Distance: 4.5 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1358m to 1971m. Gain: 665m. Loss: 103m . Gradient: 10 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Prolonged scrambles (4/7)

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 (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

Prolonged scrambles (difficulty: 4/7)
Scramble, frequently on exposed ridges, spurs, faces

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From pt1433 broad tops can be followed south past numerous trans and good campspots towards Mt Bowen.

After 1.5km the broad ridge narrows to a knife-edge ridgeline. A viable route follows the ridgeline to Mt Bowen, but it is very narrow in places, and includes on short 5m section of steep exposed scramble at about 1600m above the head of Rapid Creek. Good weather conditions are advised for this route.

At 1800m the narrow ridge joins the broader Mikonui Spur and the remaining route to the summit is straight forward.

2-4 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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