Skip to main content

Mitre Pk

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2621m
Part of
Inland Kaikōura Range

A prominent couloir reaching to a small col between the two summit pyramids gives the peak the appearance of a bishop’s mitre.

External links
Hodder Huts access information
Lat/lon
POINT (173.609433 -42.004662)
Access
Accessed from
Hodder River
Add Place Add Route

Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
NE NENorth East Couloir, 2 2
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Technical) 2

Via HODDER RV. From the Staircase Stream junction continue up the Hodder, and climb the prominent couloir to a narrow col at the top. Beyond here, some parties may require a rope. A short steep descent and then a short traverse leads to a final steep climb to the very small summit. (via North ridge)

SE SESouth East Ridge, 2 2
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Technical) 2

Via HODDER RV. This impressive rock ridge can be gained from near Muzzle Saddle, or else via a snow couloir. Good scrambling on steep rock.

Images

Comments
This place appears in
Top of the South: Kaikoura–Kahurangi, 2020
Buy this guidebook
Attribution
Ben Winnubst
photo Craig Potton
Shaun Barnett/ Black Robin Photography
UUID
 
be6db726-51fe-4f83-bfff-95ad68e17d14