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West Face

Type
Face
Part of
The Nuns Veil
The Nuns Veil from the west, January 2013
Caption

The Nuns Veil from the west, January 2013

Rights credit
Rob Frost/Subalpine Photography
Aspect
West
Accessed from
Tasman River
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 After Thought, 5+,19 5+,19 500m
0

Super rock quality. There is one loose section in middle of face. Head up center buttress to the impressive head wall. 10 pitches, Crux 19. One pitch with great hand jams.
Climbs to spot height 2520 South of Nuns Veil.

Descend to the South on the Eastern side of ridge then to the west down the col.

  • P1
  • 19
  • Alpine (Technical) 5+
  • 500m
  • Trad
 Five O’Clock Shadow, 16 16 150m
0

Head up the face trending slightly right to summit on Pt 2285. Descend the gully north of the summit. Great rock quality.

  • P1
  • 16
  • 150m
  • Trad
Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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Attribution
ATP 2018 (Rob Frost)
UUID
 
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