Mount Hicks (New Zealand)
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Mount Hicks Saint David's Dome |
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 Mount Hicks in the center with Mount Vancouver in the background |
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| height | 3216 m | |
| location | West Coast Region , South Island, New Zealand | |
| Mountains | New Zealand Alps | |
| Dominance | 0.9 km → Mount Dampier | |
| Notch height | 56 m | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 35 '16 " S , 170 ° 7' 44" E | |
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| First ascent | February 9, 1906 | |
The Mount Hicks , also Saint David's Dome called, is a mountain in the Southern Alps in Mount Cook National Park on the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The mountain has a height of 3216 m and is located above the Hooker Glacier near the Aoraki / Mount Cook . The starting point for an ascent is the Empress Hut . Several combined climbs lead through the south face of Mount Hicks , including the Dingle-Button route.
First ascents
The climbers H. E: Newton , RS Low and Alex Graham were the first to climb the mountain on February 9, 1906. Bill Denz and Al Jones were the first climbers to conquer the mountain in winter in 1972.
literature
- CA Russell : One Hundred Years Ago . In: The Alpine Journal . 2006, p. 228–236 (English, online [PDF; 3.4 MB ; accessed on May 18, 2018]).
- Colin Monteath : New Zealand 1971-2 Season . In: The Alpine Journal . 1972, p. 243–246 (English, online [PDF; 1.8 MB ; accessed on May 19, 2018]).
Web links
Commons : Mount Hicks - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Mount Cook from Fitzgerald's Saddle.jpg. Collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library , 1895, accessed on March 28, 2010 (English, picture of Mount Hicks as Saint David's Dome , left of center in the background).
- Mount Hicks (New Zealand) on Peakbagger.com (English)