You Yangs and Staughton Vale Rock Climbing Guide

The You Yangs is Melbourne’s playground for short granite routes. The Victorian Climbing Club (VCC) has released a new and updated guidebook for climbers: The You Yangs, including Staughton Vale. This is the first comprehensive guide to the popular area to be published in years.

The You Yangs, a popular climbing destination known for its granite tors and proximity to Melbourne and Geelong, features over 700 climbing routes. The guide covers areas nearby, including Staughton Vale and Granite Road Outcrop. This new guidebook is an essential resource, including GPS coordinates and QR codes to help climbers easily find parking and specific crags, and topo maps to the climbs for the main crags.

Title - Victorian Regional Guides Volume 1 – The You Yangs, including Staughton Vale

Edited by Steve Toal on behalf of the Victorian Climbing Club

First edition. Published 2025. 224 pages. ISBN 978-0-949451-08-8