Wounded Knee Canyon

Wounded Knee Canyon Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

Also known as: Bob Buck's Pass No. 5 to the Colo.

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‌	Difficulty:‌4A IV (v4a1 IV) Raps:‌7-10, max ↨131ft Metric Overall: 9-10h No Red Tape:‌No permit required Shuttle:‌None Vehicle:4WD Rock type:Sandstone
Location:	-33.2043, 150.5376
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Best season:	Oct-Apr (avg for this region) winter spring summer fall Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Regions:	Pacific Australia New South Wales  Wollemi

https://ozultimate.com/tom/bushwalking/2009/20090418_colo_river/photos.htm,https://www.adventureswithm.com/2016/10/31/another-canyon-on-the-wish-list-bites-the-dust/

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Introduction

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 It is dry canyon and nice winter trip.

Approach

Drive as far along Culol range road as possible.

Initial track turns off to the right (NW) when road heads SW. Follow this track to towards Crawfords Lookout for about 700m. Shortly after the summit, take a track to the left. Take this south west along the ridge and follow the first or second ramp NW then N into the creek.

Alternatively, stay on the crawfords lookout track longer and drop into the catchment from the north. Some have done an extra 2 abseils trough cliff line up to 20m each in order to walk in almost straight line from track to start of the canyon

Descent

• R1: 15m sling RL
• R2: 25m bolts RR
• R3: 30m sling RC
• R4: 10m sling RR
• R5: 25m sling RL
• R6: 30m sling RR
• R7a: 40m bolts RL
• R7b: 20m bolts RL

abseil lengths are estimated from rope lengths and/or eyeballing shorter drops

Exit

One exit is to follow Colo and then Wollemi creeks upstream to bend on -33.195°, 150.524° and then climb the spur up to Crawford lookout and then back to car. Another exit is following Colo river downstream for about 1.5km to Pass 6 and using this pass to get back on fire trail.

Trip reports and media

https://ozultimate.com/tom/bushwalking/2009/20090418_colo_river/photos.htm

https://www.adventureswithm.com/2016/10/31/another-canyon-on-the-wish-list-bites-the-dust/

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Wounded Knee Canyon

Information provided by automated processes. KML map by (unknown). Main photo by (unknown). Authors are listed in chronological order.

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