Distance: 0.6 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1125m to 1168m. Gain: 8m. Loss: 46m . Gradient: 5 deg (Gentle)
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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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 Diane's / Shutes / Taruarau junction, a well travelled, poled route heads due west along the main ridgeline, climbing slightly over pt1180 and swinging WSW. 400m beyond, a clear poled route descends north-west down the second spur you pass, dropping 30 vertical meters to the bushedge. Taruarau Biv is located just inside the bush.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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