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West Ridge.

Grade
2+
Quality
0
First ascent
Gordon Howitt, Alan Gill, Dec 1962.
Located on
Topo ref
WR

  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 2+

From the Poerua-Barlow saddle (between pts 1576m and 1557m), easy walking on the ridge leads to about the 1900m contour where the ridge becomes razorbacked. The first ascent party climbed most of this before gaining a snow couloir and ascending that through to the summit.


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