Distance: 1.4 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 671m to 1009m. Gain: 338m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 14 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

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

Maps show a track climbing to Moonlight & Roses hut from Chamois creek - however this had not been cut or marked for many years in 2011.

From the main forks in Chamois Creek (or 200m below it if coming from downriver) climb the obvious spur west and then sidle up the western fork keeping just in open beech forest just below the bushedge to reach Moonlight and Roses Hut. If not under snow if may be easier to climb and sidle tussock faces above the bush.

Moonlight & Roses hut is on the bushedge - as shown on the map.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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