Distance: 1.9 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 958m to 1252m. Gain: 48m. Loss: 341m . Gradient: 12 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

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

From the signposted turnoff a 4WD track drops down the eastern face of Long Gully in a series of zigzags, passing McIntyre's Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From McIntyre's Hut the old 4WD track zigzags up the face to reach the saddle at the head of Long Gully, marked as pt1244 on maps. A signpost marks the junction with the McIntosh loop track.