Distance: 3.3 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1073m to 1936m. Gain: 863m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 15 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Occasional scrambles (3/7) - Streams (2/6) 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

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

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

Occasional scrambles (difficulty: 3/7)
Tramp with some scrambles and exposure to falls

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

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

Avalanche risk not known by the author.

The marked tramping track up the Sth Temple passes the tarn marked on the map, and deopsits you at the stream just beyond, where it ends. From here follow the streambed upriver towards the pass. Once pas the scrub, going is easy on tussock and later rock. The last 800m to the pass are a steady climb on semi-loose rocky scree, or steep tussock (you choose). The southern scree seemed easier going than that on the northern face.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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