The Mount Aspiring Region

A guide for mountaineers

The Mount Aspiring area is classic mountaineering country where the approach
to the mountains may be as enjoyable as the climbs themselves. It is a region
of open grassy flats, gentle bush tracks, hard hauls up the valley sides and
high, wide snowfields.
This completely new guide gives full descriptions of the popular peaks and
approaches from the two branches of the Matukituki valley and the head of the
Dart Glacier.
For the first time, peaks north to Mt Alba, and south to Mt Earnslaw, are
described. Ice climbing areas are also be fully covered, making this new guide
an essential item for all climbers visiting the region.

It is one hundred years since Mount Aspiring was first climbed, and
mountaineers continue to find new adventures throughout this section of the
Southern Alps. The essential guide to these peaks has been completely revised
for this edition. Descriptions of the climbing routes on the peaks at the head
of Lake Wakatipu are now included, making this guide to climbing in the Mount
Aspiring region the most comprehensive yet.