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The Couloir

Grade
3
Quality
0
First ascent
Stan Conway, Tom Newth, October 1937
Located on
Topo ref
TG

  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 3

Follow the Cameron Glacier to the base of the prominent snow couloir cutting the south-east face of the peak. The lower section contains the crux, a steep, two-metre ice wall, after which the route lays back to about 45 degrees and ends about 30 metres from the summit ridge. From here, cross left under the buttress into a short, steep, icy gully then follow good ice for the last 10 metres to the summit ridge.


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