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Disappointment Saddle

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Updated 18 December 2024, by Richard Thomson.

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Type
Altitude
2030m

This saddle straddles the Cloudy Peak Range near its junction with the Main Divide at Outram Peak and is the standard route between the heads of the Clyde and Havelock valleys.

Lat/lon
-43.350648,170.70385, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BW17 139 977
Approach

From the Havelock River, climb straightforward tussock and then snow slopes, avoiding a few crevasses, to Disappointment Saddle. From the saddle head south, sidling on snowfields, and once below the ice cliffs descend the
true right of Agnes Stream on rock and moraine debris.
From the Frances River, follow the true right of Agnes Stream on rock and moraine debris. After avoiding ice cliffs on their south side, head north to the saddle then descend a small glacier, avoiding crevasses, and follow snow and tussock slopes down to the Havelock River.
Disappointment Saddle links with Perth Col and the Garden of Eden by a snow shelf east of Outram Peak – see the East Ridge of Outram Peak.

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Attribution
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
1ea1b4cc-f78d-43a3-9813-91d8b8e2c173