Distance: 6.8 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 761m to 1438m. Gain: 677m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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 Junction Hut, climb north up the broad ridgeline. There is a clear 4WD track on the eastern side of the fence, but this is on private land. Legal access is to follow the western side of the fence down the ridgeline, remaining on crown land.

At pt1270 the fenceline disappears east off the ridge, and north of that all land is public. Follow the broad ridge over pt1440 to the boundary fence on the summit of Old Man Range.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From pt1440, follow the broad ridgeline south, swinging slightly west to reach pt1270 where you hit a corner on a boundary fence. There is a clear 4WD track on the south-east side of the fence, but this is on private land. Legal access is to follow the western side of the fence down the ridgeline, remaining on crown land.

Junction Hut is reached the the base of the spur. Not shown on maps it is 200m north of the 'Disused Gold Mine'.