Distance: 1.5 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmaintained track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 821m to 1297m. Gain: 476m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 19 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Streams (2/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

Secondary, unmapped (4/5)
Route not on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

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

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

This is an old NZFS track. From the confluence/forks in the Waiohine River, climb steeply through the bush at the toe of the spur, initially in a northerly direction. Once on the spur proper, at the 900m contour, the track swings to the northeast, continuing to climb unrelentingly to the scrub line at the 1140m contour. From the scrub line, a faint ground trail leads to the main track running along Tarn Ridge, joining it where the track drops into a scrubby un-named saddle, northwest of pt. 1371.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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