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Baker Saddle

Type
Pass
Altitude
2192m
Part of
Main Divide

Way to Stauchon Gl

Lat/lon
-43.61118174,170.0974026, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BX15 658 672
Accessed from
Hooker Glacier
Strauchon Glacier
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 Normal Route, 2 2 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 2

From the Hooker Glacier as described above. Keep an eye on the icecliffs on La Perouse.
Comments
Peter Dickson

The East side of Baker Saddle commonly always has wet snow avalanches in summer which are triggered by climbers, When descending in the afternoon make sure you kick off the wet surface layer of snow as you descend otherwise you could be caught up in wet snow sloughs which might sweep you off and into the crevasses at the bottom.

Fri, 16/09/2011 - 02:09 Permalink
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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Attribution
Alex Palman
UUID
 
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