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Mt Eliot

Type
Mountain
Altitude
2059m
Part of
Main Divide
Lat/lon
-43.03869796,171.23503672, NZ Topo Map
Topo50
BV19 562 334
Accessed from
Mungo River
Gibson Stream
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
 South West Ridge 0m
0
  • P1

Traverse the Divide from Mungo Pass.
 North Ridge, 1+ 1+ 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

Mt Eliot and Pt 2021 metres can be climbed from the basin immediately to their east. The central
section of the creek draining this basin is gorged and can be passed only after an exposed
scramble on loose rock on the true right. If avalanche debris fills the valley, travel is straightforward.
Alternative access is possible via the next creek north, draining the basin south-east of
Pt 1949 metres. This is a steep, moraine-filled creek with one small moraine step before reaching
basins at the head. To reach Mt Eliot, cross the ridge south of this basin on snow and ice, and
then aim for the gully between Mt Eliot and Pt 2021 metres. The summits are a simple scramble
from here.
Comments
Attribution
Yvonne Cook and Geoff Spearpoint,
in association with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club
UUID
 
7636231a-10b7-41de-91cc-302f587e1fd6