Distance: 10.8 km (5.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 680m to 1796m. Gain: 1039m. Loss: 1167m . Gradient: 12 deg
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Iceaxe/crampons (4/7)

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

minor (5/5)
A viable route, not widely used

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
Not specified

Iceaxe/crampons (difficulty: 4/7)
Ice axe and crampons required in winter

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Follow Motutapu Track to the fenceline then follow ridge to summit. Descend north ridge past pt 1540 to rejoin the track.