Distance: 2.0 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmaintained track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 967m to 1500m. Gain: 7m. Loss: 540m . Gradient: 16 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Occasional scrambles (3/7) - Streams (2/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Unmaintained track (5/9)
Former track, overgrown - markers / ground trail still followable

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

Occasional scrambles (difficulty: 3/7)
Tramp with some scrambles and exposure to falls

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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

Unmaintained track from Ngamoko Range to Top Gorge Hut. Intermittent foot pad through tussock and leatherwood to cut track. Lower part of track down old slip is overgrown, but some pink tape has been added to indicate easiest route. DOC sign says 2 hours, but only took 1:25. Easy river crossing to hut in normal flows.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Be sure to trace your steps on the first part of the climb up - keep to the left of the log at the bottom of the climb until you spot the first pink tape.