Distance: 30.5 km (12.0 DOC hours) - Road
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Cross MacCauley River, follow 4WD track

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

No description

NZTM2000: 1398616, 5182808 (alt: 1098m)

Distance: 5.9 km (6.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear
Skills: Prolonged scrambles (4/7)

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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Head up the hill behind Godley Hut to the shelf at about 1700m, follow the shelf for a couple hundred metres. Descend the scree gully/slope to the lake. Traverse the lake, possible at lake edge but generally better 10-20m above the lake.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

No description

NZTM2000: 1402113, 5187184 (alt: 1303m)

NZTM2000: 1402113, 5187186 (alt: 1303m)

Distance: 2.5 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear
Skills: Glacier travel required (7/7)

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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Glacier travel required (difficulty: 7/7)
Glacier travel required

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Follow Neish Glacier, take slopes on TL and traverse under pt 1838m to the plateau.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

No description

NZTM2000: 1401497, 5189021 (alt: 1639m)

Edge of icefall at about 1640m, snow free campsites in summer.

NZTM2000: 1401492, 5189026 (alt: 1639m)

Distance: 3.5 km (2.0 DOC hours)
Skills: Glacier travel required (7/7)

Unknown (0/9)
Not specified

Secondary, unmapped (4/5)
Route not on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Glacier travel required (difficulty: 7/7)
Glacier travel required

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From edge of icefall, climb to Sealy Pass and pt 1838. Traverse E until possible to descend down slopes to reach the Neish Glacier.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

No description

NZTM2000: 1402108, 5187186 (alt: 1303m)