Descent from the summit is easiest via the Standard route or rappelling MCM.

Retreat from the face is improbably complex without a pre-installed rope on the approach rappel.

Note: The traditional routes in The Drakensberg are still graded using the "old" system. As with routes in The Alps this is regarded as conveying more information precisely because it is more vague than modern technical rock grades. The grade chart on the Grade Tab gives an indication of the technical equivalence.

From the base of SE Arête:

1. ‍40m (F2): Move up and right of the arete, then climb to the left to a comfortable but sloping stance.
2. 40m (F3, A2): Climb cracks above the stance, then move left onto the south side of the ridge and follow pegs for aid to a small stance.
3. 40m (F3, A2): Climb up a groove to a triangular overhang. Using pitons for aid, climb through the roof, then move out to the right and up onto a large level shoulder area of the ridge.
4. 50m G1: Follow the only break above, then after 10 metres traverse right to under a large block. Climb up to the right of the block (crux), then continue diagonally to the left lo a comfortable stance and the base of a large overhang that blocks the route.
5. 30m (E): Traverse to the right along a break to a grassy stance below a rounded face.
6. 40m (F2): Climb the face, heading slightly left, past a ledge, then on to a bowel-loosening stance on the ridge.
7. 30m (F3): Climb the open book to the right of the ridge on poor rock and continue to the left more easily onto the arete. Follow this to the summit.

Originally opened at G1 A2, the individual moves were freed but not climbed clean, by Gerald Camp & Richard Benhe.

Pegs and hammer are still considered useful additions to the rack given the difficult nature of retreat meaning it wise to err on the side of too much rack than too little. Pegs will offer additional options to a standard rock rack which may prove useful.