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NZ mountaineering over easter! 8-Feb-2012 At 2:00:53 PM cruze

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Hey - best of luck for April. It has been really warm over here in NZ for the past couple of months after a pretty light winter precip. Maybe alpine rock routes might be the go unless we get a good dump or ten by April. You probably already know that full nw ridge of Aspiring will probably be rock at that stage except maybe the cap and the Bonar will be well opened. We just did Brewster on the weekend and it was one of the mankiest choss heaps anywhere. Completely dry above the neve. Still purty views but slow with pitching.

That said, there are plenty of peaks to keep you busy...

...like this one:
http://climbnz.org.nz/nz/si/fiordland/darran-mountains/sabre-pk/north-buttress
or this one:
http://climbnz.org.nz/nz/si/fiordland/mitre-pk
or this one, which you should probably steer well clear of:
http://climbnz.org.nz/nz/south-island/otago/huxley-range/chosspile-pk
speaking of which I can put you in contact with Peter Dickson who seems keen to get out and about at the moment.