Distance: 3.2 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Unmaintained track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 717m to 922m. Gain: 276m. Loss: 82m . Gradient: 6 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

From the junction on the ridgeline above Cattle Creek Hut, a rough track runs north. The track eventually leaves conservation land, and so is not as well maintained as other tracks into the area. A reasonable ground trail exists, but the track had not been cut or marked in some years (2014).

Pt951 is not obvious on the ground, but this low highpoint marks the turnoff for those headed to Duck Pond Hut, and don the Apiti Stream to Ngamoko Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Follow the unmaintained, unmarked (2014) track south along the ridgeline from pt951 towards Cattle Creek Hut. The turnoff to Cattle Creek is signposted and tracks from here on are maintained.