Distance: 1.5 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 1253m to 1471m. Gain: 50m. Loss: 268m . Gradient: 12 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Occasional scrambles (3/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

Occasional scrambles (difficulty: 3/7)
Tramp with some scrambles and exposure to falls

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Note: This is not the usual way down the bluffs at the head of Kay Creek. You are supposed to go down on the true right of the waterfall at the valley head. I went this way, and found it to be a viable route, as I was initially heading to Sleepy Hollow and had to change plans due to weather. It works though.

From the Scott Creek/Kay Creek Saddle descend down into the basin above the Kay Creek waterfall and then head southeastwards along the valley flank to reach the stream dropping into Kay Creek from the east on the topo map. Steep, bluffy terrain looks initially impossible, but a series of ledges zigzag down through small bluffs down onto steep snow grass and are quite straight forward. From here drop down to Kay Creek to the confluence of the two branches.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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