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Bloomfield Range

Type
Range
Part of
Canterbury Westland Alps

North-west from McKenzie Col, between the Waitaha and County Rivers.
The Bloomfield Range consists of moderately high and rounded peaks, mainly severely eroded, gravelly schist, but broken here and there by more stable rock bluffs, particularly in upper Reid Creek. The
range is either enclosed in branches of the Waitaha or has big glaciated walls that face into a tributary of the Whitcombe. It has quite an air of isolation, offering easy climbing days high in Westland.

Lat/lon
-43.1564,170.8799, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BW18 276 196
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Places

Type Name Alert
Mountain Mt Evans
Mountain Mt Bloomfield
Mountain Artist Dome
Mountain Park Dome
Pass Full Moon Saddle

Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 Traversing the range 0m
0
  • P1

The Bloomfield Range can be traversed from Mt Bloomfield over Artist Dome and along to Park Dome. Much of this alpine traverse is straightforward for climbing parties, but at J34 395803 / BW18 295 187 a couloir leads up to Pt 2196 metres through a bluff line on the County side, and near Park Dome a chimney leads through another small bluff line. This traverse can be a wonderful loop, starting from the Stag–Reid Creek forks and descending off Park Dome.
Comments
Attribution
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
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