Distance: 2.2 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1335m to 1503m. Gain: 209m. Loss: 78m . Gradient: 8 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

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

From the Daphne track junction, head south along the unmarked, broad tussock ridge climbing steadily, past the pyramidical pt1452 and then on to Otumore highpoint. Warratahs starting around this point lead to a signpost at the junction of the Longview track and the route SW down Ngamoko range - 200m south of Otumore highpoint on the eastern escarpment.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the track junction at Otumore, head north over the broad peak, and swing briefly NW, continuing up the main range. In poor conditions it is easy to take the wrong ridge here without a compass.

Dropping north, the ridge has no track markers. Follow it down over pt1452 and another unnamed highpoint until level with the low saddle at the head of the catchment to your west. A signpost here marks the junction of the route west over the saddle to Howletts and the track east down to Daphne Hut.