God’s Zone

A steep sustained route packed full of quality technical climbing. The ice runnels are hard to spot from the glacier, so it may require a ‘we’ll go and see’ attitude. The rock is good, and retreat would be possible off rock gear. Start at the top of the snowfield in the middle of the face. There were two bivvies on the first ascent. The route is longer and more sustained than most routes on the south face of Hicks. There is a lot of good-looking unclimbed terrain further left.