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Karetai Pk

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2206m

Karetai Peak is the centrepost of the Central Darrans, with three faces of magnificent orange stone rising above the Te Puoho Glacier, the Donne Valley, and Lake Turner.

Lat/lon
-44.67226254,168.0459722, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
CB09 073 415
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 South Ridge, II,14 II,14 200m
0

Gain the ridge from the Te Puoho névé via a 50 metre pitch on excellent rock. Scramble left into a gully leading between the summit and the highest gendarme on the Donne Face and under a huge chockstone.


  • P1
  • 14
  • Alpine (Commitment) II
  • 200m


2 2North Ridge 0m
0

  • P1

The ridge is at first narrow and of good quality rock, but becomes more blocky high on the western side.


3 3West Ridge, I I 0m
0

  • P1
  • Alpine (Commitment) I

A straightforward ridge starting from Patuki Col


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UUID
 
12307d76-3a2c-42b7-85ac-f2f9d5caf6fa