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Mt Frances

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2479m
Part of
Main Divide
Mt Moffat and the peaks above the Maud and Grey Glaciers, December 2011
Caption

Mt Moffat and the peaks above the Maud and Grey Glaciers, December 2011 

Rights credit
Bob McKerrow
Lat/lon
-43.429207,170.51097, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BX17 985 885
Accessed from
Butler River
Grey Glacier
Maud Glacier
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 From the Grey Glacier, II,1+ II,1+ 0m
0

Climb easy snow slopes from the head of the Grey Glacier.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 1+
8.26 8.26Going Grey, II,3+ II,3+ 0m
0

This route can also be used as an alternative (but steep) access route to the upper Grey Glacier. From the true right of the Maud Glacier, ascend the prominent couloir rising towards Mt Frances. Begin in the centre then climb towards the mixed snow and rock arête on the right. Follow the upper part of the arête to the summit. Originally climbed as 14 pitches. The first ascentionists descended from Grey Pass to the Whataroa valley.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • Alpine (Technical) 3+
 From Ice Lake, 1+ 1+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

Climb to Grey Pass and the Upper Grey Glacier (see above), then link into the route above.

Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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Attribution
ATP 2018 (Rob Frost)
CW Alps 2009 (Geoff Spearpoint, Yvonne Cook, CMC)
UUID
 
126c08b4-14a0-4158-a708-ec363c62c7f4