Distance: 3.7 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 1184m to 1660m. Gain: 482m. Loss: 28m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate-hard)
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

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A very rough (impassable) 4wd track zigzags down the western face of Old Woman Range to meet the track along the water race. Carrick Racehead Hut is just south of the track junction below the track in the next gully.