Distance: 2.6 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate-hard terrain
Altitude: 898m to 1419m. Gain: 23m. Loss: 537m . Gradient: 12 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Occasional scrambles (3/7) - Streams (2/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Secondary, unmapped (4/5)
Route not on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Tall, walkable scrub / large rocks, occasional waterfalls or gorges in rivers

Occasional scrambles (difficulty: 3/7)
Tramp with some scrambles and exposure to falls

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The valley below Redcliff hut is very scrubby - but good deer trails sidle up the escarpment face of the southern branch for 150m before crossing and climbing onto open terraces on the opposite side. The 1st broad terrce can be crossed in tussock but above that the scrub returns. Again, good deer trails follow the eastern bank upriver, sometime beside the creek, sometimes sidling the face. Scrub ends where shown on the map.

A straight forward but steep spur climbs the north side of the creek draining Spence Peak, ending at the saddle between Spence and pt1483. Sections are very steep and an ice-axe was handy.