Distance: 5.8 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 661m to 890m. Gain: 242m. Loss: 457m . Gradient: 7 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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 (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

A benched pack-track from mining days runs from Third House to Coppermine Saddle. This has been reworked recently for mountainbike use. The track cuts in and out of several side creeks, dropping steadily to 680m at Third House from 870 at the saddle.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A benched pack-track from mining days runs from Third House to Coppermine Saddle. This has been reworked recently for mountainbike use. The track cuts in and out of several side creeks, climbing steadily from 680m at Third House to 870 at the saddle.