Distance: 2.1 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 1160m to 1206m. Gain: 13m. Loss: 59m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

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

Rough 4WD track up the spur above Brown Hut. Brown hut itself is not visible from the track - tucked in a basin of old gold diggings - but is signposted.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Rough 4WD track up the spur above Brown Hut. The turnoff (2km abive Brown Hut) to Green Hut is not signposted but the track is visible on the ground.