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Wilczek Pk

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2359m
Part of
Maximilian Range

Wilczek Peak was named by the German zoologist and mountaineer Robert Von Lendenfeld in 1884.

Lat/lon
POINT (170.342846 -43.442201)
Topo50
BX16 850 866
Accessed from
Whataroa River
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 North West Ridge, 1+ 1+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

From Whymper Hut follow the Callery Saddle route to the snow basin east of the pass. Climb snow slopes to a col south of Pt 2093 metres. Cross the Callery Glacier then ascend snow slopes and a short gully onto the North West Ridge. A quick rock scramble leads to the summit.

SR SRSouth Ridge, 1+ 1+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

From Whymper Hut, follow the gully draining between Mt Wilczek and Mt Alec, then snowfields beyond Pt 1573 metres up towards the Maximilian Range. The pleasant rock scramble along the South Ridge is a little longer and more challenging than that along the North West Ridge, and leads over a subsidiary peak en route.
Comments
Attribution
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
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