Distance: 1.6 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 421m to 578m. Gain: 37m. Loss: 184m . Gradient: 8 deg (Flat)
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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From the Clarke Creek confluence, head downriver on the true left side. A roughly cut, overgrown track was present in 2007. After 1km a cableway crosses back to the true right. Crawford Junction Hut is 500m beyond.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Crawford Junction Hut a sidle track leads up the Kokatahi 1.5km to Clarke Creek, crossing the river by way of a cableway. This track was overgrown and rough in 2007.