Distance: 4.1 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 728m to 827m. Gain: 182m. Loss: 83m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

The cut/marked tramping track crosses Maritana Stream beside Magdalen Hut and from there follows the Boyle River north, sticking in the beech forest on the east bank. In several places the horse route (yellow) and tramping track (orange) diverge and it is important to keep an eye out for the orange markers of the tramping track cutting off the more obvious horse trail if you want to avoid unnecessary river crossings.

After about 3km the track emerges from the bush into grassy clearings. The swingbridge crossing to Boyle Flay Hut is reached a few hundred meters later.

1-1.5hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the east bank of the Boyle at the Boyle Flat swingbridge the poled track heads south along grassy river terraces before entering beech forest. In several places the horse route (yellow) and tramping track (orange) diverge and it is important to keep an eye out for the orange markers of the tramping track cutting off the more obvious horse trail if you want to avoid unnecessary river crossings.

The Magdalen swingbridge is reached after 3.5km. Magdalen Hut is a further 1km down the track along the eastern bank

1-1.5 hrs