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Whataroa Saddle

Type
Altitude
2400m
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Lat/lon
POINT (170.40528879 -43.49178727)
Topo50
BX16 902 813
Access

A seasonal route increasingly affected by crevasses on both sides. On the western side, the descent is
long and steep. Has been used in early spring recently, but the route relies on good snow conditions.
Apperley’s party crossed the saddle to Westland in the 1930s but returned.
Ed Cotter, Ed Hillary, George Lowe, Earl Riddiford, January 1951 and M T Monteith, Keith Wood,
Wally Romanes, Ian Baine, December 1951 (both east to west)

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Routes

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Attribution
Alex Palman, Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
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