McFetrick Pk | ClimbNZ

Type

Altitude

2188m

Part of

Probably named after Alex and Hughie McFetterich, who farmed Tartare Flat. Sometimes traversed en route to or from the head of the Callery River.

Lat/lon

-43.395444,170.31847, NZ Topo Map

Accessed from

Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
9.02	9.02West Ridge, II,1+	II,1+	0m	0
Appears to be a straightforward snow ridge traverse from Mt Downe. P1 Alpine (Commitment) II Alpine (Technical) 1+
9.03	9.03From Tatare Saddle, II,1	II,1	0m	1.02
Straightforward snow and gravel slopes via Panorama Rocks (Pt 2001m). An excellent viewpoint. The first ascentionists were dropped off by ski plane near Tatare Saddle. Barbara Chinn, Trevor Chinn and Noel Read climbed via the saddle from the Callery valley in December 1962. P1 Alpine (Commitment) II Alpine (Technical) 1
	North West Ridge, 1	1	0m	0
From about the 1300m contour in the upper Gunn River, head north-west up moraine, then scree and snow slopes, to the crest of the range. Easy travel along the range leads to the summit. To continue to the Callery, follow the range south over normally easy schrunds to Tartare Saddle. A steep spur at I35 912509 / BX16 812 893 can be used to descend to the valley, where the Callery River is normally easily crossed below the lake. Traversing around the lake is really only practical on the true left. Frank Pearson, Alan Gill, and Gordon Howitt used this route to exit the Callery via the Gunn River and Price Range at Easter 1964. P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 1

Comments

Dave.Heatley

January 2022. A large rockslide in the upper Gunn River has affected this route - it may no longer be feasible.

Fri, 14/01/2022 - 10:18 Permalink

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Attribution

ATP 2018 (Rob Frost)
CW Alps 2009 (Geoff Spearpoint, Yvonne Cook, CMC)

UUID

886ab29b-ec1d-428f-945e-5d560c8def3c