Climbing Mount Aspiring, New Zealand, NW Ridge.

Climbing Mt Aspiring, New Zealand.

Wonderful mountain, great views and challenges to climb. I climbed Mount Aspiring Dec 24 2019. I went in solo and found other climbers going for the summit on a good weather day. The approach I did in two stages. First to the lower hut on French Ridge, then to the Colin Todd hut near the summit. The climbers I teamed with, planned to take the "early summer route" just North of the NW Ridge. We did a 4 am start and there were two huge avalanches that changed our plans to do the full NW Ridge. The rock was mostly a scramble with a couple of 5.0 moves. The ice was very solid and the weather held. It was a good day and great views. Randy :)

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