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Mt Ramsay

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2454m
Part of
Main Divide

Mt Ramsay is on an eastern spur of the Divide.

Lat/lon
-43.271831,170.880919, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BW18 280 068
Accessed from
Ramsay Glacier
Cockayne Glacier
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
WR WRWest Ridge, 2 2 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 2

Reach the West Ridge from the upper Cockayne Glacier and scramble to the summit.
Follow straightforward slopes from a col between Mt Westland and Mt Ramsay.
SR SRSouth Ridge, 2+ 2+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 2+

Gain the South Ridge from the upper Cockayne Glacier. The rock is poor in places.
Under good snow conditions the loose rock of the South Ridge can be reached via the St James
Glacier.
NE NENorth East Ridge 0m
0
  • P1

From the Clarke moraine climb up a ridge between the Clarke and Ramsay Glaciers and continue
along rock and snow to the summit.

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Comments
Attribution
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
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