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Kupe

Type
Altitude
2510m
Part of

A distinctive peak with a 600m triangular north face visible from Katies Col. Kupe was first climbed (by accident) by the Wopereis brothers in 1980 during a traverse from Drake to Vanguard. The peak was not visited again until Bryan Moore and others added three new routes to the North Face in 1992 and named the peak Kupe, in keeping with the explorer theme of the area. Access to Kupe is not easy. Options include travelling up the Cook and Balfour valley systems or arriving from the lower Fox Glacier via the Paschendale range. It appears that more new route potential exists.

Aspect
North
Lat/lon
POINT (170.130092 -43.56903)
Topo50
BX15 682 720
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
Captain Incredible & The Naked Dancing Girls 16,5+ 0m
0
Kupe Direct 19,6
0
The Sinusoidal Ridge 16
0
Comments
Attribution
Alex Palman
UUID
 
732bdfc0-4291-41ce-8fc9-faf65f09170f