Distance: 2.2 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1339m to 1554m. Gain: 113m. Loss: 273m . Gradient: 10 deg (Moderate)
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 (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional 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

Ice axe / crampons will be required if snow/ice is present on the northern face of the ridge around pt1507.

From pt1566 the ridgeline swings due west and a good ground trail follows the escarpment towards Mt Patriarch. Occasional narrow sections require care but the main ridgeline can be followed over pt1507. Dropping WSW from pt1507 look out for where the ground trail drops to sidle the northern face of the ridge, avoiding impassable rocky/bluffy sections on the descent to the saddle with Mt Patriarch.

The junction with the DOC track to Kiwi Saddle is marked/poled at the first low knob 80m above the saddle as you climb towards Mt Patriarch.

0.5-1 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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