Sharks Tooth Peak and Mt Liverpool. 2, 5 - 7 February 2013

A day trip up Sharks Tooth Peak in the Matukituki River West Branch, followed by a climb of Rough Ridge from Shovel Flat to Mt Liverpool a few days later. Descent via Governors Ridge and Cascade Saddle to Aspiring Hut

Trip map. 1 grid square = 1km. Left click on map then select "Sizes -> Original" in bottom right corner of screen to view full size
View up the Matukituki River West Branch from Sharks Tooth Peak
Climbing Matukituki River Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Ansted Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Edward Mount Liverpool Mount Maori Mount Maoriri Mount Maruiwi Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 002
Matukituki Valley panorama, from the summit of Sharks Tooth Peak
Cascade Saddle Climbing Dragonfly Peak Fastness Peak Matukituki River Matukituki River East Branch Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aeolus Mount Alba Mount Ansted Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mount Castor Mount Edward Mount Liverpool Mount Lydia Mount Maori Mount Maoriri Mount Maruiwi Mount Pollux Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Sharks Tooth Peak Shotover Saddle Tramping Sharks Tooth 023a
Matukituki Valley panorama, from the summit of Sharks Tooth Peak
Cascade Saddle Climbing Dragonfly Peak Fastness Peak Matukituki River Matukituki River East Branch Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aeolus Mount Alba Mount Ansted Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mount Castor Mount Edward Mount Liverpool Mount Lydia Mount Maori Mount Maoriri Mount Maruiwi Mount Pollux Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Sharks Tooth Peak Shotover Saddle Tramping Sharks Tooth 023b
View of Mt Aspiring from Sharks Tooth Peak
Climbing Homestead Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 030
View up the Matukituki River East Branch from Sharks Tooth Peak
Climbing Dragonfly Peak Fastness Peak Matukituki River Matukituki River East Branch Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aeolus Mount Alba Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Castor Mount Pollux Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 035
Fog Peak
Climbing Fog Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 043
Craigroyston Peak
Climbing Craigroyston Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 047
View into the Polnoon Burn. Black Peak on left
Black Peak Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Polnoon Burn Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 059
Raspberry Creek car park
Climbing Matukituki River Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Raspberry Creek car park Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 066
View from Sharks Tooth Peak: Mt Lydia, Mt Edward, Mt Maoriri, Mt maruiwi, Mt Maori, Mt Liverpool. Cascade Saddle just left of centre image
Cascade Saddle Climbing Matukituki River Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Edward Mount Liverpool Mount Lydia Mount Maori Mount Maoriri Mount Maruiwi Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 072
View up the Matukituki River East Branch from Sharks Tooth Peak. Mt Aspiring on left
Climbing Dragonfly Peak Fastness Peak Matukituki River Matukituki River East Branch Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aeolus Mount Alba Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Castor Mount Pollux Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 085
Rob Roy Peak and Mt Aspiring
Climbing Matukituki River Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Liverpool Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 095
Rob Roy Peak, Mt Aspiring and Homestead Peak
Climbing Homestead Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 101
Sharks Tooth Peak summit pyramid
Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 127
Sharks Tooth Peak summit pyramid
Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 148
Giant speargrass (Aciphylla scott-thomsonii). Sharks Tooth Peak, Matukituki River West Branch
Aciphylla Climbing Flora Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping spaniard Sharks Tooth 155
The lower Matukituki River West Branch and Mt Eostre from the slopes of Sharks Tooth Peak
Climbing Matukituki River Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Eostre Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 162
Sharks Tooth Peak from Raspberry Creek car par
Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Sharks Tooth 169
Early morning fog at Shovel Flat
Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Bevan Mount Joffre Mountaineering New Zealand Shovel Flat Tititea Tramping Liverpool 001
The river flats down valley of Aspiring Hut (visible at centre image) from Rough Ridge. Mt Tyndall top right
Aspiring Hut Climbing Craigroyston Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 009
Climbing Rough Ridge. The Christopher Johnston Glacier and Islington Dome above, with the east ridge on right
