Distance: 5.0 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 700m to 952m. Gain: 340m. Loss: 366m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7)

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A sparsely poled route drops west from the signposted turnoff 500m south of Mt Miserable, following the fenceline steeply down to Bells Saddle. Cross the intermediate peak - pt 884 and descend to the second saddle before climbing again to Conical Peak where a 4WD track commences. There are occasional poles on the fenceline, but this is effectively an unmarked route through the tussock. Follow the 4WD track 1km WNW off Conical PEak to a track junction from where easements run south to the Pig Root at Kinross, and north down to the Wainakarua.

See https://www.linz.govt.nz/crown-property/crown-pastoral-land/status-and-location-crown-pastoral-land/kinross