Distance: 5.8 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 653m to 1202m. Gain: 15m. Loss: 564m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Streams (2/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, 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

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

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

From Buster Hut the poled route heads ESE across the head of a small creek and follows the spur down to the Little Kyeburn below. The final descent is a steep zigzag between bluffs. Crossing the river twice the track sidles down through the gorge to reach flats beyond, where it joins an old 4WD track. This leads 2km SW to Little Kyeburn Huts on the Mt Buster Road - generally accessible by 2WD vehicles to this point.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Little Kyeburn Huts, follow the old farm track NE across scrubby flats on the souther side of the river. On reaching the base of Mt Kyeburn, the track swings north across a branch of the creek. The poled route leaves the 4WD track soon after and heads into the Little Kyeburn gorge. Sidling above the river the cut, poled track follows the creek to the major forks, crossing to the north bank part way. The creek is small and should be OK to cross in most conditions.

From the forks the poled route zigzags steeply up the central spur between bluffs and scree to reach flatter tussock tops above. 1km later the track swings briefly west to reach Mt Buster Hut - a small bivvy on a fenceline beside Buster Diggings.