Distance: 1.9 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 429m to 1131m. Gain: 703m. Loss: 5m . Gradient: 22 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

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

From Roaring Stag, cross the river on the bridge below the hut, and follow the cut, marked tramping track that climbs steeply to Cattle Ridge. A hard, steep climb through bush and later leatherleaf, but easy to follow.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Roaring Stag Lodge is visible in the valley below Cattle Ridge.

A good but steep cut, marked tramping track drops down the ridge from Cattle Ridge, first through leatherleaf and later through good bush. Steep & slippery - but easy to follow. The river at the base is bridges and the hut is just opposte.