Mt Ernest

Up North Central ridge and down along the summit ridge to the east then coming down a steep, scree-filled slope to re-join Cronan creek firetrail.
This was a really enjoyable day. About 3hr 15 min from start to summit (including stops on the way up). We didnt stay long at the summit (cloudy, moist and we were getting cold). About the same time for the descent - total walk time ~7hrs.
Patchy visibility for vistas at distance but great views of the immediate ridges and occasional glimpses towards Gillies and to the south. Poor visibility was because of cloud and mist, tiny bit of drizzle but a fantastic walk. We will be back to do this again!

Parked at Yellowpinch. Headed out along Cronan Creek firetrail, leaving the trail to head up a steep grassy ridge to a knoll at ~670m elevation. A foot trail was intermittently obvious. Then we followed the top of the ridge first heading a bit westward and then south and finally turning a bit SE. The foot pad became a little more obvious as we gained elevation - very clearly staying on the top of the ridge. Somewhere around 750-800m elevation the trail moved from steep grass/soil to rock scrambling. The track just kept going straight up the very top of the ridge. Many rocks - some very large boulders - were loose and unstable. Virtually every hand hold and footstep requires care to check stability before putting weight on. As long as this care is applied the technical challenge is fine for those comfortable with scrambling, heights and some exposure:). There was one crack at ~800-840m that needed a bit of scrambling care. Above this crack the final bit of ascent was mixed rock-dirt-shrubs-grass. We topped out at ~940m and then wandered along the summit ridge to the west to reach the summit proper.
Leaving the summit we headed eastward along the summit ridge - past our ascent point and just stayed close to the escarpment (on our left) - mostly on a discernible foot pad. The track goes up and down with the topography. We clambered up and over a couple of smaller rocky knolls staying right on top.
Finally we reached a saddle with what looked like one more rocky knoll in front of us that GPS suggested led to the eastern ridge on private property. At this saddle we turned left (north) and scrambled down a very steep, lightly timbered slope - grass and rock and bits of fallen timber. A lot of sitting down and controlled sliding, mixed with a bit of zig-zag and precarious walking downhill. Eventually this flattened out and we came across old logging tracks and wandered our way towards the creek near Burbank bush campsite (campsite #9). Crossing the creek, we joined the main Cronan Creek firetrail right at Burbank bushsite.