Distance: 1.1 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1455m to 1507m. Gain: 51m. Loss: 75m . Gradient: 6 deg (Gentle)
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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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 Iron Gates turnoff, the Ngamoko Range ridgeline swings due east for 1km, before heading back NE and narrowing. 500m beyond a signpost on the eastern escarpment marks the start of the track descending to Longview Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

An easy walk across featureless tussock tops heads SW from the Longview turnoff to pt1519, before swinging due west to the next unnamed highpoint where the ridgeline swings SSW. (From here a spur drops NW towards Iron Gates Hut)