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Scissors

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2339m
Part of
Main Divide
Barron Saddle, Barron Saddle Hut and the upper Mueller Glacier, December 2013
Caption

Barron Saddle, Barron Saddle Hut and the upper Mueller Glacier, December 2013

Rights credit
Rob Frost/Subalpine Photography
Lat/lon
-43.75958569,169.9853623, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BY15 573 504
Accessed from
Mueller Glacier
Landsborough River
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
2.23 2.23East Ridge, I,2 I,2 0m
0

A blocky ridge. Mostly easy scrambling with a few small steps. Easier when there is more snow around.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) I
  • Alpine (Technical) 2
2.24 2.24North East Face, III,3 III,3 0m
0

From Mueller Glacier ascend the steep rock, which gradually eases back.

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

Ascend sound rock which gradually eases back.
2.25 2.25Crew Cut, III,4 III,4 0m
0

In the centre of the wall between Scissors and Mt Montgomerie there is a broad gully where ice forms in the cooler months. A steep headwall caps the gully and is bypassed on the right, and then straight up slopes to ridge.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) III
  • Alpine (Technical) 4
 Scissors–Montgomerie Ridge, II,1+ II,1+ 0m
0

Exposed rock scrambling. An obvious access route is to ascend under Mt Montgomerie from the lower Welchman Glacier.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 1+
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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