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Telecom Tower

Type
Altitude
2200m
Part of

The west facing crags on Telecom Tower form a long, continuous stretch of buttresses and gullies unfolds all the way along to Double Cone. Many short, easily accessible routes with a wide variety of difficulties, high exposure and great views down to Lake Wakatipu.

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Aspect
West
Lat/lon
POINT (168.8020134 -45.06242725)
Topo50
CC11 695 015
Access

A ledge system, known as Queen's Drive, runs under this face. To access Queen's Drive walk to the top of the Shadow Basin Chair lift from the Remarkables Ski-field carpark. Climb west to saddle above. From here, a rising traverse to south accesses the start of Queens Drive. Sections are described from left to right.

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Alien

Coddiwomple M5 Telecom Tower has been cleaned of some loose rock and a few good cam placements have been unearthed. There are a couple of fixed pitons that fill in the gaps. It is now a well protected classic pitch that is as good as Friday's Fool, Fastest Indian, Pull Me a Pilsner etc. It protects well with cams. Take doubles from BD .75 -3

Sun, 30/06/2019 - 20:28 Permalink
s8piral

Material extracted from "REMARKABLES ICE & MIXED FESTIVAL
ICE & MIXED GUIDE," 2012. Edited and posted with permission.

Thu, 30/08/2012 - 00:25 Permalink
Attribution
Material from "REMARKABLES ICE & MIXED FESTIVAL
ICE & MIXED GUIDE," 2012.
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