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Lauper Pk

Type

Altitude

2485m

Part of

Lat/lon

-43.22657091,170.94764601, NZ Topo Map

Topo50

BW18 333 120

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Pro	Quality	Alert	Operations
NR	NRNorth Ridge, 2	2	0m		0
P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 2 A pleasant climb on mostly good rock, apart from a couple of shaky and exposed pinnacles.
WF	WFWest Face, 2	2	0m		0
P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 2 From the glacier, climb a steep rib on solid red greywacke.
SWv	SWvSouth West Ridge Variant, 2	2	0m		0
P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 2 Bypass the lower section of the ridge by following a glacial lead and scrambling on to a small buttress, then follow straightforward rock on to the South West Ridge.
SWr	SWrSouth West Ridge, 2	2	0m		0
P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 2 From the upper Ramsay Glacier follow a glacial lead on the west face just north of the saddle between Pt 2230 metres and Pt 2286 metres. Climb this, then head south to join the South West Ridge. Follow the ridge, moving on to the face on the right to avoid a small gut of loose rock.
	South East Ridge		0m		0
P1 Reach the ridge by crossing the toe of the South West Ridge at Pt 2230 metres, passing through a gap to the Lauper Stream face. From here, cross the snow slope to join the South East Ridge, which offers good climbing to the summit.
	East Ridge, 2	2	0m		0
P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 2 Gain scree slopes east of Whitcombe Pass and climb these to the loose rock ribs that lead directly to the East Ridge.

Comments

Attribution

Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club

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