It may be spring but the ice climbing at Whakapapa’s hidden Grand Gulley is on! Great water ice with a rambling 35m single pitch with two slightly steeper sections makes for a worthy target these days. We climbed it on the 26th Oct and it should still be on for a number of weeks due to it being well shaded and at about 2000m. Good V threads can be constructed at the top for a clean rap off into the gulley. 60m rope advised. 
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