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Mt Lucia

Type
Altitude
2617m
Part of

Mt Lucia is an alluring rock peak when viewed from the Cass.

Image
Caption

Mt Lucia and Kehua Pass from the Ridge Glacier, May 2017

Rights credit
Nina Dickerhof
Lat/lon
-43.63954,170.321807, NZ Topo Map
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
7.30 7.30North West Ridge, II,3 II,3 0m
0

From Kehua Pass, a rock scramble along the ridge via Pt 2523m leads to the summit. It is also possible to climb up scree and snow slopes into a couloir that leads to about halfway along the ridge.
C S Brockett, N D Dench, N Feierabend and SJ Harris reached Pt 2523m in January 1953. The first full ascent was from the Murchison via Mt Tamaki.


  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 3

7.31 7.31South East Ridge, II,2+ II,2+ 0m
1.02

Ascends from the confluence of the Ailsa and Cass valleys. A long, exposed rock scramble, which could have occasional snow arêtes depending on the season.


  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 2+

7.32 7.32North Face, II,2+ II,2+ 0m
0

From the upper Cass, ascend scree slopes then a snow couloir to gain the ridge east of Pt 2523m. Essentially an access route to the upper north-west ridge.


  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 2+

Images

Comments
Attribution
ATP 2018 (Rob Frost)
UUID
 
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