Distance: 6.0 km (8.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear
Altitude: 1124m to 2201m. Gain: 41m. Loss: 1118m . Gradient: 11 deg
Skills: Glacier travel required (7/7)

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
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Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
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Glacier travel required (difficulty: 7/7)
Glacier travel required

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
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Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
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No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Travel up the Lyell glacier, take the gully/slopes on the TR after the buttress of pt 2080. Make a rising traverse to McCoy Col. Ascend short steep slope north of the col to gain easier slopes below Mt Nicholson. Traverse, descending and ascending as necessary depending on snow cover to Rangitata Col. Continue making a rising traverse to reach the flat area north of pt 2234m overlooking the Frances Glacier.