Distance: 4.6 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 725m to 1880m. Gain: 1155m. Loss: 53m . Gradient: 15 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Streams (2/6)

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the lower tarn, climb briefly SSE between peaks 2090 and 2005 - a brief scramble up loose scree to the saddle. Beyond a long scree elevator takes you 300m down into the valley to the south - runnable but chunky scree and steep slope. The gradient lessens at 1600m and a walk follows on stable rock, later short tussock to the bushedge. Game trails then lead down the valley all the way to the confluence with the Maitland, mainly through open beech.

Good campspots exist at the confluence with the Maitland on the northern bank.
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