Rock Climbing & Bouldering at Castle Hill, NZ
Castle Hill Rocks (Kura Tawhiti), Flock Hill & Cave Stream New Zealand
"lovely place to stay with some fantastic home cooking"
Stu, Hongkong Rock Climbing Club
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Bouldering & rock climbing accommodation
Avoca House New Zealand B&B is ideally situated for your rock-climbing and bouldering accommodation when climbing at Castle Hill Kura Tawhiti (Quantum Field, Spittle Hill & Dark Castle), Flock Hill or Cave Stream Reserve. Some say it is the best bouldering on the planet!
Castle Hill limestone boulder fields
The Castle Hill and Cave Stream Rocks are fields of limestone boulders in all shapes and sizes with loads of slopers and minimal friction. With the quality and volume of rock available, its amazing alpine views and year round climbing, it's easy to see why so many people travel so far to climb here.
Kura Tawhiti Reserve (Castle Hill Rocks) has a number of boulder fields. In Spittle Hill, Quantum Field and Dark Castle there are over 4000 problems alone. Flock Hill and Dry Valley are two larger adjacent areas (permission for access is required). Public access to Gorge Hill and Prebble Hill is in the pipeline.
Check out this article from the Canberra Climbers Association newsletter, March 2005, p14, "Bouldering at the Energy Centre of the Universe".
Crash pad available
Make use of the Avoca House crash pad. It is free for B&B guests. If not in use by guests it can be hired for a daily charge.
Castle Hill Bouldering Guide Books
Guide books for the Castle Hill Rock climbing and bouldering areas are available from climbing shops in Christchurch and from the NZAlpine Club.
"The definitive guide to Spittle Hill" (at Castle Hill)
by Alan Davison & Mat Pierson
"Rock Deluxe
- a guide to the best crags and boulders in the South Island"
a New Zealand Alpine Club publication, available from
www.alpineclub.org.nz
Rock Climbing
For more climbing information and a mountain forcast for the Arthur's Pass region check out
softrock. Two other sites to look at would be
Climb NZ,
and Mojozone, great websites for rock climbing and bouldering in New Zealand.
Watching the weather?
For the Canterbury High Country forecast check out
The New Zealand Met Service.
Or look at a webcam view of weather at Castle Hill.
thank you Stu of the Hong Kong Climbing Club for the great photos!
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