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August 25, 2014 Posted by Ramon Fadli in Australia, Climbing, IUCN Protected Category 2, Mediterranean, National Parks, Sclerophyll & Mediterranean Forests, Western Australia

Topo: Mountain Quarry

Mountain Quarry
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Mountain Quarry is located in Greenmount National Park and is one of the most well-developed outdoor sports climbing crags within Perth's vicinity. There are numerous bolted routes spread out over several walls. There are also a few trad routes located here. There is a combination-locked gate that leads from the carpark into the quarry. The code for the combination lock can be obtained from the Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) by calling 08 9290 6100. If you either can't call or can't get through to DPaW, the quarry is still accessible by foot and is just a short walk from the car park.

Getting There

The quarry is located on the north side of Coulston Road, which (when coming from Midland) you turn into from Scott Street just before the Goat Farm MTB Park. Shortly after passing the turning into Hudman Road, you should see the entrance to the car park on your left.


Directions to Mountain Quarry

The bolted sport routes in Mountain Quarry (as well as in most sport climbing crags in Australia) use what is known as 'Carrot Bolts'. These bolts are basically your standard 10mm machine bolts with a slight taper at the end. In order to use them however, you need to bring your own bolt plates. The bolt plates are slipped over the bolt head and then swiveled so that the bolt is secured in the 'slot' of the bolt plate. Once your quickdraw is clipped into the hole that the bolt head was initially slipped through, the bolt plate is 'secured' and is unlikely to come off the carrot bolt unless you are using 'thin quickdraws'. The bolt plates are normally carried in the chalk bag for convenience. Bear in mind that you may need to bring a few extra bolt plates up as they are easily dropped, and don't lean out when using carrot bolts as they are known to not have good outward strength.

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Woomera Wall
Playboy Area
The Black Bay
Mullup Buttress
Fuzzbucky Wall
Main Wall
Skywalker Wall
Hang Ten Buttress

Woomera Wall

#RouteTypeLengthDifficulty
01 City Limits* Sport 15 m 26
02 Project Sport 15 m Project
03 Space Monkey Sport 15 m 28
04 Project Sport 15 m Project
05 Choad Warrior** Sport 15 m 27
06 Going for Broker Sport 15 m 19

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Playboy Area

#RouteTypeLengthDifficulty
01 Playmate** Sport 16 m 22
02 Playmate Direct** Sport 16 m 21
03 Playboy* Trad 28 m 17
04 Playboy Variant Trad 28 m 19
05 Hustler Sport 22 m 21
06 Penthouse Sport 28 m 18
07 Aerobics with Alan** Sport 20 m 15
08 Plantaganet Sport 25 m 14
09 Placeholder Sport 25 m 13
10 Black Slab Sport 25 m 12
11 Player Sport 20 m 10
12 Red Back* Sport 25 m 14
13 Caught in the Act Sport 15 m 14
14 Paternity Test* Sport 14 m 13
15 First Date Sport 14 m 10
16 Bumble Aye* Sport 12 m 16
17 Bumble Bee* Sport 12 m 17
18 Bumble Sea Sport 11 m 11

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The Black Bay

#RouteTypeLengthDifficulty
01 Turbodiesel Excavator Sport 16 m 19
02 Crazy Horse* Sport 16 m 22
03 Vombatia* Sport 15 m 24
04 Month of Sundays** Unknown 25 m 25
05 Shake, Rattle & Roll Sport 20 m 23
06 Split Personality Unknown 20 m 21
07 Split Personality Direct Mixed 20 m 17
08 Vital Link Trad 25 m 21
09 The Ride of the Valkyries Sport 25 m 18
10 Roar Pleasure Unknown 25 m 16

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Mull Up Buttress

#RouteTypeLengthDifficulty
01 Green Beret / Razzle Dazzle Aid M2
02 Frustration and Contempt Sport 25 m 16
03 Mull Up Sport 23 m 21
04 The Perfidious Potoroo Sport 15 m 20
05 Land of The Orange Druggie Sport 30 m 22
06 Mortal Wombat Sport 20 m 20
07 Sylvia* Sport 25 m 21
08 Bond Corp Unknown 10 m 17

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Fuzzbucky Wall

#RouteTypeLengthDifficulty
01 Equilibrium Sport 20 m 18
02 The 2007 Love Handles Tour Sport 55 m 19
03 Double Happiness Sport 35 m 20
04 Thin Black Line Unknown 30 m 16
05 Triumph of the Carrot Sport 25 m 23
06 Carrots For Rabbits Sport 25 m 23
07 Inside Out Sport 25 m 19
08 Carroterrorism Sport 30 m 23
09 Luck of the Draw Sport 25 m 22
10 The Wiz** Sport 25 m 25
11 Fuzz Bucky*** Sport 25 m 26

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Main Wall

#RouteTypeLengthDifficulty
01 Shield of Achilles Sport 55 m 23
02 Barren Awakening* Aid 35 m 25
03 Learning to Fly Aid 35 m 23 M0
04 Rage Sport 23 m 23
05 Outrage Unknown 23 m 22
06 Gunga Kim Trad 55 m 20
07 Finger Lickin' Awful Trad 55 m 16
08 Sex, Cigarettes and Chardonnay Sport 50 m 19
09 Psychopath Unknown 30 m 20
10 On Edge Unknown 40 m 20
11 Ace Sport 50 m 18
12 Fear in the Face of a Carrot Mixed 30 m 20
13 Frog Groove Trad 45 m 15
14 Thick Red Line Sport 45 m 13-15
15 Double Nuts Unknown 45 m 15
16 Opiate of the Masses Sport 35 m 17

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Skywalker Wall

#RouteTypeLengthDifficulty
01 The Force Sport 30 m 22
02 The Thin Red Line Sport 35 m 22
03 Vader* Trad 31 m 22
04 Fringe Benefits* Sport 30 m 23
05 No Wasted Space Sport 30 m 25
06 Skywalker*** Unknown 40 m 23
07 Premature Evacuation* Sport 30 m 25
08 Star Wars*** Sport 25 m 24
09 Urban Ethics*** Sport 25 m 22
10 Power Play*** Trad 25 m 20
11 Running With the Bulls*** Sport 30 m 24
12 The Alchemist*** Sport 25 m 25
13 Chrysalis Trad 22 m 21
14 Conflation* Sport 12 m 21

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Hang Ten Buttress

#RouteTypeLengthDifficulty
01 Production Line Unknown 15 m 29
02 Antitrust Trad 25 m 29X
03 Above the Trust Trad 20 m 29
04 Cardio Funk** Unknown 18 m 29
05 Sweet Pea** Sport 22 m 28
06 State of Discontent* Sport 19 m 28
07 Black Ambience*** Sport 20 m 29
08 Animalistic Rage Unknown 18 m 29
09 Cranian Void* Sport 16 m 27
10 Hang Ten** Sport 12 m 24

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