On the Sunday and Monday of the Bluies trip we headed to Dam Cliffs for some beginner climbing action. I’d never been there, and was pretty gob smacked by how awesome it is. It’s not far from Mt Wilson, the walk in is only 10 or so minutes, there’s heaps of climbs packed in a small spot – many top ropable, and there’s a little creek running through the middle for scenery!

We didn’t have a guide book, so it was a little hit and miss. We climbed a few things, most of them reasonably easy, nothing much above 18 I think. On the Monday we had a few more experienced guys, and they setup a few harder climbs on the other side of the valley. We had a hard time with bolt plates, some of the bolts only fit the funny angle plates which we didn’t have many of.

There’s a really cool route that goes along and up the boulder above the river (see the 3rd pic), which would be a great lead to do one day. Pity it’s such a long drive up there!