Distance: 7.7 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 250m to 1116m. Gain: 490m. Loss: 1356m . Gradient: 14 deg (Moderate)
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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

Below the Foster’s Clearing track junction, the track descends into the head of Foster Creek, skirting around its headwaters & crossing a series of slaty schist creeks. It then climbs to a saddle between Foster & Devil’s Creeks. From this saddle, the track climbs along the Devil’s Creek - Foster Creek ridge & then descends to the benched track of the main Wakamarina Valley. Devils Creek Hut is five minutes away, in a large clearing on a terrace above the Wakamarina River.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Devils Creek Hut, head south to the Stone Huts track junction. Head due east & immediately begin climbing as the track zig-zags its way up the ridge. The track briefly eases in gradient at the 900m contour, before one final push to the top of pt. 1066. Beyond this, the track drops into a bush saddle that separates Foster & Devils Creeks. It crosses to the south-eastern side of the ridge & sidles in & out of gullies, before climbing to Fosters Clearing, with Fosters Hut not far away.