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South West Ridge

Grade
IV,3
Length
0m
0
Quality
0
First ascent
Peter Berry, Alf Dowell, Hunter Dowell, Graeme Fyfe, Margaret Jeffereys, December 1953
Located on
Mt D’Archiac
Topo ref
8.69

From either the FitzGerald Glacier or Separation Glacier, gain the 2400m col on the ridge, then climb steep snow (absent during most recent summers) and the occasional section of poor rock punctuated with gendarmes, to join the West Ridge.

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) IV
  • Alpine (Technical) 3
Western flanks of Mt D’Archiac from Kelman Hut
Southern aspects of Mt D’Archiac, December 2009
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