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East Face

Type
Face
Part of
Mt Walter

From the Upper Tasman Glacier

Aspect
East
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
G GGeriatric, 5 5 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 5

A thirteen pitch route starting just right and below where the major icecliffs begin to develop. The route follows a right ascending traverse after four pitches and then heads straight up steep ice onto the ridge 200m from the summit of Mt Walter.
IC ICIce Crème, 5 5 0m
2.01
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 5

Ascend an obvious gully for eight pitches, which broadens out to join the snowfields left of the summit.
C CCurtains, 5 5 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 5

Climb a steep ice curtain, which leads into a broad gully. The gully leads left and finishes directly at the summit.
O OOriginal, 5 5 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 5

Ascend a steep couloir on the right side of the face for three pitches. Then traverse left into the same gully ascended by the Curtains route.

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