Hi Fizzie41. This section appears in an old guide book so there are people that will attempt it. It is very overgrown with no visible path and Parks have placed 10-20 fallen trees at the intersection with Silvertop ridge track to discourage people from attempting the old route. On Strava the tracks get a bit confused (ie people getting lost or trying to get back to the proper path) as you go westward as there are many fallen trees, and the vegetation gets too thick to walk through. 