The Beetham Crag is about 200m above the Beetham Hut site and south a little, overlooking the Tasman Glacier. The crag was developed in the early eighties. Nick Banks established a few routes in the summer of 1983 and later that season participants on a guides course added more routes. Apparently there are about a dozen routes but records are sketchy, despite this the rock is superb and the setting is without compare.
Routes
Reference | Title | Grade | Length | Pro | Quality | Alert | Operations |
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Celibate Slanter, 21 | 21 | ||||||
Up the crack to roof (hard move through roof). Follow the line up and right. |
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Flower Presser, 20 | 20 | ||||||
The crack right of Celibate S’. |
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Aoraki Without Oxygen, 19 | 19 | ||||||
The first crack to the right of an obvious large roof. |
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Mechanical Seagull, 19 | 19 | ||||||
Up the right-leaning crack, move a little to the left and over the small overlap. |
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Banksruptcy, 18 | 18 | ||||||
The obvious corner. Exit left via twin cracks to the arête. |
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Banksquet, 14 | 14 | ||||||
Around from the previous climbs is this obvious corner. |
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Screaming Feat, 18 | 18 | ||||||
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