Distance: 3.9 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 544m to 1570m. Gain: 191m. Loss: 1166m . Gradient: 21 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

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

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

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

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

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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

A good route follows the spur / upper western face south from pt1541 to the saddle with Loveridge Peak. The climb to Loveridge is a simple tussock ridgeline which cn be followed over the summit and to the start of the dropoff to Bton Crk at the southern end.

The spur dropping SSW is the more obvious of the two and can easily be followed down to the forks of Ironsand Crk and Baton Crk. The crossing 0m below the forks was low (ankle-knee deep) in normal flows but it is a steep scramble out on the southern side. The sidle track is 20-30 vertical meters up the southern valleyside. You will hit the track at the small, obvious 1-person rock shelter that sits directly on the track.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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