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Lower Bluffs

(2 routes)

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Lower Bluffs

(2 routes)

The gorge below Whangaehu Hut has climbing potential on both sides, but only two routes are known to have been climbed.

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The gorge below Whangaehu Hut has climbing potential on both sides, but only two routes are known to have been climbed.

Reference Name Grade Quality Length Comments Actions
WI2
0
  Drop straight down (east) from the Student Bluffs (not by the poled route) into the narrow gorge. This line is on the true left at a sharp bend. Thin ice smears over rock, but not too steep. There may be potential for more routes in this area. Grid ref 343102.

Dzung Nguyen, Glenn Pennycook, 1990s
WI3,WI3
0
 
  1. This route is deep in the Whangaehu valley, across the gorge from the hut on bluffs at the base of Ringatoto. The top of the route is visible from the hut. Two pitches of steep ice.

Hugh Grierson, Greg Beisley, July 1994
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