Distance: 2.5 km (5.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear
Altitude: 1643m to 2050m. Gain: 322m. Loss: 407m . Gradient: 17 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Mountaineering (6/7)

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Mountaineering (difficulty: 6/7)
Mountaineering route - technical equipment & skills required

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

On the Strachan side, this is not a tramping route and has steep exposed terrain above the Clarke Glacier. Even with belaying for about 100m, we wished for two ice-tools on the ever-increasing steep icy slopes. Gain height above the pass and choose the best looking line to reach the low point between Mt Lord & pt 2069m. Expect the need to belay.
Mt Lord is easily climbed from the low point and the descent to Vane Stream is straight forward.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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