Distance: 1.8 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 720m to 1479m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 759m . Gradient: 26 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) 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

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

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

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Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good spur climbs to pt1497 from the point where the Flanagans Hut track crosses the Baton Creek (just downstream of the Taylor Crk forks).

Climb the spur SSW from the river crossing point to the bushedge. At the bushedge, cross the basin and pick up the open spur just to your east that doglegs south then SW to pt1497. The more direct route is scrubby.

1-2hrs