Distance: 12.5 km (6.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 597m to 1126m. Gain: 649m. Loss: 463m . Gradient: 5 deg
Skills:

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Follow North Branch Wilkin track to Lake Lucidus and reverse back to junction, follow North Branch Wilkin track to Lake Castalia, then reverse back to junction and then onto Top Forks Hut.