Mt Gizeh | ClimbNZ

Type

Altitude

2162m

Part of

Mt Gizeh was first climbed by John Pascoe, R E (Gran) Clark and A G Flower in 1930.
A rock, scree and snow slope peak, climbed preferably from a high camp in the basins at the head of the Anti Crow River.

Lat/lon

POINT (171.43924713 -43.03059615)

Topo50

BV20 728 346

Accessed from

Waimakariri River

Avoca River

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
	From Anti Crow River, 1	1	0m	0
From the high basins at the head of the Anti Crow River, climb to the summit from either Echo Col or Gizeh Col. P1 Alpine (Technical) 1
	North Ridge, 1	1	0m	0
P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 1 A straightforward ridge climb from Gizeh Col.
	From Echo Col, 1	1	0m	0
P1 Alpine (Mt Cook) 1 A short simple climb.
	Northeast Face, III,3,2	III,3,2	200m	0
(Summer) Access to the north-east face is easily gained via an obvious gully at the base of the face. From here follow a series of gullies and ledges, heading up diagonally to the climbers left, through very loose, shattered rock until you reach the summit ridge which can then can be traversed to the summit itself. Descend via Gizeh Col, or via the much steeper and looser Echo Col route. P1 Alpine (Technical) 3 Alpine (Commitment) III Alpine (Mt Cook) 2 200m

Comments

Attribution

Gramae Kates.
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club

UUID

5cbd3d44-ace6-4451-ae24-d530df0f7e3a