Type:
Face (Alpine)
Aspect:
North
Access:
The routes follow weaknesses up the steep tussock slopes that drop from the summit of Mt Belle to the Milford Road.
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| Left-Hand Route |
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Work up the bluffs on the right of the main avalanche groove then continue up a series of ledges to join the original route at the base of the summit rock.
Ralph Miller, Godfrey Rieder, Bill Robson, Lloyd Warburton, Malcolm Imlay, Dec 1957.
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| Original Route |
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Start opposite the gravel road to Homer Hut. Ascend the large tussock fan, then take a series of right-slanting tussock ledges to gain the crest of the ridge and the snowfield leading to the final rock peak.
Scott Gilkison, Norman Davis, 1931.
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| Homer Tunnel to Mt Belle |
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From 200m left of the Tunnel take the dry creek-bed through the bluffs, then left to a large gut, which is followed to the North East Ridge of Belle.
First ascent unknown.
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Attribution:
Craig Jefferies
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UUID:
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