Distance: 5.9 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 650m to 1221m. Gain: 22m. Loss: 571m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

A steep, rough 4WD road zigzags down the face of the Hawkdons from Buster Diggings to Little Kyeburn Huts. The creek crossing to reach the huts on the south bank of Little Kyeburn is knee deep in normal flows and can flood. The hut on the north bank of the creek is private.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A steep, rough 4WD road crosses the creek behind Little Kyeburn Huts and zigzags up the face of the Hawkdons to Buster Diggings. The creek crossing is knee deep in normal flows and can flood. The hut on the north bank of the creek is private.

At Buster Diggings, a signpost marks the junction with the track to Buster Hut and Timber creek/Dansey's Pass.