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Malthus Pk

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2210m
Part of
Main Divide
Sealy Pass, Mt Petermann, Stewart Saddle, Malthus and Dennistoun Peaks, December 2009
Caption

Sealy Pass, Mt Petermann, Stewart Saddle, Malthus and Dennistoun Peaks, December 2009

Rights credit
Danilo Hegg/Southern Alps Photography
Lat/lon
-43.43266543,170.5878067, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BX17 048 883
Accessed from
Godley Glacier
Perth River
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 North West Ridge, 1 1 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1

From Stewart Saddle snow slopes lead to the Main Divide ridge of the peak. The rock ridge can be climbed with a couple of gendarmes to turn on the Godley side, but it is easier to reach the Divide just west of the peak.

8.52 8.52Main Divide, II,2+ II,2+ 0m
0

Climb to the plateau west of the peak by any number of routes from Stewart Saddle or the Godley Glacier. From the plateau, ascend the north-west ridge of the Main Divide, or use the face on either side.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 2+
8.53 8.53South Rib, II,3+ II,3+ 0m
0

From the Godley Glacier, climb the rock and snow rib that leads onto the peak.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 3+
Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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Attribution
ATP 2018 (Rob Frost)
CW Alps 2009 (Geoff Spearpoint, Yvonne Cook, CMC)
UUID
 
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