The Remarkables Grand Traverse is probably one of the best and most accessible alpine routes in New Zealand and something I'd been meaning to do for sometime, so off we went. We pulled up at the base building of Remarkable Ski area at about 8:30am. We headed up over onto the West face and joined Queens Drive, after following the loose path underneath the spectacular rock walls we came to the boulder field and began the tricky accent up to the ridge line, reaching the helipad. From here it was pure fun along the ridge to Double and Single Cone, we free climbed most of the route but decided to rope the slaps up to the north peak of Double Cone. We descended down the south couloir and headed back along Lake Alta then back to the base building, getting to the car around 3pm. Lee & Sam. 6-7hour return. 14th April 2012

Double Italian Hitch - no belay plate I take it then for Sam!