Distance: 4.0 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 188m to 569m. Gain: 315m. Loss: 694m . Gradient: 15 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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Climb steadily through bush (stepper at the start) to pt 572 before track swings west along ridge and then south above Clem Creek following contour 460m (approx). A bit muddy in places, a few stream crossings and some big trees down, but detours are marked with pink or electrical tape. T junction at the saddle, with track to Cone Hut a few metres along the Winchombe Track (west)