Skip to main content

Dark Hope

Grade
5-,WI4
Length
450m
0
Quality
0
First ascent
Ben Dare, 9th/10th December 2013
Located on
Topo ref
3.109 or BDR

  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 5-
  • Water Ice WI4
  • 450m

Follows the major ice line to the left of Runts in Paradise. Ben started out by heading up frozen snow from the schrund and then up steeper waterfall ice in a gully on the right. The first 15-metre high step of over 85-degree ice was the crux of the 450-metre face, which alternated between ‘short ice steps’ and snow, leading up to steeper mixed terrain before hitting the ridgeline. Another 150 metres along the ridgeline allowed access to the summit


Comments
Attribution
http://alpineteam.co.nz/2014/south-face-nazomi-new-route.
http://climber.co.nz/news/late-season-solo-nazomi by Polly Camber.
UUID
 
03bdcae8-f40f-40bd-b4b4-f890315a8b82