Distance: 0.7 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1323m to 1525m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 202m . Gradient: 18 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

The hut is 200 vertical meters down from the Ngamoko ridgeline on the eastern side. A steep descent down a fragmented spur. The turnoff is marked with a cairn - and occasional cairns mark the route down - easy to get the wrong spur in the fog. The biv is tucked at the back of a basin off the north side of the spur behind some shallow marshy tarns.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Climb directly behind the biv up to the main Ngamoko Range ridgeline. The route is marked with occasional cairns, and the junction on the top also has a cairn.