Distance: 2.4 km (0.7 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 1628m to 1685m. Gain: 62m. Loss: 13m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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 very good 4WD track runs north from the top of Symes Road to the transmission tower at Obelisk highpoint. A signposted track junction with the Obelisk Range track lies 500m beyond the tower.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the transmission tower (500m north of the Obelisk Range track junction) a very good 4WD road runs south to the summit of Symes Road.