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East Face

Type
Face
Part of
The Footstool

East face of the Footstool

Aspect
East
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Alert Operations
3.02 3.02Wombats on Heat, III,3+,3- III,3+,3- 0m
0

Ascend a weakness through the rock band below
the large snowfield, then up to the Main Divide
south of The Footstool. There is a variation that
links snowfields to the right of the rock band.
This is a good alternative to the Couloir Route if
the bergschrund conditions are not favourable.
During late summer, snow can be completely
absent from this face, and the rock is not
worth climbing!

  • P1
  • Alpine (Technical) 3+
  • Alpine (Commitment) III
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 3-
 Couloir Route, 3- 3- 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 3-

From the Stocking Glacier ascend the prominent couloir either to the ridge, or near the summit move right up an offshoot couloir. The schrund at the base of the couloir may prove troublesome late in the season.
 Direct, 4- 4- 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 4-

Follow the face to the right of the Couloir Route via a shallow gully. 1st ascent 9 pitches.
 Three short ice routes, 4- 4- 0m
0
  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 4-

Three short ice routes have been climbed to the right of the Direct route joining the East Ridge: i) Footstolen (3+), ii) Infoleak (3+), iii) Smash n grab (4-).

Comments
This place appears in
Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers, 2018
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UUID
 
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