Type:
Mountain
Altitude:
2746m Southern Alps Ka Tiritiri O Te Moana
NZMS260:
H36 672 136
Topo50:
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Gain the ridge from the upper Mueller Glacier north of the Watchtower (a prominent knob near Fyfe Pass was first climbed by Otto Frind and Conrad Kain in Feb 1914) via a short face climb. The upper ridge is complicated by awkward slanting rock. The rock steps can be best turned on the slabby western face. The eastern side tends to be rotten. H T Barcham, Ash Cunningham, A Witten-Hannah, December 1952 |
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From the Welchman Glacier ascend the obvious ramp which angles from left to right directly under the summit. Finish up the rock rib to the summit. Brian Weedon, Richard Schmidt, April 1980; Mike Smith, Gary Dickson, June 1985 (followed the south face half way then up a rock rib to the right) |
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Ascend the glacier and up a couloir (sometimes cornice threatened) to an unnamed col. Then either follow the Main Divide to the summit or drop down onto the western slopes and ascend from there. It is also possible to cross to Bernard Col from the Welchman Glacier, but it is a longer climb. The Welchman Glacier route is the best means of descent from Mt Burns. Three or more abseils may be necessary to descend over a cornice at the top. (Bernard Col may present similar problems.) Peter Graham, Samuel Turner, March 1914 |
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Mt Burns is the highest peak between Mts Sefton and Aspiring. Beginning from the McKerrow Glacier, crampon up the west face directly to the summit. A superb viewpoint as the Mueller, Dobson, Landsborough, Karangarua and Douglas Valleys radiate from the peak. Bernard Head, Peter Graham, Darby Thomson, Lawrence Earle, Jack Clarke, Alec Graham, 1909 |
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Attribution:
ALex Palman
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