Distance: 1.1 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 457m to 644m. Gain: 200m. Loss: 13m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional 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

The Big Hill pack-track climbs on a moderate-steep gradient to Eichardts Flat from Bush Creek. A signpost at Eichardts marks the turnoff to Sawpit Gully.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The Big Hill pack-track drops on a moderate-steep gradient from Eichardts Flat to Bush Creek. The Bush Creek track junction is signposted at the point the track meets the creek.