Distance: 2.4 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1310m to 1498m. Gain: 77m. Loss: 222m . Gradient: 7 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

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

From the junction at Old Man summit the track west along the ridgeline to Old Man Hut and Mt Rintoul is signposted and well maintained. A signpost points marks the junction of the Alpine Route and the track down to Old man Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the junction above Old Man Hut the track east along the ridgeline to Old Man summit is signposted and well maintained. The track junction on Old Man Summit is marked by a signpost and a water tank.