Country:
New Zealand
Region: Otago
Subregion: Queenstown-Lakes District
Town: Mount Aspiring National Park
v6 a6 VI
25h
6h40
13h20
5h
50m
4x50m
25
on Foot
Rating:
★★★★★
5 (1)
Info:
★★★
1 (1)
Belay:
★★★
1 (1)
Summary:
Very intimidating and technical canyon. For sure one of the Masterpieces to do in New Zealand.
March - May
Summary:
Very intimidating and technical canyon. For sure one of the Masterpieces to do in New Zealand.
Access:
Approach (6 h 40):
Walk in the 16km along the Matukituki River, overnight at the confluence of Gloomy and the main river. On the next day walk up the french ridge, once you hit the Subalpine, a bit hidden there are tapes that will get you to the start of the canyon (1 hour of bush bashing).
Tour (13 h 20):
Get in contact with someone who has done the canyon already to get specific details, as there are plenty of tricky spots, and very long handlines to do.
Return (5 h):
Sleep again at the bottom of the canyon, and walk out the 16km on the next day.
23.03.2024
Bubtore
⭐
★★★★★
📖
★★★
⚓
★★★
💧
High
Completed ✔
machine translated
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Original language
Irgendwie magisch, manche versuchen seit Jahren dieses Monster zu bewältigen, und wir kommen daher ohne Erwartungen, haben das perfekte Wetterfenster um es zu wagen, und es hat perfekt funktioniert. Irgendwie zu perfekt. Wir waren nur 10 Stunden im Canyon, davor war das schnellste 20 Stunden, wir waren dadurch ziemlich baff. Aber hoffentlich trauen sich jetzt ein paar mehr Teams es in Angriff zu nehmen, weil bisher wurde es nur all 5 Jahre gemacht (2013 und 2018)
Somehow magical, some have been trying to tackle this monster for years, and we come along with no expectations, have the perfect weather window to take a chance, and it worked out perfectly. Somehow too perfect. We were only in the canyon for 10 hours, before that the fastest was 20 hours, so we were pretty stunned. But hopefully a few more teams will dare to tackle it now, because so far it's only been done every 5 years (2013 and 2018)
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