Distance: 1.9 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 429m to 1131m. Gain: 5m. Loss: 703m . Gradient: 22 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

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

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

Roaring Stag Lodge is visible in the valley below Cattle Ridge.

A good but steep cut, marked tramping track drops down the ridge from Cattle Ridge, first through leatherleaf and later through good bush. Steep & slippery - but easy to follow. The river at the base is bridges and the hut is just opposte.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Roaring Stag, cross the river on the bridge below the hut, and follow the cut, marked tramping track that climbs steeply to Cattle Ridge. A hard, steep climb through bush and later leatherleaf, but easy to follow.