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DOC Land
Altitude: 589m to 1399m. Gain: 621m. Loss: 1114m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)
Altitude: 769m to 1193m. Gain: 424m. Loss: 17m . Gradient: 15 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)
From Dianes Hut the track drops 40m to the Koau River. There are no markers, but the route is downriver in the riverbed for some 300m. Finally a DOC triangle appears on the southern bank, marking the start of the track up to No Mans Road.
The track starts steep and ill-defined - a steep scramble up a crumbling face. Later it becomes a defined but steep spur, the track now obvious, which becomes gentler as you climb into moss-covered beech forest.
The track meets No Mans Road just where you run out of up.
Altitude: 1193m to 1251m. Gain: 12m. Loss: 70m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills:
Heading NNE from the Dead Dog turnoff, No Mans Road continues to meander along the beech ridgeline for a further 2.5km before reaching a signposted track on the left, leading to Dianes Hut.
Altitude: 1229m to 1311m. Gain: 30m. Loss: 90m . Gradient: 5 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)
An easy 1.5km NE along the 4WD No Mans Road takes you from No Mans Hut to the signposted Dead Dog Hut turnoff, dropping east.
Altitude: 1344m to 1399m. Gain: 53m. Loss: 68m . Gradient: 3 deg
Skills:
From junction follow well defined track over open tops to end of No Mans Roadend
Altitude: 589m to 1392m. Gain: 102m. Loss: 869m . Gradient: 13 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6)
From Sign follow poles along spur to trig. This is a trapline so gets regular use.
The track is marked with big orange triangle on the bushline.
Steep descent onto plateau. Mature Beech forest with some big trees.
Another steep descent to the river.
Hut is on spur inside the confluence.