From Waiau Valley track junction to Waiau Pass via poled route
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Distance: 1.6 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Marked route
Altitude: 1300m to 1868m. Gain: 590m. Loss: 24m . Gradient: 23 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Prolonged scrambles (4/7)
GPX info source: Uploaded from GPS

@millera wrote: Being a poled route, Waiau Pass is reasonably straight forward, with some impressive rocky climbs, requiring stowing of walking poles and clambering up rocks with hands and feet. It flattens significantly near the top, with an easy route in scree (Figure 20a), and views back to Lake Thompson (Figure 20b).

Last updated by: Admin at 2022-05-28 18:51:36. Experienced: 2022-04-28
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