Distance: 2.1 km (0.8 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1448m to 1496m. Gain: 80m. Loss: 84m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Relatively straightforward walk across boggy tops dotted with tarns. We skirted along the western side of the ridge and avoided direct climb over 1503. A sign at the northern end of pt1503 indicated junction with Ruahine Corner, Aranga and Makaroro Huts.