Climbing Governors Ridge Islington Dome Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 015a
Aspiring Hut from Rough Ridge
Aspiring Hut Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 018
South Island edelweiss (Leucogenes grandiceps). Rough Ridge, Matukituki River West Branch
Climbing Flora Leucogenes grandiceps Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge South Island edelweiss Tramping edelweiss Liverpool 027
South Island edelweiss (Leucogenes grandiceps). Rough Ridge, Matukituki River West Branch
Climbing Flora Leucogenes grandiceps Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge South Island edelweiss Tramping edelweiss Liverpool 033
Rob Roy Peak west face and Glengyle Peak from Rough Ridge
Climbing Glengyle Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 041
Islington Dome and Christopher Johnston Glacier
Chrisopher Johnston Glacier Climbing Islington Dome Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 047
Tititea / Mount Aspiring
Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge Tititea Tramping Liverpool 067
French Ridge, The Quarterdeck and Mount Avalanche
Climbing French Ridge Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount avalanche Mountaineering New Zealand Quarterdeck Quarterdeck Pass Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 079
Rob Roy Peak and Glengyle Peak
Climbing Glengyle Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 083
Rob Roy Peak west face
Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 089
Apiring Hut, and the ranges from Fog Peak to Shotover Saddle on the skyline. Mount Repulse on far right. From high up on Rough Ridge
Aspiring Hut Climbing Craigroyston Peak Fog Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Repulse Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge Sharks Tooth Peak Shotover Saddle Tramping Liverpool 099
The mother of all cornices at the top of Rough Ridge - over 20m thick! I sidled to climb through the only obvious break
Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Rough Ridge Tramping cornice Liverpool 106
Mt Tyndall and the Isobel Glacier from Governors Ridge
Climbing Governors Ridge Isobel Glacier Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Ansted Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 113
Tititea / Mount Aspiring
Bonar Glacier Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Liverpool Mountaineering New Zealand Tititea Tramping Liverpool 115
Dart Glacier from Mt Liverpool. Peaks on the skyline are Mt Edward, Mt Maoriri, Mt Maori
Climbing Dart Glacier Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Edward Mount Liverpool Mount Maori Mount Maoriri Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 127a
360 degree panorama from the summit of Mt Liverpool. Music: "From Truth" by Dexter Britain http://www.dexterbritain.co.uk)
Liverpool 144a
Arawhata Saddle, Mt Barff and Mt Aspiring from the summit of Mt Liverpool
Arawhata Saddle Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Barff Mount Liverpool Mountaineering New Zealand Tititea Tramping Liverpool 147
Mt Barff
Arawhata Saddle Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Barff Mount Liverpool Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 158
View into the Upper Arawhata River from the summit of Mt Liverpool
Arawhata River Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Ionia Mount Liverpool Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Waipara Range Liverpool 164
Mystery Col and the snout of the Snow Whute Glacier
Arawhata River Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering Mystery Col New Zealand Snow White Glacier Tramping Liverpool 173
View into the Upper Arawhata River from the summit of Mt Liverpool
Arawhata River Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Ionia Mount Liverpool Mountaineering Mystery Col New Zealand Snow White Glacier Tramping Waipara Range Liverpool 180
Mt Edward and Mt Maoriri
Climbing Governors Ridge Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Edward Mount Liverpool Mount Maoriri Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 190
Mt Ian, Mt Lydia, Mt Maori
Climbing Governors Ridge Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Ian Mount Liverpool Mount Lydia Mount Maori Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 196
Liverpool Hut and French Ridge Hut
Climbing French Ridge French Ridge Hut Liverpool Hut Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Liverpool Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 207
French Ridge and Mt Avalanche
Climbing French Ridge French Ridge Hut Liverpool Hut Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Liverpool Mount avalanche Mountaineering New Zealand Quarterdeck Tramping Liverpool 210
Mt Avalanche
Climbing French Ridge Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Liverpool Mount avalanche Mountaineering New Zealand Quarterdeck Tramping Liverpool 222
Rob Roy Peak west face
Climbing Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Liverpool Mountaineering New Zealand Rob Roy Peak Tramping Liverpool 231