Distance: 1.1 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 721m to 824m. Gain: 107m. Loss: 4m . Gradient: 6 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

From the track junction 500, west of pt789, the vehicular track climbs NE with the ridgeline, passing pt789 and continuing to a signposted junction shown on maps. A new predator-proof fence starts here, and the tracks east and NW follow it, so the junction is obvious.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the track junction, head south along the 4WD track along Barnicoat Ridge. Passing pt789, and continuing another 500m a signposted track junction is reached where an MTB track and steep tramping track drop west into Poorman Valley / towards Marsden Road.