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Mt Young

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2080m
Part of
Main Divide
Lat/lon
-43.125106,171.068544, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BW18 429 235
Accessed from
Whitcombe River
West Mathias River
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 Via Pt 1803 metres, 1 1 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1

The lower section of the creek draining the south side of Mt Split Open is steeply gorged and
impassable. From Kea Pass, sidle across relatively flat ground above the gorge (true left) and
below the bluffs of Mt Split Open to scree and rock slabs leading to a small snow basin. Above
Pt 1803 metres, shingle basins to the east provide easy travel, skirting around pinnacles on the
Divide. Beyond, at an easily accessible col, regain the Main Divide at about 2000 metres. Gravel
leads to the summit.
 Main Divide from the South 0m
0
  • P1

Snow and gravel slopes from the west lead easily to the Divide and the summit
Comments
Attribution
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
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