Christys Creek (Middle)
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| | Difficulty:4A (v4a1) Raps:10, max ↨131ft
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| Best season: | Oct-Apr (avg for this region)
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Introduction[edit]
This canyon is described in limited detail in Canyons Near Sydney by Rick Jamieson. Help the Australian canyoning community by contributing track notes to ropewiki.com
Approach[edit]
Walk-in on the Dione Dell exit track, avoid Margaret Falls and descend loose scree slopes on the down-canyon side.
Descent[edit]
Rough notes:
- 1) 5m abseil, tree left, swim.
- 2) Cronus Fallls, 40m, tree left, swim.
- Walk a bit.
- 3) 10m, tree left, dry. Or, abseil right and swim.
- 4) 5m, tree left, dry.
- Walk 1km. Slow going.
- 5) Oceanus or Reah Falls, 10m, but tree anchor on right 10m back, dry.
- 6) Barralier Falls, 35-40m, tree right, swim.
- Walk 1.5km. Far quicker walking.
- 7) Barnard Grotto, short abseil, tree left, dry.
- 8) Water jump.
- 9) Hidden Beauty Falls, 10m, tree left, swim.
- 10) Oblique Falls, 4m, jump, climb or abseil, swim.
Exit[edit]
Walk out via the Colboyd range.
Red tape[edit]
Beta sites[edit]
Extract from Canyons Near Sydney guide book by Rick Jamieson:
Grade: 5 (difficult). Time: 2 days. Two 50 m ropes needed. About 9 abseils - lots of them ending in pools - a summer trip. Scramble down the steep gully on the left of Margaret Falls. This is the hardest part of the trip - go left near the bottom and down another gully. Alternatively, go right at Margaret Falls and do three double-rope abseils to get down this big drop. Exit back up Spinebender Ridge, or Mt. Great Groaner.
Trip reports and media[edit]
YouTube.com : Richard Pattison, Christys Creek movie