The Promised Land
50-60 min
Introduction
This is a large area of featured dolerite. It has potential to hold some of the best and hardest lines on the mountain. Only a small number of the potential lines have been developed so far.
History
This area was discovered in late 2022
Access
To find The Promised Land follow the south wellington track for about half an hour until you reach the signpost for the rocking stone (The sign is missing). Follow the cairned route towards the rocking stone for about 100m then head right towards the edge of the plateau. Scramble down the the boulder field staying left of the vegetated gull and right of any other vegetation patches. Keep going until the size of the boulders increases again, this is the Main Ridge area. The good sized boulders continue down to the tree line.
Main Ridge
This is the ridge you walk down to access the area.
Start on sharp crimp then head left
Lewis Traill, 2025
Start on sharp crimp, head straight up centre of the slab.
Lewis Traill, 2025
Start left hand on crimp right on low side pull. Steep but juggy.
Tarn Hingston, 2025
Start on jug, mantle the point of the boulder.
Tarn Hingston, 2025
Ewan Barry, 2023
The slab just past This April Morning. Please look after the scoparia!
Lewis Trail, 2023
Sit start compressing face, a big move up then mantle.
Joe Schwarz, 2024
Start under boulder. left hand on on crimp right on lowest rail. Make powerful move up right and continue to top.
Joe Schwarz, 2024
Roof crack under the same boulder as Subterranean Homesick Alien. Start on low chockstone and exit through squeeze.
Tim McEldowney
Sit start on diagonal rail then head up and left via interesting holds.
Tarn Hingston, 2024
The first boulder you reach when heading down the ridge is First Stop Boulder. Climbs are located on the steep, downhill side of the boulder. Potential for about 5 lines.
Start sitting on block compressing left hand low on rail right hand on low sloper/crimp. Compress your way out to jug on face. Topout needs more cleaning.
Raul Schwarz, 2022
The next two problems are directly below First Stop
Start on left and head up through edges and finger locks.
Dane Schellen-Berg, 2022
Start as for Mullets In Paradise, traverse right then top out.
Dane Schellen-Berg, 2022
A bit further down and left from First Stop is Spannend
Start on obvious pinch and low horizontal crack. Head up and right.
Raul Schwarz, 2022
Middle of block to the right
Joe Schwarz, 2022
Start right, mantle onto ledge and up.
Will Grant, 2022
A bit further down hill is a hard project
There is a nice featured prow on the right at the same level as the Mist Project.
Start on far left of boulder and traverse right on slopers to finish up Rauls Bad Dreams
Riley Thurstans, 2023
Start on good holds head up and left via burly compression moves. Chockstone is out.
Ollie Miller, 2022
Start the same as Rauls Bad Dreams then head straight up using right arete
Sit Start on good hold on the lip of the hanging face behind Rauls Bad Dreams.
Joe Schwarz, 2023
Continue south on the same level to reach some boulders at base of a highball face.
Layback up seam to finish on ledge
Joe Schwarz, 2022
Up Little pinnacle
Dylan Tubaro, 2022
Just past the previous problems head up the hill to find a cave
Sit start at back of cave, big moves lead to a tricky move to gain the lip and mantle, top out up groove.
Raul Schwarz, 2022
Further south and slightly down hill is an obvious slab
Stand start with good holds on left of face, lovely climbing up slab.
Joe Schwarz, 2022
Sit start in middle of the face, head straight up via tricky moves
Lewis Trail, 2022
Start as for Banana Smoothie but head left across slopers into Strawberry Fields
Joe Schwarz, 2022
Aaron Galligan, 2022
Up hill from the slab back towards the cliff line is a small face
Sit start on middle of face
Joe Schwarz, 2022
Contrived. Same start but head right and dyno to top.
Lewis Trail, 2022
Keep following the cliffline up hill until you reach a featured face
Up face via thin sidepull crimp
Aaron Galligan, 2022
A bit further, past a high face.
Sit start on good sidepull. Follow holds trending left to top out.
Tarn Hingston, 2024
Same as Penguin Crime Ring but mantle straight up.
Tim McEldowney, 2024
If you continue down hill from the Mist project you arrive at at shattered plains
Hang start on lowest jugs, some tricky moves up the face above.
Lewis Trail, 2022
Compression line up block left of Shattered Plains
Dane Schellen-Berg, 2022
On the small ridge south of Shattered Plains (directly below Rauls Bad Dreams) is a nice face.
Climbs the arete and face. Sit start with a crimp in the roof and left hand on positive rail.
South Ridge
This is the next ridge south, across the vegetated gully. There is potential for some good lines near the bottom of the ridge.
This climb is located across the gully from Waterguns.
Easy slab.
Ewan Barry, 2023
Start on the rail.
Oliver Thomas, 2025
Start on furthest right crimp and edge in face.
Raul Schwarz, 2025
Start on good sidepuls. Technical compression using the arete near the top.
Joe Schwarz, 2025