If you want to climb Mt. Aspiring go NOW!!! Jonathon and I just got back from climbing the SW ridge. It was awesome! Nice hard snow and beautiful ice :) All routes look on - NW, S face etc. The Quarterdeck is all filled in and very straight forward, so is the Bonar. You don't even need a rope to cross the glacier. Avo danger is almost nill. GO DO IT!!!!!! :)