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Mt Aurora

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2663m
Part of
Main Divide

A small snow peak easily climbed via the north Divide ridge, or via the north-west snowslopes from Franz Josef Névé.
Alex Graham, B Marsden, Apr 1916.

Lat/lon
-43.51926055,170.2282595, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BX16 760 778
Accessed from
Haupapa Tasman Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere

Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
5.14 5.14South East Rib, III,3 III,3 0m
0

Climb a loose rock rib from the Rudolf Glacier (avoiding a small icecliff near the top) to reach a snow basin. Staying clear of an icecliff near the peak, head up to the Main Divide between Mt Frederick Gardiner and Mt Aurora (as for route 5.13 on topo), and head north to the summit.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) III
  • Alpine (Technical) 3
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Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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Attribution
ATP 2018 (Rob Frost)
UUID
 
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