber. The face, sporting 3 bolts and a DBB. Good, committing climbing.
Tierney, Fox, Bissett 1997.
There is a set of rap chains on the wall at the top of White Fang.
The arête with 3 bolts across the gully and right of WF. A mid-size cam is handy (but not essential) once you gain the flake. Dangerous fall potenial between first and second BR.
Bissett, Fox, Tierney 1997.
Topo: theCrag contributors, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, theCrag
Same start as MW but head right past 2 carrots to the right leading crack (good small cams). As with the route to its left, there is dangerous fall potenial between first and second BR.
Ng.
This is the fun crack right of ITOM. Up the crack to the overlap then a tricky move left to gain the final crack. Both the climbing and the protection are good.
Narkowicz 1982.