Distance: 11.7 km (8.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear
Altitude: 1677m to 2219m. Gain: 618m. Loss: 1043m . Gradient: 8 deg
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)
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Glacier travel required (difficulty: 7/7)
Glacier travel required

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
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The better route crosses south of Mt Farrar and makes a southerly traverse before descending to steep wide ridge below pt 2415m to the Garden of Eden. We weren't to know this and cross the ridge north of Mt Farrar, descended easy slopes before a crevassed descending traverse south to reach the upper Adams Glacier.
Ascend easy slopes and gain the slopes north of Guardian Peak. Traverse to reach the Garden of Allah, cross Satan Saddle to reach the Lambert Glacier. Descend the Lambert to reach the rocky buttress above the icefall. We followed the TL in the mist which was heavily crevassed under pt 1967m, a better line would be more in the centre of the glacier.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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