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South East Rib

Grade
2
Quality
0
First ascent
Ambrose Banfield, Arthur Lees, Bruce Banfield, December 1939
Located on
Topo ref
SE

  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 2

This route is immediately south of the East Buttress and is reached via a traverse from McCoy Col to the col linking the glacier basin at the head of the Lyell Glacier with Heim Plateau. At the start of the route, bypass a 15-metre buttress via a steep gully on the left, and head diagonally across to a well-defined rib which tops the buttress. Follow the rib on loose rock to the summit ridge and eventually join the East Buttress route from Heim Plateau.


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