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West Face

Grade
1+
Quality
0
First ascent
Jack Pattle, Allan Cookson, Charles (Gordon) Buchanan, Neville Barker, March 1937
Located on

  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

From the upper Godley Glacier head up a tributary glacier to the Main Divide west of the peak. The West Face is fairly broad with relatively easy rock and scree slopes. This tributary glacier is likely to be cut off by crevasses at times, especially later in the season. A variation on this route has been used, approaching from Stewart Pass along the Main Divide snows of Malthus and Dennistoun. A second variation of this route is to approach from Dummy Col up the shingle bed of Eric Stream from the Havelock Valley. From Dummy Col, continue to Hidden Col, then cross snowslopes to a rib at about 2120m giving access to the same West Face.


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