The Mount Aspiring Region.
The Mount Aspiring Region.
The Mount Aspiring area is classic mountaineering country, where the approach to the mountains may be as enjoyable as the climbs themselves. It is an area of open grassy flats, gentle bush tracks, hard hauls up the valley sides, and high, wide snowfields. This guide has some specific objectives. Primarily it is intended to give those unfamiliar with the region the essential data regarding access, huts and tracks, and to give sufficiently detailed descriptions of the climbing routes to prevent major errors in route finding. The Author has made no attempt to provide blow-by-blow accounts of the routes. As the number of peaks and routes described is relatively small, The Author has not adopted a grossly abbreviated style. Rather he has included considerable information of historical or general interest. Although some may consider this out of place in a guidebook, The Author hopes that the majority of mountaineers who visit this delightful area will always be interested in much more than the most direct and foolproof route to the top. The scope of this book is small. It essentially covers all those peaks that may be climbed from huts or camps accessible from the two branches of the Matukituki River. The Author has also included climbs from the head of the Dart Glacier, as a camp on Cascade Saddle would provide a convenient base for this strangely neglected corner. All climbing routes are numbered and are arranged in groups, so that all climbs likely to be attempted from a single base are found together. Tramping in this region is covered by Moir's Guide Book - Northern.
Page created by Murray Scott. Last modified 26 June 1996.