Christopher Col

Type

Altitude

2452m

Part of

Christopher Col was reached from the west in 1935 but not crossed until 1946, from east to west.
Not a recommended crossing route as the eastern slopes are steep and heavily crevassed in late season.

Lat/lon

-43.74101095168,170.00350283264, NZ Topo Map

Accessed from

Mueller Glacier

Landsborough River

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
	From Bannie Glacier, III,2+	III,2+	0m	0
From the east, the col is reached by an all-snow route up the steep Bannie Glacier, complicated or even cut off by heavy crevassing later in the summer. P1 Alpine (Commitment) III Alpine (Technical) 2+
	From McKerrow Glacier, III,2	III,2	0m	0
The McKerrow Glacier provides good cramponing to reach the col. P1 Alpine (Commitment) III 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)

UUID

6e4144a0-47d0-4bc8-92a1-c3448bd87c26