Distance: 6.0 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 1564m to 1665m. Gain: 128m. Loss: 164m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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 Hyde Rock a good 4WD track runs north along the summit of Old Man Range to the top of Symes Road

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good 4WD track runs south along the summit of Old Man Range from the top of Symes Road to Hyde Rock. The rock itself is signposted 50m east of the track. A signposted junction with the Old Woman Range track is 50m further south along the range.