Distance: 1.6 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 958m to 1195m. Gain: 237m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 9 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7)

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

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

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From Falls Hut head up the Routeburn to the first foot bridge you encounter. on the true right side of the foot bridge a stoney water coarse comes down the hill, parallel to the bluffs above. Leave the track and follow the water coarse to the south climbing up the hill past the bluffs. The ground trail swings northeastwards and goes past the big tarn on the map and over Point 1224. There are spectacular views here out over Routeburn Flats, much better then from the hut below.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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