FOX GLACIER
HUT ERECTED ON PIONEER RIDGE By Telegraph—Press Association HOKITIKA, November 7. Guide Alack, of the Fox Glacier, has just completed the building of a new hut on Pioneer Ridge, at the head of the "ox Glacier. The hut Is at an elevation of about 8000 feet ,and ranks as the highest in the Southern Alps. It will be the jumping off ground for several peaks of over 10,000 feet in the vinicity, constituting the best climbing group in New Zealand. The hut, the material and labour for which was supplied by Messrs Sullivan Bros., Weheka, was erected under trying weather conditions, but fortunately most of the material was taken in previously Miss Gardiner will spend some weeks in the locality, carrying out high climbing In company with Guide Alack.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19641, 8 November 1933, Page 2
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131FOX GLACIER Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19641, 8 November 1933, Page 2
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