Distance: 4.0 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 1516m to 1620m. Gain: 107m. Loss: 95m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

A good 4WD track runs along the summit of the Hawkdon Range, over barren rock and scree. The turnoff down Walking Spur is signposted from the ridgeline. The turnoff down Long Spur from pt1622 is not signposted, but the 4WD track dropping NE is obvious on the ground.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good 4WD track runs along the summit of the Hawkdon Range, over barren rock and scree. The turnoff down Walking Spur is signposted from the ridgeline. The turnoff down Long Spur from pt1622 is not signposted, but the 4WD track dropping NE is obvious on the ground.