Distance: 2.4 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 678m to 719m. Gain: 41m. Loss: 1m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

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

It is currently not necessary to cross the Poulter when travelling between Trust Poulter and Worsley Biv unless you want to visit Poulter Hut. If so, cross the Poulter River downstream of Poulter Hut (shin deep in normal flows, can easily flood) and head up a poled track, grassyand open but interspersed with scrub . Otherwise you can stay on the true right of the Poulter river, only crossing small side streams until Trudge Stream is reached after 1.5km. Trudge Stream is usually shin deep if you cross it using a large bouldered bar at the outlet where it is broadest. It could be an issue to cross after rain.

500m upriver of Trudge, a large cairn and large orange triangle on the southern bank of the Poulter marks a short track to Worsley Biv in a clearing 50m from the river.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Worsley Biv, head down the southern bank of the Poulter. Cross Trudge Stream after 500m - There is a rocky bar currently at the outlet where the stream is at its broadest. At low flows it is possible to use this and keep your boots dry! The stream could be an issue to cross after rain.

Continue down the southern bank on broad gravel flats for a further 1.5km to the Minchin confluence. If you wish to visit Poulter Hut, cross the Poulter above the confluence, once again using a shallow bar (shin deep in low-normal flows, easily impassable after rain) and cross the Minchin braids to a section of matagouri where there is currently an orange marker and shortly beyond this, a long upright waratah standard. For those continuing downriver, the crossing is not required.