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Curtain Route (Standard Route)

Grade
3
Length
0m
0
Quality
0
First ascent
George Lowe, Geoff Milne, January 1949
Bill Denz, A Jones, June 1972
Located on
Topo ref
3.37

  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 3

From Harper Saddle ascend the snowslope diagonally to the gap in the west ridge (beware rockfall from the Curtain). Continue up the ridge for 150m before crossing left to a major couloir. Ascend the couloir which comes out about 100m down the ridge from the final 40m rock wall below the summit. Descending: Five abseils (bolt anchors) from the top of the couloir followed by an easy traverse across a rock ridge onto the slopes below the Curtain allows easy access to Harper Saddle. Do not rappel down the Curtain.


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