Distance: 3.9 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 112m to 889m. Gain: 4m. Loss: 781m . Gradient: 12 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

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

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

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

An old 4WD track drops, sometimes steeply, down a spur to hit SH6 3km north of Roxburgh. The bottom end is signposted.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the signpost / info kiosk, an old 4WD track climbs, sometimes steeply, up a spur to the summit of the Old Man Range. This is a steady 800m climb.

At the summit is an unmarked track junction with the ridgeline track, the Junction Hut Track and the Mt Hope road.