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The Sentinel

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2217m
Part of
Armoury Range

The Sentinel was first climbed from the Clyde River by Allan Cookson and Jack Pattle in November
1946. There are many options to the top, the most common being the North West Ridge.

Lat/lon
-43.374173,170.808992, NZ Topo Map
Accessed from
Billy McCoy Stream
Sinclair River

Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 North West Ridge, 1+ 1+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

Head up the side creek draining the glacier on the south side of The Sentinel. After about 1 km,
follow a broad scree slope north-east to join the end of the North West Ridge, and follow this
to the summit.
 From Sinclair River 0m
0
  • P1

The third ascent of The Sentinel was part of a traverse from the Sinclair River to McCoy Stream.
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Comments
Attribution
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
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