Douglas Pass

Type

Altitude

1650m

Part of

Douglas Pass was reached by Charlie Douglas from the Landsborough in 1889. Tom Fyfe and George Graham crossed the pass in 1893 (from the Mueller Glacier and McKerrow Glacier to the Fitzgerald flats, before returning the same way).

Caption

Douglas névé from north-west ridge of Mt Burns, December 2013

Rights credit

Rob Frost/Subalpine Photography

Lat/lon

-43.7249245928,169.97528535602, NZ Topo Map

Approach

From Harpers Rock (grade I, 1): A cairn at BX15 565 549 marks the base of the route on the north side of the pass. Tussock slopes on the Douglas side are straightforward, with a few bluffy sections that are best avoided by sidling on slippery tussock out to the north-west. The Landsborough side consists of slumping gravel terraces.

Accessed from

Karangarua River

Landsborough River

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