Type
Altitude
2440m
Part of
Lat/lon
POINT (170.921259 -43.213434)
Topo50
BW18 312 134
Accessed from
Routes
Reference | Title | Grade | Length | Pro | Quality | Alert | Operations |
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NE | NENorth East Ridge, 2- | 2- | 0m | ||||
First climbed en route to first ascent of Mt Whitcombe’s North East Ridge. Follow the rock ridge from Erewhon Col to the summit. |
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Ramsay Face | 0m | ||||||
Follow a couloir to the left of the lowest rock buttress, take a diagonal traverse and eventually reach easy snow slopes to the summit. |
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West Flank, 1+ | 1+ | 0m | |||||
From the unnamed glacier between the Bracken and Snow Dome, a gravel shelf leads diagonally up to the wide, flat col 300 metres north-east of Erewhon Peak. A moderate snow shoulder leads on to the peak. Alternatively, from the unnamed glacier follow up the glacial shelf north of Mt Whitcombe and follow the west ridge, sidling on the northern slopes as necessary. |
Comments
Attribution
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
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