Distance: 6.2 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 705m to 819m. Gain: 167m. Loss: 53m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

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

A dirt farm track heads up the west side of the Nigger. A brief climb of 100m soon follows after which going is flat. After 6km an airstrip is reached on the valley floor. A track branches west up gentle faces to the bishedge where Lochinvar Hut is located.

This track crosses Mt White Station land and permission is required.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Lochinvar Hut, follow the rough 4WD track down to the valley floor, and foillow the farm track down to the junctiopn with the Esk Valley track, 6km down valley.

This track crosses Mt White Station land and permission is required.