Type
Part of
The south face of Mt Hicks is the stuff of legend. Due to the face’s proximity to Empress Hut it is sometimes considered a large crag (‘large’ being the key word there). The face has some of the best hard climbing in the region; for most routes the first two to three pitches provide the crux.
There is no easy descent route from the top of Mt Hicks. If you’ve summited via one of the rock routes in summer, the best descent is probably Route 3.37. If you’ve climbed an ice route it’s probably easier to abseil on v-threads, either down the route you’ve climbed or down the Right Icefields (Route 3.60).
Aspect
South West
Routes
Reference | Title | Grade | Length | Pro | Quality | Operations |
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3.38 | Divide Route | 3+,IV,3+ | 0m | |||
3.39 | Dingle-Button | 3+,II,4- | 0m | |||
3.40 | Dance Commander | 4+,IV,4+ | 0m | |||
3.41 | Tales of Choss | 13,4+,III,4+ | 0m | |||
3.42 | Deardissima | 4 | 0m | |||
3.43 | King Hit | 6,IV,5+ | 0m | |||
3.44 | Highway to Hell | 5+,V,6 | 0m | |||
3.45 | Heaven’s Door | 5+,V,6 | 0m | |||
3.46 | The Curver Direct | 5+,V,6- | 0m | |||
3.47 | The Curver Neo-classic | 6,V,6- | 0m | |||
3.48 | One for Pavle | 5+,V | 0m | |||
3.49 | Gunbarrels | 7,V,6,WI5 | 0m | |||
3.50 | Yankee-Kiwi Couloir | 6,V,6+ | 0m | |||
3.51 | Left Buttress Direct Start | 18,6,V,6 | 0m | |||
3.52 | Left Buttress | 15,6,V,5+ | 0m | |||
3.53 | Desolation Row | 5+,VI,6 | 0m | |||
3.54 | Generation Y | 6,IV,WI4,M5 | 0m | |||
3.55 | Central Gullies | 5,V,6- | 0m | |||
3.56 | Logan’s Run | 6+,V,6+ | 0m | |||
3.57 | Tingler | 6+,IV,6+ | 0m | |||
3.58 | Right Buttress | 14,5,V,5 | 0m | |||
3.59 | Ice Trek | 5,IV | 0m | |||
3.60 | Right Icefields | 4+,IV,5 | 350m |
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Attribution
Aoraki Tai Poutini 2018 Frost
UUID
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