Distance: 2.6 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 497m to 1095m. Gain: 603m. Loss: 7m . Gradient: 14 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7)

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

minor (5/5)
A viable route, not widely used

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

Head upstream from Army Hut, and once past the bush begin climbing up the hill, aiming to pass south of Pt706. A tongue of bush extends down from the slopes above and needs to be crossed through, there are some good deer trails to follow, just above the 700m contour.

Connect with the tiny stream on the topomap which is your last watersource until the Whitestone, so fill up here. Scree slopes begin soon above but a tounge of grass can be followed up the hill for a bit longer to the northeast. Firm scree keeps close to the northern bush edge and makes for the best travel to reach the gully near the 1100m contour at the lowest point of the top of the slip.

Allow 2 hours for the climb up from Army Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Once on the scree, simply descend it all the way down the mountain side. Further out from the bush ts mostly good loose stuff so is easy to go down. There is firmer scree closer to the northern bush edge.

The scree ends roughly where the stream starts on the topomap. Follow grass slopes down, then cross the stream and head west though a short patch of open bush to reach more grass slopes south of Pt706. Descend down to the Upukerora River where an old 4wd/quad bike track leads down river to Army Hut.