Distance: 14.5 km (6.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 0m to 416m. Gain: 601m. Loss: 618m . Gradient: 5 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

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

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

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Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Southern Circuit Track. Steadily becomes less boggy as we climb away from sea level. Well formed track through mature bush. Eventually opens up on Doughboy Hill with scattered open areas with streams/swamps across the hill top. Steep descent into the spectacular Doughboy bay.