Mount Brewster, 17 - 18 July 2010

My second climb to Mount Brewster, 10 years and 10 days after my first trip. On Saturday, we walked past Brewster Hut and set up camp at 2230m on the Main Divide just south of Mount Brewster. On Sunday, we climbed the east ridge to 50m below the top, then sidled north and reached the summit via the west ridge. After an abseil off the trig, we descended the south face and the south ridge to our camp, then back out to Fantail Falls. Party: Jaz Morris, Jono Squire, Nina Dickerhof, Danilo Hegg

Trip map. 1 grid square = 1km. Left click on map then select "Sizes -> Original" in bottom right corner of screen to view full size
Brewster Hut on the north-west ridge of Mt Armstrong
Brewster Hut Climbing Mount Armstrong Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping hut
Brewster Hut. The Lindsay Peaks and Burnt Top in the background to the right.
Brewster Hut Burnt Top Climbing Lindsay Peaks Mount Aspiring National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping hut
Jaz swagging on the way to Mt Brewster
Brewster Glacier Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Approaching Mount Brewster
Brewster Glacier Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Mt Brewster at sunset from near our campsite
Brewster Glacier Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Swagging to the campsite in the last evening light
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Jaz and Nina climb the east ridge of Mt Brewster
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Jaz and Nina climb the east ridge of Mt Brewster
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Jaz and Nina climb the east ridge of Mt Brewster. The Huxley Range in the background, with Mt Barth to the right
Climbing Huxley Range Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Barth Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
The summit of Mt Brewster at sunrise
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Climbing the east ridge of Mt Brewster. The Huxley Range in the background, with Mt Barth to the right
Climbing Huxley Range Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Barth Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Jono and Nina on the east ridge of Mt Brewster
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Jaz belaying Jono on Mt Brewster's summit ridge. Rob Roy Peak, Mt Avalanche and Mt Aspiring are visible on the horizon
Climbing Mount Aspiring Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Jono summiting on Mt Brewster
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Nina descending the south face of Mt Brewster. Jono and Jaz sort out the ropes higher up
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Descending the south face of Mt Brewster
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping
Campsite at 2230m on the Main Divide just south of Mount Brewster
Climbing Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Brewster Mountaineering New Zealand Southern Alps Tramping campsite tent

Joe Nawalaniec
on June 1, 2013
Hey nice to read your dispatches. We took our fox terrier Sushi up to the summit of Mt Brewster, just before your climb in 2010, via same route as you, and she has climbed a good number of the peaks along the main divide, including some of the ones you guys have been up eg.Huxley (twice, via different routes), Barth, Strauchan, etc. etc. She's done other (unmentionable!) peaks in Westland / Mt Cook NPs as well. Her in-built crampons work well in the steep ice! She is hatching a few more climbing plans down south for 2013-14...
Ed Stevens
on October 4, 2010
Looking at climbing Brewster early Nov wait for a good weather window. Very helpful photos and map.
heather
on July 25, 2010
like re-living the past! looked like such a good couple of days. great shots of the east ridge!