MOUNT SEFTON CLIMBED FROM THE WEST.—With the aid of a ski-equipped aircraft which landed for the first time on a new plateau 7500ft above sea level, Mount Sefton (10,370ft was climbed last week. This enterprising climb is the second undertaken with the aid of aircraft in the Mount Cook National Park by Messrs Harry Ayres and Oscar Coberger, two veteran climbers. Last year, they climbed three 10,000ft peaks in one day after being landed on the Grand Plateau. TOP LEFT: Mr Coberger and Mr John Evans, the pilot, stand beside the aircraft on the plateau near Welcome Pass. TOP RIGHT: Members of the climbing party rest at 9000ft, near the Douglas Glacier. BOTTOM LEFT: A view from Welcome Pass looking down the Copland Valley to the Tasman Sea. BOTTOM RIGHT: The new aircraft landing plateau is between the two peaks in the middle of the picture. This photograph was taken below the summit ridge of Mount Sefton.

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29401, 31 December 1960, Page 10

MOUNT SEFTON CLIMBED FROM THE WEST.—With the aid of a ski-equipped aircraft which landed for the first time on a new plateau 7500ft above sea level, Mount Sefton (10,370ft was climbed last week. This enterprising climb is the second undertaken with the aid of aircraft in the Mount Cook National Park by Messrs Harry Ayres and Oscar Coberger, two veteran climbers. Last year, they climbed three 10,000ft peaks in one day after being landed on the Grand Plateau. TOP LEFT: Mr Coberger and Mr John Evans, the pilot, stand beside the aircraft on the plateau near Welcome Pass. TOP RIGHT: Members of the climbing party rest at 9000ft, near the Douglas Glacier. BOTTOM LEFT: A view from Welcome Pass looking down the Copland Valley to the Tasman Sea. BOTTOM RIGHT: The new aircraft landing plateau is between the two peaks in the middle of the picture. This photograph was taken below the summit ridge of Mount Sefton.