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Rob Roy Pk

Type
Altitude
2644m

Rob Roy is a mountain pushed up by the tectonic plates and in the process given multiple birth defects. Ridges and faces don’t come together with the symmetry of Aspiring and climbers shy away from the hunch-backed summit. Despite appearances however, the mountain has a magnetism and a wonderful array of varied and interesting routes. The first ascent, from the West Matukituki and the Rob Roy Glacier, was on March 2, 1935, when the mountain was overwhelmed by the sheer weight of numbers of a party consisting of Ernie Smith, Monty McClymont, Cedric Benzoni, Bob Fullerton, George Palmer, Don Divers, Russell Edwards, George Edwards, and Gordon Edwards.

Lat/lon
POINT (168.72267762 -44.45136059)
Topo50
CA11 597 691
Access

Access to head of Rob Roy Stream and climbing routes: Above the bushline continue on the true left bank of Rob Roy Stream through light scrub and tussock, keeping 100m above the stream. After crossing a washed-out stream bed follow around terraces until a small silty flat is reached. From here find a convenient place to descend to the avalanche-threatened Rob Roy Glacier. During the summer the avalanche hazard comes from the glaciers above and in the winter from large gullies dropping from Homestead Peak. A broad spur to the left of the large gully dropping from Homestead Peak is then climbed which ends up merging with the snowfield underneath the Homestead Peak and Rob Roy Col.

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Places

Type Name
Face The South Face
Face The West Face

Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
The East Ridge IV,3
0
The South Ridge and Rob Roy Glacier. III,1
0
The North West Ridge. III,2
0
The North Face. III,2+
0
The North Ridge. IV,3
0
The North East Face.
0
Bonar Glacier-Rob Roy Stream traverse. III,1
0
The South West Ridge. 14,III,3
0
Comments
Attribution
Allen Uren & John Cocks
UUID
 
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