Distance: 4.1 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 735m to 998m. Gain: 23m. Loss: 286m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot, avalanche risk (3/7)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Snow/ice underfoot, avalanche risk (difficulty: 3/7)
Snow/ice likely on track, tramp crosses avalance paths

I'm informed there is avalanche risk on the track in bad conditions.

A good, marked tramping track runs down the western side of the Huxley River (north branch) from Brodrick Hut to Huxley Forks Hut. The river is crossed by swingbridge 200m upriver of Huxley Forks.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good, marked tramping track runs up the western side of the Huxley River (north branch) to Brodrick Hut from Huxley Forks Hut. The river is crossed by swingbridge 200m upriver of Huxley Forks.