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

Mount Maiti-iti and Mt Maori
Climbing Governors Ridge Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Maitiiti Mount Maori Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 249
Crevasses on Islington Dome
Climbing Governors Ridge Islington Dome Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping crevasse crevasses glacier Liverpool 271
Cascade Saddle, Mt Tyndall and Mt Ansted
Cascade Creek Climbing Governors Ridge Isobel Glacier Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Ansted Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 276
Mt Tyndall, Mt Ansted and the upper Cascade Creek
Cascade Creek Climbing Governors Ridge Isobel Glacier Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Ansted Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 285
On Plunket Dome, looking down the lower Dart Glacier. The Forbes Mountains on the skyline
Climbing Dart Glacier Forbes Mountains Governors Ridge Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Earnslaw Mount Head Mountaineering New Zealand Plunket Dome Sir William Peak Tramping moraine Liverpool 291
View down the West Matukituki. Fog Peak, Sharks Tooth Peak and Craigroyston Peak on the skyline; Glengyle on far left
Climbing Craigroyston Peak Fog Peak Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Plunket Dome Sharks Tooth Peak Tramping Liverpool 301
Heads Leap and Mt Tyndall
Cascade Creek Climbing Heads Leap Isobel Glacier Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 312
Heads Leap
Cascade Creek Climbing Heads Leap Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 324
Dart Glacier icefall
Climbing Dart Glacier Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping crevasse crevasses glacier icefall Liverpool 327
Mt Tyndall and the alpine basin above Cascade Saddle
Climbing Isobel Glacier Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Tyndall Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Liverpool 335
Governors Ridge (on the skyline) and Islington Dome. Rough Ridge descends diagonally to the right from centre image
Climbing Governors Ridge Islington Dome Matukituki River West Branch Matukituki Valley Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Plunket Dome Rough Ridge Tramping Liverpool 342