Distance: 1.8 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1171m to 1476m. Gain: 318m. Loss: 22m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
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

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

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

From Longview hut, return to the ridgeline track above the hut, and follow the track north, passing turnoffs to Kashmir Rd (signposted) and Tukituki/Daphne (unmarked). The track swings west, skirting pt1232 and drops to the Pohongina saddle. Beyond this it climbs steadily to reach the crest of the high range beyond. A signposted junction is on the crest, 200m south of Otumore highpoint. The track is well trodden and well marked with warratahs - but note that this section of the range is subject to severe winds.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the signposted junction 200m south of Otumore, the poled track east to Longview drops steeply off the range towards the Pohongina saddle. The track is well trodden and well marked with warratahs - but note that this section of the range is subject to severe winds.

Crossing the saddle the track climbs slightly and swings south to skirt west of pt1232. The unmarked route NNE to the Tukituki/Daphne starts at this corner. 100m later a signpost is reached marking the junction of the track up from Kashmir Rd with the main range track. 100m south again, a further signpost marks the turnoff to Longview Hut, 50m east off the ridge.