Distance: 0.5 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1346m to 1417m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 71m . Gradient: 9 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Iceaxe/crampons (4/7)

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

Iceaxe/crampons (difficulty: 4/7)
Ice axe and crampons required in winter

A clear ground trail follows the main ridgeline NNW from the Dorset turnoff. Tarn hut is only 400m beyond, just off the eastern side of the ridge in a basin of tussock and sparse leatherwood.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Tarn Hut, return to the ridgeline and follow it SSE. After 400m a ridge joins from the SW. The junction is marked by a cairn. This is the turnoff to Dorset Ridge and Dorset Hut.