The Price Range tops are a wonderful place to visit. For the most part, travel along the range between McFetrick Peak (at the junction with the Tartare Range) and Fardowner Peak is an easy rollercoaster, provided one can see where to go.
Stans Hut is a community maintained four-bunk hut in upper Reynolds Creek.
Take note: DOC no longer maintain the route from Butler Junction in the Whataroa to Gunn Ridge – see Gunn Ridge.
Gunn River via Mt Cloher to Gunn Peak
From the Gunn River this is reasonably straightforward. Access to Mt Cloher from the Gunn River can be gained up a tiny side creek at BW16 856 937 on the true left of the stream draining Mt Cloher, or up the spur at BW16 850 939 and then sidling across an upper basin to the peak.
A kilometre south of Gunn Peak it is easiest to sidle to the east through basins, avoiding a rough piece of ridge. Gunn Peak can also be sidled easily to the east.
Descent via Fardowner Peak
To the east of Fardowner Peak, tussock leads to Pt 1106 metres, and a spur heading north-east from there offers a hard, steep scrub bash down to the lower Whataroa.
The main ridge north-west from Fardowner is initially steep but traversable. However, at the col immediately southeast of Pt 1522 metres, guts and rotten rock walls make travel impractical. We don’t know anyone who has traversed or bypassed this.
Descent via spur west of Gunn Peak
Leaving the range on the spur west of Gunn Peak also has its difficulties. See Waitangitaona River.