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Type

Altitude

2340m

Part of

This name, along with Parachute Pass, commemorates an early and ill-fated experiment in the air dropping of supplies to a mountaineering party in the Kitchener Cirque in 1933. The peak was first climbed by Graham Bishop and Roger Barrowclough on December 27, 1961, from a camp on Moncrieff Col.

Lat/lon

POINT (171.8869143 -42.93003329)

Topo50

BV21 092 464

Accessed from

Matukituki River East Branch

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Routes

Reference	Title	Grade	Length	Quality
	South Buttress, III,2+	III,2+	0m	0
The South Buttress is reached by traversing across from the Moncrieff Col route and then following directly up snow and shattered rock just west of the crest of the middle rib. P1 Alpine (Commitment) III Alpine (Mt Cook) 2+
	North Face, II,2	II,2	0m	0
The North Face is a short rock climb from the Volta Névé. The hardest pitches occur on sound rock leading out of the windscoop surrounding the peak and into the east side of a shallow gully. After 30–50m cross to the west side of this gully and climb out to the ridge, where easy loose rock leads to the summit. Time from the névé to the summit is 1–2 hours. P1 Alpine (Commitment) II Alpine (Mt Cook) 2
	North East Ridge, II,2	II,2	0m	0
The North East Ridge is a straightforward rock climb taking about one hour from the névé. P1 Alpine (Commitment) II Alpine (Mt Cook) 2

Comments

Attribution

Allen Uren & John Cocks

UUID

0df75277-3c91-43ee-8839-bf5d1986f909