Distance: 5.7 km (4.0 DOC hours) - Unmaintained track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 219m to 1500m. Gain: 1370m. Loss: 130m . Gradient: 15 deg
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7)

Unmaintained track (5/9)
Former track, overgrown - markers / ground trail still followable

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/6)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Traverse to reach the Lambert Tops Route and follow the track down to the river. At the time, this was marked but not recut; if cut it would be straightforward. The bridge across the Lambert may no longer be there (check DOC website).