Church Rock
| Grid Ref: NZ026996 Aspect: N Routes: 10 Max Length: 8 Average Length: 6 | |
| Altitude: 320 mtrs Walk in: 5 mins Bike in: 1 mins Bike out: 1 mins |
A variety of approaches are possible. The crag can be reached from a descent from Simonside, but the obvious approach is from the forestry picnic site. Follow the red and yellow waymarked track west and the crag is rather conveniently signed.
General[edit]
Two small sandstone buttresses in the wooded area below and to the north of Simonside. They can easily be combined with a visit to Simonside North Face, but by comparison the buttresses are poor fare. They are, in fact, hopeless.
Rock[edit]
Fell Sandstone Carboniferous, Dinantian
Overgrown
Routes/Bouldering:
Routes[edit]
All dismally poor, but P.C. Plod is recognisable as a route.
No recorded problems.
History[edit]
Details of the early first ascents are unknown, however, P.C. Plod and Is That It were climbed by Karl & Graham Telfer in 1988 in readiness for the 1989 edition of the guidebook.