Most of the times I have been here, the gully is wet and unappealing, but I took my sons up Maude on 8/29/09 and the gully was mostly dry. Some of us went up the easiest route (class 2/3) just to the S of the actual gully, but some decided to climb up the gully itself, which was rather interesting being like a slot canyon where it breaches the cliff band. For the record, this rout is mostly class 3, but does have a few moves of class 4. I'd definitely avoid it when wet, and scramble the broken cliff nearby to the S.
dsweld - Sep 6, 2009 12:46 am - Hasn't voted
The Gully ItselfThis route is a fine way up.
Most of the times I have been here, the gully is wet and unappealing, but I took my sons up Maude on 8/29/09 and the gully was mostly dry. Some of us went up the easiest route (class 2/3) just to the S of the actual gully, but some decided to climb up the gully itself, which was rather interesting being like a slot canyon where it breaches the cliff band. For the record, this rout is mostly class 3, but does have a few moves of class 4. I'd definitely avoid it when wet, and scramble the broken cliff nearby to the S.