Distance: 4.7 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 921m to 1201m. Gain: 323m. Loss: 63m . Gradient: 5 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - 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

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From the Brown Hut turnoff the track to Mt Buster drops to Robertson Creek which it fords. The creek crossing is ankle deep in normal flows, though could conceivably flood. The track then climbs south onto the flat, muddy Oteake tops which it crosses south to reach the Buster Diggings. A signposted track junction at the diggings marks the track to Buster Hut and Timber Creek / Dansey's Pass.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A 4WD track, muddy in places, meanders north across the Oteake tops from Buster Diggings before descending to Robertson Creek. The creek crossing is ankle deep in normal flows, though could conceivably flood. The track junction with the Brown Hut track is 500m beyond and is signposted.