1. There is vehicle access via Trapper's Gap and Granite Flat Tracks. The first is hardly a major detour from the Tawonga end.
2. So the mess makes the walk to the start of Staircase Spur about 5 minutes longer. Wow!
3. After the latest lot of storms and floods, all that work (and time and money) will probably have been wasted.
I repeat: Duane Spur would have been a better option.