Distance: 2.7 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1118m to 1359m. Gain: 12m. Loss: 245m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

A sparsely poled route runs west from Mt Oxford summit over pt1300 before dropping to the bushedge where a cut/marked track commences. A signposted track junction is encountered 1.5km later on pt1130.

0.4-1 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From pt1130 the cut/marked track drops east to a saddle before climbing to the bushedge. A sparsely poled route continues east from there over pt1300 to the Mt Oxford summit which is marked by a radio repeater station and DOC signpost.

0.4-1 hrs