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East Face

Type
Face
Part of
Nazomi

From the junction of the Ball and Caroline Glaciers, ascend a rib to gain the prominent shelf that runs below Nazomi and verges the Caroline Face. A number of routes exist from the shelf onto the crest of the Aoraki / Mt Cook Range:

Aspect
East
Accessed from
Ball Pass
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
4.03 4.03Gillies-Rodda, IV,3,3 IV,3,3 0m
0

To the base of the South Ridge, then up the ridge.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) IV
  • Alpine (Technical) 3
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 3

From the Ball Glacier gain the prominent shelf that runs below Nazomi and verges the Caroline Face by climbing 650m up a rib that starts from the Ball-Caroline glaciers junction.

4.04 4.04Plato Goes to Japan, IV,3+ IV,3+ 0m
0

A prominent snow arête leading to halfway up the South Ridge.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) IV
  • Alpine (Technical) 3+
4.05 4.05Northern Arête, IV,3+ IV,3+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) IV
  • Alpine (Technical) 3+

A snow arête leading to the north summit.
Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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