This expedition starts with a very scenic drive from Wanaka over Haast Pass to the West coast and to Fox Glacier village. From there, you fly by helicopter up to Pioneer hut, the base for the climb.

Some training and 'warm up' peaks may be a suitable thing to do, depending on your experience, conditions or the weather.

The climb itself involves glacier travel across the Albert Glacier's upper neve, and then moderate angle cramponing up slopes to gain the upper reaches of the glacier and access across the bergshrund to gain Marcel col.

Marcel col is an awesome view point as you can see down into the Eastern side of the main divide and onto the Grand Plateau.

The climb from Marcel col to the summit usually involves pitched climbing up classic snow/ice terrain. The summit is a fine viewpoint indeed.

The descent from the summit to Pioneer hut usually involves lowering, down climbing and glacier travel.

This mountaineering objective of climbing Mt Lendenfeld is a classic West coast adventure, involving working in and around West coast weather, timing access and egress and experiencing the wilderness and uniqueness that mountaineering on the West coast of NZ's Southern Alps can provide.

Gary's 30 years of experience in this region is an asset you can tap into to make a trip into this wilderness zone as successful as possible.

If you are looking for a classic snow and ice peak with big wilderness feel but not too taxing physically or mentally, then this could be your next - or first - mountaineering objective. This could be an ideal trip to combine mountaineering instruction as well as a start to 'peak bagging'.

Trips are 6 - 7 days long and the price is based on our Private Instruction package

Possibly for you during next summer?
A guided climb of Mt Lendenfeld, this could be your first ever mountaineering adventure -

get in touch for your Southern Alps buz with a fully qualified mountain guide

All instruction courses and mountaineering trips in NZ

with Gary Dickson, IFMGA/NZMGA mountain guide, are now in collaboration with

Alpine Guides (Aoraki) Ltd.

Bookings will go through their office and will be subject to their booking conditions. Trips with Gary will be run as per AGL's concession and safety management system requirements.

Pre-trip information and discussions are available from us anytime. Please e-mail or simply call.

 

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