Distance: 3.0 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 663m to 698m. Gain: 19m. Loss: 35m . Gradient: 1 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

An old farm track runs to the west branch of the Stour (signposted Manuka Hut MTB access turnoff) from the DOC carpark at Lake Emily.

0.5 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

An old farm track runs from the west branch of the Stour (signposted Manuka Hut MTB access turnoff) to the DOC carpark at Lake Emily.

0.5 hrs