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The Whirrlies

Grade
M4
Length
255m
0
Natural pro required
Quality
0
First ascent
Matt Wilkinson, Lincoln Quilliam, 14 August 2015

Starts up obvious short left-leaning ramp in-between Māori Alphabet and the
Petit Couloir. Follow obvious corner and gully systems then traverse slightly
left to avoid rock overhangs to then top out at tat rap station near top of
Petit Couloir or you could top out on summit of Double Cone. In memory of
Calum Hudson.


  • P1
  • Mixed M4
  • 60m
  • Trad

Start up short left-leaning ramp then slightly right into obvious steeper turfy corner system


  • P2
  • 45m

Up obvious gully and belay at base of short chimney


  • P3
  • 50m

Shallow mixed corner that is harder than it looks, then traverse left across slab and up steeper mixed step. Repeat slab traverse and up past the top of an ice step to a snow slope. Crux pitch.


  • P4
  • 50m

Cross snow covered slab then up shallow corner and right around block and into more shallow corner with snowfield above


  • P5
  • 50m

Continue up snowfield, trending left to finish at rap station near the the top of the Petit Couloir


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