Distance: 2.9 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1033m to 1202m. Gain: 193m. Loss: 99m . Gradient: 6 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

From the point where the Moorcock track swings east off the ridgeline, continue SW along the ridgeline on a will defined track leading to the bushedge. From here follow the tussock ridge SW, passing just west of pt1232, until you intersect the poled track between pt1232 and the Pohongina Saddle. Longview Hut is 150m south along the poled route and is signposted.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Leave the track at the track junction just north of Longview Hut, head NNE along the ridge, skirting pt1232 to its west. Regain the ridgeline and follow it NE as it descends and narrows to the point where beech forest reached the ridgeline. This section of ridgeline is notorious for its exposure to winds.

A cut, marked track commences at the bushedge, leading NE along the ridge to the junction with the Moorcock-Daphne track 100m beyond.