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South Face

Type
Face
Part of
Mt Hicks

The south face of Mt Hicks is the stuff of legend. Due to the face’s proximity to Empress Hut it is sometimes considered a large crag (‘large’ being the key word there). The face has some of the best hard climbing in the region; for most routes the first two to three pitches provide the crux.
There is no easy descent route from the top of Mt Hicks. If you’ve summited via one of the rock routes in summer, the best descent is probably Route 3.37. If you’ve climbed an ice route it’s probably easier to abseil on v-threads, either down the route you’ve climbed or down the Right Icefields (Route 3.60).

Mt Hicks - South Face
Aspect
South West
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
3.38 Divide Route 3+,IV,3+ 0m
0
3.39 Dingle-Button 3+,II,4- 0m
1.02
3.40 Dance Commander 4+,IV,4+ 0m
1.02
3.41 Tales of Choss 13,4+,III,4+ 0m
0
3.42 Deardissima 4 0m
0
3.43 King Hit 6,IV,5+ 0m
0
3.44 Highway to Hell 5+,V,6 0m
0
3.45 Heaven’s Door 5+,V,6 0m
0
3.46 The Curver Direct 5+,V,6- 0m
0
3.47 The Curver Neo-classic 6,V,6- 0m
0
3.48 One for Pavle 5+,V 0m
0
3.49 Gunbarrels 7,V,6,WI5 0m
1.02
3.50 Yankee-Kiwi Couloir 6,V,6+ 0m
1.02
3.51 Left Buttress Direct Start 18,6,V,6 0m
0
3.52 Left Buttress 15,6,V,5+ 0m
1.02
3.53 Desolation Row 5+,VI,6 0m
0
3.54 Generation Y 6,IV,WI4,M5 0m
0
3.55 Central Gullies 5,V,6- 0m
0
3.56 Logan’s Run 6+,V,6+ 0m
1.02
3.57 Tingler 6+,IV,6+ 0m
0
3.58 Right Buttress 14,5,V,5 0m
0
3.59 Ice Trek 5,IV 0m
0
3.60 Right Icefields 4+,IV,5 350m
0
Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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Attribution
Aoraki Tai Poutini 2018 Frost
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