Distance: 7.0 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 715m to 956m. Gain: 13m. Loss: 250m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A marked route/track continues up the true right of the Hope from Top Hope Hut - on open flats at first, later entering bush. Finally makes the brief, gentle climb through scrub to the low, broad expanse of Hope Pass.

1.5-2.5 hrs