Distance: 1.8 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy terrain
Altitude: 455m to 478m. Gain: 25m. Loss: 2m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

From Deer Spur Creek, shingle river flats provide travel upstream 2km to Chamois Creek (the next sidecreek on the north) with several crossings required (ankle-knee deep in normal flows, easily impassable after rain).

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Chamois Creek, shingle river flats provide travel downstream 2km to Deer Spur Creek with several crossings required (ankle-knee deep in normal flows, easily impassable after rain). Junction Hut is 200m up Deer Spur Creek on low terraces on the eastern bank.