This route is best done in spring where there will be snow in the gully, start early to ensure a nice neve and rocks are frozen together.
Get a helicopter up to chancellor hut (it is basically impossible to get to the hut without a helicopter now, unless you have serious climbing skills on hard blue ice, and even if you do the lower parts are subject with massive daily rockfall.)
Once at the hut, follow the DOC markers and path up, until you eventually want to come off, to go up towards the first ridge/flat area, follow this up to point 1692m, then hug the very small glacier to the left, (be careful as this area is subject to rockfall), and follow it up to the small gully, go up the gully until you reach the top of the Chancellor Ridge, then follow Chancellor Ridge up to Chancellor Dome. Return the same way.
If doing this route in summer when there may be no snow in the gully, an abseil may be helpful to get back down the gully, as the rock is extremely loose.
Get a helicopter up to chancellor hut (it is basically impossible to get to the hut without a helicopter now, unless you have serious climbing skills on hard blue ice, and even if you do the lower parts are subject with massive daily rockfall.)
Once at the hut, follow the DOC markers and path up, until you eventually want to come off, to go up towards the first ridge/flat area, follow this up to point 1692m, then hug the very small glacier to the left, (be careful as this area is subject to rockfall), and follow it up to the small gully, go up the gully until you reach the top of the Chancellor Ridge, then follow Chancellor Ridge up to Chancellor Dome. Return the same way.
If doing this route in summer when there may be no snow in the gully, an abseil may be helpful to get back down the gully, as the rock is extremely loose.
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The Northwest Ridge
Grade: PD- ***
(Mount Aspiring)