Distance: 1.8 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy terrain
Altitude: 455m to 478m. Gain: 2m. Loss: 25m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

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

From Chamois Creek, shingle river flats provide travel downstream 2km to Deer Spur Creek with several crossings required (ankle-knee deep in normal flows, easily impassable after rain). Junction Hut is 200m up Deer Spur Creek on low terraces on the eastern bank.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Deer Spur Creek, shingle river flats provide travel upstream 2km to Chamois Creek (the next sidecreek on the north) with several crossings required (ankle-knee deep in normal flows, easily impassable after rain).