Distance: 2.1 km (0.7 DOC hours) - Unmaintained track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 775m to 817m. Gain: 42m. Loss: 2m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills:

Unmaintained track (5/9)
Former track, overgrown - markers / ground trail still followable

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

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

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

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

AN old 4WD track heads up the Hopkins from Dodger Hut, petering out as it reaches beech at the head of the flats. From here follow the riverbed / grassy flats a further 1km to the first major sidestream draining from the east - the creek draining Mt Reticence.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Reticence confluence, continue down grassy / shingle flats on the true left, picking up an old 4WD track on flats after the first section of beech. The track leads past Dodger Hut, located on the bushedge on a small terrace above the flats.