Distance: 11.3 km (4.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 575m to 684m. Gain: 20m. Loss: 117m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Extreme rivers (5/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

Extreme rivers (difficulty: 5/6)
Major rivers - likely to be impassible in all but ideal conditions

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

This is a dangerous crossing of two major rivers. Water is likely to be milky with suspended glacial sediment so judging depth requires skill and experience. Rivers change course frequently and conditions will differ from those described here. Do not attempt this unless you are experienced at major river crossings. If in doubt, do not cross.

Braided sections above Clyde/Lawrence confluence made a possible crossing in low flows (2007), but tricky in anything higher. Channels were knee-to-thigh deep in low flows.

Follow the Clyde river flats on the western bank to confluence with the Havelock.

A 4WD track crosses a braided section of the Havelock 400m upriver from the western side of the Clyde valley, and was an obvious crossing point (2007). Reasonable in low flows, still a serious crossing. I lost my footing and got swept some distance - a cautionary tale.

Curtis Memorial Hut up the Havelock is an alternative destination should the Havelock prove impassable.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

This is a dangerous crossing of two major rivers. Water is likely to be milky with suspended glacial sediment so judging depth requires skill and experience. Rivers change course frequently and conditions will differ from those described here. Do not attempt this unless you are experienced at major river crossings. If in doubt, do not cross.

A 4WD track crosses the Havelock 400m upstream from the western side of the Clyde, and was an obvious crossing point (2007). Reasonable in low flows, still a serious crossing. I lost my footing and got swept some distance - a cautionary tale.

Once across, follow the western bank upriver to the confluence with the Lawrence.

Should you need to cross, a viable crossing point with multiple braids existed just above the confluence in 2007. Another serious crossing with flows knee to thigh deep.