Distance: 2.0 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy terrain
Altitude: 1291m to 1416m. Gain: 149m. Loss: 82m . Gradient: 7 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 (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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 hut turnoff, an easy 2.5km stroll takes you east across broad tops of Dorset Ridge and up the the final brief ascent to Tarn Ridge. A large tarn is passed after 1.5km.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A gentle 2.5km wander takes you down the broad Dorset Ridge past a large tarn and onto the broad flat-topped pt1355. A signpost exists somewhere on this broad top marking the turnoff to Dorset Hut. There is marginal phone coverage at the signpost, but not the hut.