From Mt Head Campsite to Mt Head via Grant Glacier
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Distance: 3.6 km
(8.0 DOC hours)
- Unmarked route, hard
Altitude: 1627m to 2572m. Gain: 965m. Loss: 20m . Gradient: 16 deg
Skills: Glacier travel required (7/7)
Altitude: 1627m to 2572m. Gain: 965m. Loss: 20m . Gradient: 16 deg
Skills: Glacier travel required (7/7)
GPX info source: Drawn on map
Gain flattish slopes at about 1720m and traverse to reach the Grant Glacier. Ascend glacier to about 2400m and climb steeply to south ridge of Mt Head and Jura Glacier. Ascend glacier and then summit pyramid.
Last updated by: Megturnbull at 2021-03-04 04:47:31. Experienced: 2015-04-25
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