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South Ridge

Grade
1+
Quality
0
First ascent
Mike Andrews, Steve Millar and two others, November 1995
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Topo ref
SR

  • P1
  • Alpine (Mt Cook) 1+

Gain Pt 1934 metres on the Bloomfield Range from either Reid Creek or the County, then a couloir on the County side leads eventually to Pt 2196 metres. The ridge is narrow to Pt 2216 metres, then sidle the head of the Reid Creek snow basin to overlook the McKenzie Glacier. This point can also be reached by scrambling up loose rock from McKenzie Col. Accessing McKenzie Col from either the County or the Wilkinson can be easy enough in spring snow, but both sides are subject to stone fall and schrunds can cut access from the Wilkinson. The South Ridge itself presents few problems, with a chimney providing the solution to a last line of minor bluffs.


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