Tititea Mount Aspiring - South Face II
Tititea Mount Aspiring - South Face II
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 (from a different angle, showing also the massive Southeast face of the Popes Nose, under the Bonar glacier)
- North Face (a wealth of wild rock routes)
- Northeast Face (very rarely climbed, a massive shield of almost impossible
- 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)
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Route List
1: Northwest Ridge, III, 2, H. Hodgkinson, J. Murrell, G. Robertson, S. Turner, Mar. 1913
2: West Couloir, III, 3
3: Cereal Pillar, III, M4, L. Clay, G. Cotter, 2010
4: Forgotten Couloir, III, 3
5: Pride of the Hotaka, III, 5 M5, M. Kohara, T. Tani, Jan. 2009
6: West Face, III, 3, J. Clarke, A. Graham, B. Head, Nov. 1909
7: Southwest Ridge, III, 3+, D. Dick, D. Lewis, H. Stevenson, Dec. 1936
8: Santa Claws, IV, 5, D. Druce, A. Palman, Jul. 1995
9: Quite Direct, IV, 5, A. Uren, Oct. 1993
10: Original Route, IV, 4, R. Bennett, P. Moore, Dec. 1991
11: Denz-Thompson, IV, 4, B. Denz, L. Thompson, May 1972
12: Quite Aspirational, V, 5+, O. Benton, S. Clarkson, Oct. 2021
13: Mixed Aspirations, IV, 5+, B. Hasler, P. O’Connor, 1997
14: 24 Hour Party People, IV, 5+, J. Edwards, O. Metherell, K. Neal, 2005
15: Whiston-Hyslop, IV, 5+, K. Hyslop, N. Whiston, Jan. 1976
16: Perspiring, IV, 5+, C. Fox, H. McGhie, Jan. 2005
17: Shooting Star, IV, 5+, B. Dare, D. Joll, Sep. 2014
18: Shooting Thar, IV, 5+ WI3, G. Loomes, R. Macfarlane, Jul. 2020
19: Thales, IV, 5, J. Heung, L. Kirchner, Sep. 2016
20: Leo Hugo, IV, 5, F. Bernard, A. Cayrol, Dec. 2002
21: The Shiny Beast, IV, 5, B. Weedon, N. Whiston, Dec. 1981
22: Kia Rapu | Tōku Māramatanga, IV, 5 WI3 M4, S. Clarkson, G. Lang, Jul. 2020
23: Chocolate Fish, III, 4, C. Beavan, A. Uren, 1997
24: Coxcomb Ridge, III, 3, R. Beedham, S. Holmes, Jan. 1953