Tititea Mount Aspiring - South Face

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 II (from a different angle, showing a lot of the West Face as well)
• 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: Southwest Ridge, III, 3+, D. Dick, D. Lewis, H. Stevenson, Dec. 1936
2: Santa Claws, IV, 5, D. Druce, A. Palman, Jul. 1995
3: Quite Direct, IV, 5, A. Uren, Oct. 1993
4: Original Route, IV, 4, R. Bennett, P. Moore, Dec. 1991
5: Denz-Thompson, IV, 4, B. Denz, L. Thompson, May 1972
6: Quite Aspirational, V, 5+, O. Benton, S. Clarkson, Oct. 2021
7: Mixed Aspirations, IV, 5+, B. Hasler, P. O’Connor, 1997
8: 24 Hour Party People, IV, 5+, J. Edwards, O. Metherell, K. Neal, 2005
9: Whiston-Hyslop, IV, 5+, K. Hyslop, N. Whiston, Jan. 1976
10: Perspiring, IV, 5+, C. Fox, H. McGhie, Jan. 2005
11: Shooting Star, IV, 5+, B. Dare, D. Joll, Sep. 2014
12: Shooting Thar, IV, 5+ WI3, G. Loomes, R. Macfarlane, Jul. 2020
13: Thales, IV, 5, J. Heung, L. Kirchner, Sep. 2016
14: Leo Hugo, IV, 5, F. Bernard, A. Cayrol, Dec. 2002
15: The Shiny Beast, IV, 5, B. Weedon, N. Whiston, Dec. 1981
16: Kia Rapu | Tōku Māramatanga, IV, 5 WI3 M4, S. Clarkson, G. Lang, Jul. 2020
17: Chocolate Fish, III, 4, C. Beavan, A. Uren, 1997
18: Coxcomb Ridge, III, 3, R. Beedham, S. Holmes, Jan. 1953
19: Popes Nose from the Bonar Glacier, II, 2, D. Dick, D. Lewis, H. Stevenson, Dec. 1936
20: Bishops Buttress, V, 6, C. Beavan, A. Uren, 1999
21: F*** the Pope, VI, 6, B. Alder, L. Clay, N. Cradock, D. Fearnley, Jul. 1990
22: The Vision, V, 6, R. Turner, D. Vass, 1999
23: Northeast Ridge of the Popes Nose, III, 3, D. Innes, L. Kennedy, Feb. 1969
24: Surgeon Spur, IV, 3, I. Bagley, L. Bruce, R. Scott, B. Wilkins, Jan. 1955
25: East Ridge of Scylla, II, 2+, D. Innes, L. Kennedy, Feb. 1969
26: West Ridge of Charybdis, II, 2, R. Barrowclough, G. Bishop, H. Stoddart, Dec. 1961