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Twain Col

Type
Pass
Altitude
2375m
Part of
Main Divide

This col is steep on both sides, and an easier crossing of the Main Divide is to traverse Maunga Ma.
The first ascent to the col from the west (grade III, 3) was by W Hunt, R Johnson, M Nelson and R Newton in Febraury 1950, en route from Harpers Rock to Eric and Isabel.

Lat/lon
-43.72659822,170.0252249, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BX15 604 542
Accessed from
Mueller Glacier
Karangarua River

Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 From Mueller Glacier, III,3 III,3 0m
0

From the Frind-Mueller confluence, ascend part way up the true right edge of the lower Frind Glacier, then climb left along rock ledges to gain the base of the Ngakanohi (‘the eyes’) Glacier above Ngaroimata (‘the tears’) Falls. Traverse diagonally up to the top of the Ngakanohi Glacier and continue around onto the snow shelf below Twain Col and Mt Eric. Climb the steep slope to the col.
Most parties who have crossed the Main Divide in this region have gone over the summit of Maunga Ma instead of Twain Col, as it is generally less steep.

  • 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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