hey guys just wondering if anyone knows the easyest way to climb mt arrowsmith i know there are a few routes,and i asume the use of ropes is a must or are they? anythings a help ,the only route i know of is up the cameron river.
Go from the Lawrence. I hear is the easiest route, or 'the trampers way' as some people call it, it is in the guide book and probably online on climbnz.
Approaching from the Lawrence is considered easiest - however it will still likely involve some glacier travel (at the head of Moses Creek) and either negotiating a rock step to access the upper glacier, and/or some exposed scrambling on steep terrain.
Easiest - probably - but still generally a Grade 2 climb.
Enjoy!!
Lawrence is just a huge walk in though. Just go the standered route in spring time, it is cake walk then. A total sand bag at 3-.
cheerz guys, whats the climbing grade range between ?
It takes about as long to walk up the Lawrence as it does to walk up the Cameron, so no real advantage either way there.
Climbing grades I believe range from Grade 2 (as outlined in my earlier reply) up to 3+/4- for routes from the Hakatere or Cameron, of course all totally dependent on conditions you encounter on the day.
