Distance: 3.4 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1238m to 1445m. Gain: 177m. Loss: 266m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Occasional scrambles (3/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal 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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

Gnarly clamber over the pinnacles, beyond this nice open top travel on tarn ridge past a couple of tarns, care needed to come off tarn ridge to south east saddle and not follow spur to the southwest. Trail fairly well trodden up past grave site and turn off to tarn ridge hut signpost.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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