Distance: 2.1 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 1031m to 1710m. Gain: 690m. Loss: 11m . Gradient: 19 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Streams (2/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Secondary, unmapped (4/5)
Route not on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

Avalanche risk unknown.

From Wallers Hut, follow the fenceline up the spur, and then cut west into Larkins Creek at the 3-way forks shown on the map. Climb the spur between the western two forks until you hit the old road 100m west of the former miners hut site.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Many possible routes exist down from the road end at Larkins Slip Hut to Wallers Hut - this is the one I took.

Head 100m back west from the hut site and drop down the central spur to the main forks below the hut. Cross the creek (both forks) and sidle the eastern face, picking up the old track / water race visible. The track ends after a few hundred meters, but continue sidling round onto the spur east of Larkins Creek and follow it down to the fenceline. Follow the fence to Wallers Hut.