Distance: 2.4 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 937m to 1161m. Gain: 224m. Loss: 1m . Gradient: 5 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

A maintained but rough 4WD track descends the spur to the signposted junction with the Mt Buster road in Guffies Creek from Brown Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A maintained but rough 4WD track climbs the spur from the signposted turnoff in Guffies Creek to Brown Hut. The hut is not visible from the track, tucked away in old gold workings, but is signposted.