Fettes Pk

From the Whitcombe Glacier gain the ridge and traverse over loose rock to the summit. "Olly and I made a 16-hour return trip from a bivvy at the junction of the Spence and the Landsborough. I think ours was the 5th ascent of the peak, although I don't know how I figured that. Our ascent is noted in the CMC Journal, no. 39 New Climbs, although it's incorrectly listed as the E Ridge (the Townsend-Fettes ridge defines it). It was interesting on top because we found a bottle with, as I recall, the first ascentionist's names from 1933, and then we descended their route." Stu Allan

This West Coast climb was accessed from the Karangarua and the Troyte River. Up the blunt ridge a bit, from there traverse right to connect with a narrow glacial lead up through some steep bluffs. Could be bare slabs late season.

Follow the Whitcombe Creek to reach the Fettes Glacier. Ascend the glacier to gain the ridge above the Spur Glacier and traverse the ridge to the summit. Christopher Johnson, a member of the first ascent party, an old boy of Fettes College, Edinburgh, placed his school hat-band in the summit cairn.

From a camp on Mueller Pass, and the upper Zora Creek, gain height via the gully onto the Zircon Glacier and ascend the upper snowfields to the summit.