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Mt Coates

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2400m
Part of
Two Thumb Range

Named after Gordon Coates, the first New Zealand-born citizen to become Prime Minister, in 1925, and the last Prime Minister bilingual in English and te reo Māori.

Southern aspects of Mt D’Archiac, December 2009
Caption

Southern aspects of Mt D’Archiac, December 2009 

Rights credit
Danilo Hegg/Southern Alps Photography
Lat/lon
-43.47510181,170.58898646, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BX17 050 836
Accessed from
Separation Stream
Forbes River
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
8.73 8.73North Ridge, II,1+ II,1+ 0m
0

A blocky scramble from Separation Col.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 1+
8.74 8.74West Face, II,2+ II,2+ 0m
0

Either (i) climb snow slopes from upper Separation Glacier, or (ii) from 1800m in the Butcher valley, climb around the west end of the south face to access snow slopes which lead to just south of the summit.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 2+
8.75 8.75South East Ridge, II,2+ II,2+ 0m
0

From the col at Pt 2094m, or Twilight Col, climb mixed snow and rock along the ridge to the summit.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 2+
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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