Distance: 11.5 km (6.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 882m to 1775m. Gain: 698m. Loss: 1472m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From the hut and past the toilets, the poled track climbs east to the ridge and continues to the high point and into the saddle, providing a great view back across the Angelus basin.

Follow the pole line along the ridge, sometimes traversing, sometimes on the ridgeline.

From Mt Robert, and the stunning views across St Arnaud, Pinchgut Track (wide and benched) quickly and steeply descends to the carpark.

A longer and less steep track (Paddys) splits from the main route just before Relax Shelter (signposted).

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Robert Ridge carpark, the initial climb is steep but on a wide benched track. At first under beech, the track pops out into the open and zig-zags up to Mt Robert, with a couple of brief returns to the beech.

Once on the ridge, the track is poled. However, the footpad is obvious (in good weather) as it rises and falls along the ridge. The track from Speargrass Hut joins from the north, 1km before the Angelus. A short climb reaches a saddle and a cairn overlooking the lake and the hut.

Continue south along the ridge and follow the poles down to the hut.