Distance: 2.4 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1391m to 1622m. Gain: 179m. Loss: 246m . Gradient: 10 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

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

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

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

From the KBase/ Crow junction, the poled route climbs gently through scrubby tussock to a group of tarns, before climbing again and swinging E along the tops. The drop down to McKinnon is short and sharp before easing off to reach the hut on the bush line.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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