Arthur's Pass Region Ascents Logbook

Ascents in Arthur's Pass National Park have not been well documented over the years, and the Park Headquarters has never maintained an ascents log. So there is at least some form of ascents record kept for the park I provide this electronic log here. You are quite welcome to enter any historical ascents you have made in the park as well as recent ascents.

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If you think you have established a new route please email me at graemek@xtra.co.nz with the details, please include as much route detail as possible (including estimated alpine and/or rock grades), include a marked up photograph if possible.

If you have route corrections from that in the current Guide Book visit the Mountain WIKI page and make your updates there.

PLEASE NOTE: This database is now a "live" fully online version, updates will now show immediately. If you make an error please email me at graemek@xtra.co.nz with the corrections.

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MOST RECENT ASCENTS
Date	Mountain	Route	Party Name	Party Members	Notes
27/11/2018	Mt Alexander	Camp Creek Route	PVT	Jon Colbert	A few chamois on the tops. Snow on the summit was firm enough to kick steps and not sink.
29/09/2018	Mt Murchison	White Glacier	PVT	Wayne Robinson, Mike Jennings, Phil Williams	2am start from Barker Hut with near perfect firm snow all the way via White Glacier to a gusty summit at sunrise
26/08/2018	Mt Temple	Last Crusade	PVT	Owain and Dan	Snow OK. Not much gear - recommend knife blades.
24/08/2018	Mt Bealey	From Mt Bealey Track	PVT	Colin Kinnison Jason Watson	Ski descent back to track. Not enough snow to descend into Rough Ck. Excellent skiing with a good snow pack.
15/07/2018	Mt Temple	Gully left of Left Buttress (possibly The Last Crusade)	PVT	Jamie Macalister, Kevin Peng, Camille Rousset	Deep powder on easier slopes but firm (although sometimes thin) alpine ice on steeper sections. Overcast day with some warming/melting in the afternoon but all in all, good day out.
21/06/2018	Lyell Peak	Avalanche Peak Track - Avalanche & Lyell Peaks - Scott's Track	Pawel Wawrzosek	Pawel Wawrzosek	Went along Avalanche Peak Track to summit, continued to Lyell Peak and back through Scott's Track. Clouds in the morning, cleared fully after 2-3 hours. Snow from bushline, first patchy, soon route fully covered with snow. Met some hikers in snickers, don't attempt without crampons and axe this time of year!
10/03/2018	Mt Temple	Temple Col - Mt Temple - Phipp Peak & down west ridge to road	PVT	Daryll & Barbara Thomson & Murray Cullen	Sunny day & dry rock
28/01/2018	Mt Franklin	Oats/Franklin ridge	Jacob Downie	Ross li	Nice and sunny other than a quick thunderstorm while we wear near the summit. A cave provided great shelter as we waited for it to pass. No snow on any of the ridge except a small pocket near Oates.
27/01/2018	Mt Oates	South ridge from Edwards hut and Williams saddle	Jacob Downie	Ross li	Hot conditions. Dirty tarns on the ridge and no other water till lake Mavis. Load up in a creek heading up to the saddle. Wonderful scramble on good rock. Options for descent to lake Mavis. We took a scree couloir between low/high peak to the West face then sidled around to a notch in the West ridge. From here there was a well used scree slope down to the lake.
21/01/2018	Cow Peak	New Route on buttress left of "Greet the Sacred Cow"	Gibbins-Sowman	Ben Sowman, Jasmine Gibbins, Latham Gibbins & Ben Gibbins	We climbed a new rock route on Cow Peak at the head of the Anti-Crow River. We climbed the rock buttress left of the already established route "Greet the Sacred Cow". We started at the hoof of the buttress and climbed to a notch where it becomes steeper. From there we traversed left and scrambled to the summit. The route tops out about 50 meters south of the small, unnamed peak between Cow Peak and Gizeh Col. Crux grade about 12 (2+). We named the route "Gibbins-Sowman"
27/12/2017	One Shot Hill	Paratu Stream then scree slide into Paratu Stream	PVT	Daryll & Barbara Thomson	Less scrub bashing than we expected.
02/12/2017	Mt Philistine	Philistine Bluffs and eastern slopes	PVT	Mark Buckley	Soft snow from about 1600 metres
01/12/2017	Mt Byrne	From Harper Pass & ridge to the south towards Pt 1725 then west over open tops to Mt Byrne	PVT	Daryll & Barbara Thomson	Very straight forward route except for the alpine scrub up from Harper Pass
14/11/2017	Mt Row	Via Cherrywood Creek & then trees on true left of creek to Pt 1655 and then along the ridge to Mt Row	Daryll Thomson	Barbara Thomson	Can be difficult to exit from Cherrywood Creek. Best to stay in the trees from the first major fork in Cherrywood Creek
10/11/2017	Mt Rolleston - Low Peak	Otira Slide - Ski descent	PVT	Colin Kinison Jason Watson	Really nice conditions with some sticky newish snow in places. 15cm unreactive slab on the upper slope.