Distance: 5.2 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 825m to 1327m. Gain: 291m. Loss: 749m . Gradient: 12 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

The track heads SE from Sylvester Hut and quickly enters the bush and begins to descend, the steeper sections zig-zaging until reaching Cobb Reservoir. After crossing the bridged Galena Creek, it's a flat 1km to the trailhead.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The walking track parallels the Cobb Reservoir for the first km and crosses the bridged Galena Creek before beginning the climb to the tops. Zig-zaging up the steeper sections through beech forest, the gradient eases as it approaches the open tops.