Distance: 2.1 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 585m to 797m. Gain: 20m. Loss: 229m . Gradient: 7 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 (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

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

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

An old pack track sidles the south face of Sawyers Creek, making an easy, flat walk between Crystal Hut and Skippers. The track hits the Skippers road 200m above the information kiosk, just past the cemetery turnoff.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

An old pack track sidles the south face of Sawyers Creek, making an easy, flat walk between Crystal Hut and Skippers. The track hits the Skippers road 200m above the information kiosk, just past the cemetery turnoff.