Tititea Mount Aspiring - Northeast Face

The only 3,000m peak outside of the Aoraki region, Tititea stands head and shoulders above most other peaks in the Otago Alps. With four distinct faces and a striking pyramid shape (when seen from a certain angle), it is sometimes dubbed the Matterhorn of the south - though with significantly better rock than its Swiss counterpart.

This is one of 5 posters of Tititea, showing all of its faces during a late summer sunrise. You can find the other ones there:

• South Face I (head on, showing also the massive Southeast face of the Popes Nose, under the Bonar glacier)
• South Face II (from a different angle, showing a lot of the West Face as well)
• North Face (a wealth of wild rock routes)
• West Face (the route of the first ascent in 1909, but mostly showing the Northwest Ridge and all its variants, by far the most commonly used route to climb the mountain)

Free download link - medium resolution, for personal use only, not for printing

Route List

1: Bishops Buttress, V, 6, C. Beavan, A. Uren, 1999
2: F*** the Pope, VI, 6, B. Alder, L. Clay, N. Cradock, D. Fearnley, 07/1990
3: The Vision, V, 6, R. Turner, D. Vass, 1999
4: Northeast Ridge of the Popes Nose, III, 3, D. Innes, L. Kennedy, 02/1969
5: Coxcomb Ridge, III, 3, R. Beedham, S. Holmes, 01/1953
6: Dave and Richard’s Route, IV, 6, 20, R. Turner, D. Vass, 1998
7: Northeast Face, V, 5, L. Bell, D. Bogie, 08/1978
8: James Langley Wags Work, V, 6, 19, R. Braddock, D. Vass, 2003
9: Surgeon Spur, IV, 3, I. Bagley, L. Bruce, R. Scott, B. Wilkins, 01/1955

Sources and Credits

• "Tititea Aspiring and the Otago Alps," Neil Sloan and Nick Shearer, NZAC Guidebooks, 2024
  
• "The Mount Aspiring Region, A Guide for Mountaineers," Allen Uren and John Cocks, NZAC Guidebooks, 2009
  
• "Pope's Nose, East Face, Second Winter Ascent and First Solo," Guy Mckinnon, AAL, 2015
  
• "The Aspiring Year," Guy Cotter, NZAI, 1990
  
• ClimbNZ.org
  

Updates

Feb 9, 2026: Minor caption and graphic design update.