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Southern Bluffs

Type
Face
Altitude
1800m
Part of
Tūkino Skifield

These cliffs, unsurprisingly, are to the south of the car park, towards the Whangaehu valley.

Walktime
20-40 min
Aspect
South East
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 Chandelier, WI3 WI3 25m
0
  • P1
  • Water Ice WI3
  • 25m

Forms fairly regularly, although the ice can be marginal and – as the names suggests – chandeliered. Several options exist. It has a short life so get in early if it is formed.
 Spoiled Bedsheets, WI2,M2 WI2,M2 30m
0
  • P1
  • Water Ice WI2
  • Mixed M2
  • 30m

Wide gulley right of Chandalier. Up series of rock and ice steps. Early season route before it banks out
 Central Buttress, M3 M3 60m
0
  • P1
  • Mixed M3
  • 60m

A good mixed winter route. Two pitches on sound rock, grade 8–10.
 Southern, WI2 WI2 20m
0
  • P1
  • Water Ice WI2
  • 20m

Straightforward with a steep finish, but quite honestly not that flash.
 Pilier Français, M3 M3 60m
1.02
  • P1
  • Mixed M3
  • 60m

Another good two-pitch mixed line, if anything better than Central Buttress.
 Barney's Boots, M4 M4 35m
0
  • P1
  • Mixed M4
  • 35m

Mixed route straight up face a few meters right of 'Camp 2015' overhang. I think more like M3+

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