Distance: 0.6 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1558m to 1618m. Gain: 60m. Loss: 2m . Gradient: 6 deg (Flat)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

A short 600m walk SW from the Camp Spur track junction takes you over Whetu summit to another signposted junction at the turnoff to Ballard Hut and Venison Top to the west. The route is sparsely poled over the stony gravel summit of the Kaweka range.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A short 600m walk NE from the Whetu track junction takes you to another signposted junction at the top of Camp Spur (rising from the east). The route is sparsely poled over the stony gravel summit of the Kaweka range.