Distance: 6.8 km (3.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 681m to 1631m. Gain: 1059m. Loss: 477m . Gradient: 13 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Occasional scrambles (3/7) Winter - Iceaxe/crampons, avalanche risk (5/7)

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

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

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

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

Iceaxe/crampons, avalanche risk (difficulty: 5/7)
Ice axe and crampons required, crosses avalanche paths

Locate the spur climbing north of the creek draining the Poluter Range from pt1552 - this is the first major creek upstream of the end of the 4WD track from Bull Creek Hut.

Climb the spur through good open beech on deer trails - only the last 50m are scrubby and good trails show a route through to the tussock faces above. Continue climbing the spur on tussock and rock to pt1611 on the main Poluter Range.

The ridgeline ascent to pt1740 is steep and rocky, but the western face is good scree. Follow the ridgeline up until you are looking level along the western face to the col between pt1740 and pt1640. Cut across loose scree on the western face to the saddle.

North of pt1740 good stable terraces exist on the western face of the Poulter Range at around 1600m. These canbe followed north until level with pt1713. North of pt1713 the western face again reverts to loose scree, so you can either rejoin the ridgeline and head to pt1666 or scramble across scree. We cut across the scree face and sidled / dropped across the grassy face south-west of pt1666 to reach pt1371.

Follow clearings SW from pt1371 into the head of a small V tussock and scrub valley dropping SW. Ranger Biv is where map show it, part-hidden tucked against the bushedge, just above a small tarn.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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