Distance: 14.1 km (5.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 458m to 1395m. Gain: 1266m. Loss: 681m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot, avalanche risk (3/7)

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

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

Snow/ice underfoot, avalanche risk (difficulty: 3/7)
Snow/ice likely on track, tramp crosses avalance paths

Moir's Guide Ed 7, pg 124, Control Gates to Iris Burn Hut via Mt Luxmore

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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