Distance: 0.8 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1200m to 1326m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 126m . Gradient: 9 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, 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

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

From Black Hill summit a cut / marked track drops gently east for 1km to Black Hill Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Black Hill Hut a cut/marked tramping track continues a gentle climb west for a further kilometer to Black Hill summit.