Distance: 3.3 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 799m to 1253m. Gain: 504m. Loss: 52m . Gradient: 10 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

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

From Splugeons Shelter the benched track climbs on a steady, moderate gradient to the bushedge. 1km of poled route leads north from there to a signposted track junction where it intersects the track from Salisbury Lodge to Balloon Hut.

1-2 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the signposted track junction the poled track turns south before entering the bush. Once under the trees, the benched track descends on a steady, moderate gradient to Splugeons Shelter.

1-2 hrs