North East Slabs: Hug a Ginga

This route is near Barker Hut. Located at the north-eastern end (lowest
point) of a outlier summit (2189m) on the North East Ridge. The
orange-coloured, triangle-shaped buttress can be seen directly out the
west-facing window of Barker Hut. Walk for about 30 minutes from the hut up
towards the Marmaduke Dixon Glacier. The climb starts once past some steep,
smooth rock with vertical cracks (good options also) and then a broken,
rust-coloured gully. Climb up slabs with short steep sections for two pitches
(grade 15 with good protection), then easier climbing up to grade 14 through
fantastic orange rock for another three pitches. Either scramble up from
there to the outlier summit, or angle easily down a scree ledge system back
into the basin opposite the Marmaduke Dixon Glacier.