Extreme skiers conquer dangerous face of Aoraki

Three men have completed the first ever ski descent of one of the most dangerous faces of Aoraki/Mount Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand.

Tom Grant, and his two friends Enrico Mosetti and Ben Briggs, skied down the Caroline Face - New Zealand's highest at 2000m - on Friday morning.

It was the last face to be climbed and has been described as the 'the glittering prize of New Zealand mountaineering'.

Mr Grant says it was incredible to be one of the first skiers down the face of such a wild mountain.

Just back down from an unforgettable adventure with @benbriggs1 and @sonilmose. First descent of Aoraki/Cook’s 2,000m Caroline face. One of the bigger unskied faces around, certainly the biggest thing I’ve ever skied, truly colossal in scale. The icing on the cake was skiing it in powder most of the way. 3 raps and despite all the seracs in the photo, it was good, clean skiing. Thanks to Ben and Enrico for being such solid partners and for everyone else who supported us. @johannatstalnacke for being such a lovely a supportive girlfriend and for the homemade energy bars that powdered is up, #scarpa_uk @blackcrows_skis @plum_officiel @we_are_sungod @jottnar @grivel @conceptchamonix

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He posted on Instagram yesterday: "Just back down from an unforgettable adventure ... First descent of Aoraki/Cook's 2,000m Caroline face. One of the bigger unskied faces around, certainly the biggest thing I've ever skied, truly colossal in scale."

"The icing on the cake was skiing it in powder most of the way. 3 raps and despite all the seracs in the photo, it was good, clean skiing. Thanks to Ben and Enrico for being such solid partners and for everyone else who supported us."

But Mr Grant is warning other keen skiers to be careful.

He says the group checked for the weather conditions and made detailed plans about the path of their ski down.