Distance: 2.0 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 459m to 749m. Gain: 14m. Loss: 297m . Gradient: 9 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

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

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

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

The start of the Puffer Saddle route at pt756 can be hard to spot. There is a piece of permolat atop the bank marking it, but otherwise head to the summit and follow the ridgeline towards Puffer Saddle until you pick up the marked route.

The route is marked with an assortment of tape, tin lids, bags etc. It starts through mature bush on pt756, then follows the ridgeline north towards Puffer Saddle. As the ridge becomes scrubby, the track drops east and sidles the eastern face, before returning to the ridge as the scrub becomes low. It finally joins an old logging track and follows it to emerge onto the Dobson Loop Track at Puffer Saddle.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The puffer saddle - pylon track route starts at the Puffer Saddle, just where the track swings NE to descend to Smiths Stream. At first it follows an overgrown logging track along the ridge, before becoming a narrow, cut route through the low scrub.

The route is marked with an assortment of tape, tin lids, bags etc. After following the ridge, it drops onto the eastern face and sidles that through mature bush, before returning to the ridgeline and climbing to pt756. It ends atop a short steep bank dropping to the Pylon Track at pt756.