Distance: 0.6 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1401m to 1492m. Gain: 12m. Loss: 91m . Gradient: 10 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Iceaxe/crampons (4/7)

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

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Iceaxe/crampons (difficulty: 4/7)
Ice axe and crampons required in winter

An easy descent ENE down a tussock ridgeline leads from Arete Peak to pt1434. A few warratahs start pff the route, but these soon end, and the remainder of the range from here is unmarked/unpoled.

pt1334 is the junction with the shark-toothed Bannister Range to the east - a challenging scramble of a route towards Cattle Ridge / Cow Creek / Blue Range.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A simple, steady climb on a tussock and gravel ridgeline takes you the 1505m Arete Peak, where you finally find warratahs and a poled route..