Original Route

Access the Donne Glacier from the Frind-Mueller confluence. From the true right edge of the lower Frind Glacier, head up a gully onto a rock rib north of the Ngaroimata Falls, gaining height and tending right to reach the frequently broken Donne.
Ascend left towards the col between Thomson and Eagle Peak, but well before the col head up a rock rib onto the south (Main Divide) ridge.
A large rockfall from the east face onto the Frind Glacier during 1996 may have affected this route.