Searching for Sumo Buttress

Type

Part of

Access from Queens Drive, between Telecom Tower and Double Cone.

Lat/lon

-45.06418536,168.80536079, NZ Topo Map

Topo50

CC11 698 014

Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
75	75Flying Circus, M5	M5	0m	0
P1 Mixed M5 Deep corner left of IiB to snow ledge, continue direct onto rib, left hand edge of corner, finish up headwall.
76	76Ignorance is Bliss		0m	0
P1 M4+. Start up corner left of S4S, traverse right under overhang. Follow slopey corners up center of buttress.
77	77Searching for Sumo		0m	0
P1 M5+. 5 Pitches. Follows a vague ridge with many options for either bailing or moving left or right to easier ground. To get the full tick each time you arrive at a variation or crack system take the steepest option. P2 Trad Pitches 2 and 3 also have some hard moves on good gear. P3 The final pitch is an excellent 50m steep corner which is accessed by down climbing 15m from the top of pitch 4. As with lower down there are easier variations on both the left and right hand sides of the final pitch.
78	78Project		0m	0
P1 Summer or winter climb the ridge direct starting at the left hand toe. This would avoid most of the difficulties of Searching for Sumo.

Comments

Attribution

Material from "REMARKABLES ICE & MIXED FESTIVAL ICE & MIXED GUIDE," 2012.

UUID

5624239a-f96d-4e91-a285-6605eba6a7a4