A four day trip around and over Mount Tyndall - but due to glacial recession, our route over the mountain's west shoulder is pretty bad, and should not be attempted without 2 x 60m ropes for an ugly abseil. Day 1: Starting at Raspberry Creek car park, we ambled up the Matukituki River West Branch, then over Shotover Saddle in rain, and descended to Tummel Burn Hut via a high sidle above Tyndall Creek. Day 2: Down the Shotover River to Hundred Mile Hut, and up Lake Creek to Lochnagar. Day 3: We climbed to the steep sidle at the head of Pine Creek, then gained the ridge at the head of Snowy Creek, which took us to the Tyndall Glacier and to a high camp at 2400m on Mount Tyndall's west ridge. A route up the south ridge of Tyndall proved too dangerous due to the appalling nature of the rock. Day 4: We dropped onto the Isobel Glacier (not good!) then climbed the standard route to the summit of Mount Tyndall, before descending to Cascade Saddle and Aspiring Hut. Party: Gwenn Le Mée, Inka Koch, Danilo Hegg