Distance: 2.4 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 421m to 690m. Gain: 301m. Loss: 78m . Gradient: 9 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

From the signposted junction 40m back towards Arrowtown from Norman Spence Bridge, the Sawpit Gully track climbs steeply, passing a lookout and picnic table. Once 100m above the valley floor the track sidles gently into and up Sawpit Gully, reaching the forks in the creek after 1.5km. The ruins of an old hut lie on terraces 40m up the north fork.

The track is poled as it climbs the western fork to the signposted track junction at Eichardts Flat.

0.5-1hr

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A well maintained tramping track runs down Sawpit Gully from Eichardts Flat. After 1km the creek is joined by another dropping from the north. The tumble-down remains of an old hut lie 40m north of the track up this creek.

From here the track follows the creekbed for 200m with frequent crossings before sidling the north face of the gully down to join the Arrow Gorge Track 40m south of Norman Spence Bridge. The sidle section is well benched,

0.5-1 hr