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Darwin Buttresses

Type
Face
Part of
Mt Darwin

From the Tasman Glacier

Aspect
North
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 Horn/McLean Rib, 12,4 12,4 0m
0
  • P1
  • 12
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 4

Ascend the prominent rib onto the Annan-Darwin Ridge. The lower half of the rib is good rock (crux 12), but the upper section contains some evil looking, loose black gullies.
 Couloir Route, 3+ 3+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 3+

Climb the obvious couloir between the Horn/McLean Rib and the Original route.
 Original Route, 12,4- 12,4- 0m
0
  • P1
  • 12
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 4-

Commence up firm rock from the right toe of the buttress and ascend to the first snowfield. Then traverse right and up to a second snowfield before taking the left of two prominent buttresses (crux 12). Above here the climbing becomes easy scrambling on broken rock.
 Lost Bolt Buttress, 14,4 14,4 0m
0
  • P1
  • 14
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 4

Ascend the original route but take the right of the two prominent buttresses. So named because somewhere here a Japanese party placed a bolt ladder that no one has found again

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