Distance: 2.5 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 722m to 1120m. Gain: 462m. Loss: 64m . Gradient: 12 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

The track climbs steeply away from the Anatoki river onto a short spur before paralleling the creek that flows from the saddle above Lake Stanley. It's a pleasant climb under beech (with the occasional wasp infestation) becoming steeper towards the saddle.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The obvious track descends steeply at first before moderating as it parallels a stream that leads the track down to the Anatoki River. An pleasant descent under beech.