Distance: 2.3 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1320m to 1376m. Gain: 67m. Loss: 49m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Heading north from the top of Herricks Spur, the route is well marked with Warratahs, though sometimes lacking much of a ground trail through the tussock. With visibility down to 50m the frequent warratahs were a great aid, and only a handful of times did I need to rely on the compass.

The ridgeline narrows again north of pt1348 and the track becomes clear as it reaches the top end of the rough No Mans Road. No Mans Hut is 300m NNE down the 4WD track.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From No Mans Hut, head the last 300m up the 4wd track to the rideline, where a signpost marks the start of the track south along the main range. The route is uncut but marked with warratahs across tussock tops. The ridge soon widens and becomes featureless, but even in poor visibility the next pole was usually in sight.

As the ridge narrows again 600m SSE of Ohawai, an A3 signpost on the left marks the start of the old, unmaintained tracks east to Herricks and Dead Dog via Herricks Spur. Strangely the signpost says 'Farmland'.