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Left Buttress

Grade
15,6,V,5+
Length
0m
0
Quality
1.02
First ascent
Graeme Dingle, Murray Jones, December 1970
Bill McLeod, June 1992
Located on
Topo ref
3.52

Ascend two pitches on the bottom wall nearer the Central Gullies, then traverse left directly below the main buttress to reach an ice ramp left of the buttress. Then either ascend directly up the buttress crest (crux 15), or up the ramp for a short distance before regaining the buttress, or up a short buttress left of the ramp before cutting back right again. Follow the buttress up progressively easier rock until the icefields. Then, depending on the state of the icecliffs, traverse left and up, or else through the cliffs. Superb.


  • P1
  • 15
  • Alpine (Technical) 6
  • Alpine (Commitment) V
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 5+

Comments
UUID
 
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