South Island Gallery / Climbing / 2015-09 Mt Hutton   Mike and I biked and snowshoed up the Cass river, near Tekapo, to check out the South face of Mt Hutton. It wasn't in condition so we climbed on the ice in Ailsa creek instead. Photos by Mike and I.  Bike up the Cass    Camp on the glacier    Deep snow climbing to Mt Hutton glacier camp    P1060995 Packing to bike up the Cass    P1060999 Easy here, but gets much harder snowshoing up Mt Hutton    P1070003    P1070004 Climb to Ailsa Stream, ice is on the bluffs in the photo centre    P1070008    P1070009 Fat ice at Ailsa creek    P1070013 Descent route from belay anchors    P1070015    P1070017 S face of Mt Hutton is on the right    P1070019 Back down the Cass, before heading off for the Symphony on Skis   13 Images  |  Home  |  Generated by jAlbum 9 and based on Chamelion skin