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Lendenfeld Saddle

Type
Pass
Altitude
2419m
Part of
Main Divide

Lendenfeld Saddle was first reached by Dr Robert von Lendenfeld and Anna von Lendenfeldt in 1884. The first crosseing (Tasman to Whymper) was by Tom Fyfe and Malcolm Ross in 1897.

Lat/lon
-43.494898,170.334752, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BX16 845 808
Approach

From the Haupapa Tasman Glacier: Easy snow slopes on the Tasman Glacier side.

From the Whymper Glacier: The saddle has been crossed, but the Whymper side is a very long route, complicated by crevasses and icefalls. A better route would be to use Tasman and Whymper Saddles.

Accessed from
Haupapa Tasman Glacier
Whataroa River
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Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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Attribution
ATP 2018 (Rob Frost)
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
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