Distance: 25.5 km (16.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 206m to 1346m. Gain: 1874m. Loss: 1210m . Gradient: 7 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

Secondary, mapped (3/5)
Formal route, on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Moirs Guide South S. 114 & 115

This is a marked trapline until Esk Saddle in the Murchison Mountains specially protected Takahe Area. A DOC Permit is required and access is only possible from December until February.
I wasn’t able to get up Mt Irene because it became cloudy, but also had good views over the Irene valley from Pt 1185.

Time:
Junction Burn Hut to Woodrow Bivvy(drawn on map): 4–5 hours
Woodrow Bivvy to Robin Saddle Hut(uploaded from GPS): 10-11 hours
Sidetrip to Pt 1185: additional 2 hours

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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