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Novara Pk

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2298m
Part of
Malte Brun Range
Lat/lon
-43.620671,170.242627, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BX16 775 666
Approach

Access to the terraces beneath Novara Peak and Mt Johnson can be found up the slopes beside the Burnett Glacier. Between the Burnett and Lecky glaciers are a number of tussock basins with good campsites, but there are steep walls leading from the terraces down to the river.

Accessed from
Murchison Glacier
Tasman Glacier
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 South Twin 2298m - East Ridge, 1+ 1+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

Starting from the Murchison Valley ascend an easy rib to reach the divide a little south of the peak.
 North Twin 2326m - North East Ridge, 1 1 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1

From the Burnett Falls ascend the ridge heading directly to the summit.
 Standard Route, 1+ 1+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

Easily climbed from the moraine hollow beside the Tasman Glacier, or else from the junction of the Tasman and Murchison valleys.
Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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UUID
 
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