Distance: 4.4 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 692m to 1177m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 485m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Prolonged rivers (4/6)

Unknown (0/9)
Not specified

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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Prolonged rivers (difficulty: 4/6)
Frequent river travel - impassible after rain, risk of getting trapped

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Follow the Wanganui upstream to the Vane Stream junction. Cross Vane Stream above the junction and travel mostly on the TL of Evans River to reach the flat area above the scrub. Continue upstream through steeper terrain to reach the base of the glacier.
Floods after Xmas 2009 may have changed this route.