Distance: 33.9 km (4.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, hard - Hard terrain
Altitude: 22m to 1859m. Gain: 2356m. Loss: 1260m . Gradient: 6 deg (Steep)
Skills: Snow / ice (5/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6) Winter - Iceaxe/crampons, avalanche risk (5/7)

Unmarked route, hard (8/9)
Unmarked route, no clear geographic features to follow

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

Steep (difficulty: 5/5)
Steep climbs of >1000m

Hard (difficulty: 5/5)
Thick scrub-bash / continuous river boulders, waterfalls, or gorges

Snow / ice (difficulty: 5/7)
Scramble with snow/ice sections, ice axe & crampons required

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

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

Waiatoto to Lake castalia in the steps of Charlie Douglas

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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