Mt Moir | ClimbNZ

Type

Mountain

Altitude

1965m

Part of

Wick Mountains

Mt Moir contains a wealth of classic rock routes on amazing diorite.

Walktime

2 hrs

Lat/lon

-44.77267,167.97718, NZ Topo Map

Approach

Take the track to Homer Saddle from the tunnel then follow the ridge to Moir for about 45min to an hour. The ridge is very exposed with moderately difficult scrambling – it has been known to reduce climbers to crawling on all fours in places. The ridge breaks into a broad scree slope which descends below the west face of Moir’s Mate.

Accessed from

Hollyford River Whakatipu Ka Tuka

Cleddau River

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Places

Type	Name	Alert
Face	Upper North Face
Sector	Moir Slab
Face	North Face
Face	South-East Face

Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
	Original Route		0m	0
P1 From the snowfield below the North Face of Belle.
	North Ridge		0m	2.01
P1 Trad A stunning ridge-climb on large blocks of good rock. The steep step onto Moir’s Mate may require a rope and is often abseiled on the descent.
	West Ridge		0m	0
P1 Trad A 500m ridge of good rock.
	South Face, 16	16	0m	0
P1 16 For access to the South Face descend round the foot of the West Ridge. Five pitches. The route follows the central rib on medium-angled clean rock.
	South Ridge		0m	0
P1 Trad For access, descend round the foot of the West Ridge. 16 pitches. Two or three initial step pitches to gain the ridge then excellent rock to the summit.

Comments

Attribution

Craig Jefferies

UUID

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