Distance: 7.2 km (7.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 1281m to 1749m. Gain: 1000m. Loss: 966m . Gradient: 16 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Iceaxe/crampons, avalanche risk (5/7)

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

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

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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

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

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

Begin climbing to the tops (moving to the right of the scree, as you stand in the saddle, looking up). Follow the scree edge all the way to the tops and continue over 1724, 1755 and 1723. A marked tarn makes good camping, sheltered from the NW (although water quality was poor in Mar 2020 but better available 30m below).

Gain the Trovatore summit (with locked shed, PV and comms antenna) then descend the SW ridge to 1670m and drop down easy slopes to the obvious tarn (1510m). Maintaining this height, traverse to under Travers then climb to the high shoulder (1640m). Although not done by us, it looks quite feasible to summit Travers and continue SE and S down the ridge. It also looks OK to gain the saddle between Travers and 1690m and climb to the Travers summit.

From the shoulder, traverse and descend into the col and pickup the S ridge. A footpad leads down into Boucher Saddle (1320m)

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the saddle, climb the ridge to the col below Travers. Climb to the W (left) aiming for the shoulder at 1640m, finishing with a steep scramble. Descend to 1510m while traversing towards and below the saddle. Continue at 1510m to the marked tarn and begin to climb to the SW ridge from Trovatore. Once on the ridge, climb up to the Trov summit.

A good camp at the tarn below Trovatore is well sheltered from the NW. Continue around the tops (over 1723, 1755, 1724) and descend a good scree slope into Henry Saddle (1282m)