Distance: 1.1 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1457m to 1475m. Gain: 16m. Loss: 34m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is 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

From, the Kylie Bic junction with the Main Range, the unmarked track follows the range ENE, becoming fainter as the ridge broadens. 1km beyond, the signposted junction with Totara Spur track is on the far eastern side of the broad tops at the head of Totara Spur. These tops are spongy walking through boggy sections interspersed with many tarns.

It is possible to bypass the junction, by keeping to the flat, western side of the range and skirting around just below pt1503 to intersect with the sign at the junction for Ruahine Corner /Aranga.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the signposted Totara Spur track junction, continue south along the broad, flat main range. The route is unmarked, with no clear ground trail, and at first you just follow a bearing of 190 degrees.

After 500m or so the ridge finally narrows and a ground trail appears, heading WSW over pt1470, then beginning to climb towards Tupari. Just before the ridgeline swings west to the Tupari highpoint, a cairn and a signpost (2014) mark the turnoff to Kylie Biv, 140m below to the south-east.