Distance: 3.0 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 679m to 1142m. Gain: 511m. Loss: 48m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Streams (2/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

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

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

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

A steep climb on a cut / marked tramping track on the true left of the Kedron River, followed by a tedious sidle in to the head of the valley and Lake Man Bivouac. The stream must be crossed below the biv. (Note: older topomaps show the track wrongly either on the true right, or climbing to the tops on the true left) (1.5-3 hrs)

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A stream crossing followed by a long sidle at the height of the biv down the true left of the Kedron River, followed by a steep descent to the Doubtful. Cut / marked track. (1.5-3hrs)

(Note: older topomaps show the track wrongly either on the true right, or climbing to the tops on the true left)