Distance: 2.5 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1145m to 1361m. Gain: 278m. Loss: 69m . Gradient: 8 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

A well worn track continues south, marked by cairns and poles over pt1356, and down to the tarns, following a muddy plateau to reach the well-maintained Anderson Memorial Hut where the bushline rises to meet the main ridge.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A well used, poled track heads north from Anderson's Memorial hut, following the marshy plateau then climbing briefly east onto the ridgeline. It follows the tops as it climbs gently to reach Junction Knob where a signpost marks the turnoff to Waitewaewae Hut.

This section is high and exposed, but on a broad ridge and can generally be traversed in most conditions.