Distance: 0.9 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, hard - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1313m to 1525m. Gain: 212m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 13 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Prolonged scrambles (4/7)

Unmarked route, hard (8/9)
Unmarked route, no clear geographic features to follow

minor (5/5)
A viable route, not widely used

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

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

Prolonged scrambles (difficulty: 4/7)
Scramble, frequently on exposed ridges, spurs, faces

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The east side of Pt1543 drops very steeply down to the Duck/Cascade Creek Saddle. A descent into Cascade Creek and sidle to the saddle probably is the easiest way to travel, if less direct.