Distance: 4.8 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Road - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1115m to 1298m. Gain: 229m. Loss: 83m . Gradient: 4 deg (Flat)
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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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 the Young Asutalian waterwheel, the 4WD track climbs to the summit of Carrick Range, and follows it south for 4km to the Nevis Road summit.

Note that the track crosses private land, and so access is nit assured. However, land west of the summit fenceline is DOC administered as of 2015.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A 4WD track runs north along the Carrick Range from the Nevis Road summit. After 4km, it drops east down a spur towards Bannockburn. The restored Young Australian waterwheel is a few hundered meters down the track.

Note that the track crosses private land, and so access is nit assured. However, land west of the summit fenceline is DOC administered as of 2015.