Distance: 3.1 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 629m to 676m. Gain: 62m. Loss: 96m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

From Macetown either follow the 4WD track downriver, making multiple crossings, or follow the benched, poled pack-track sidling the southern valleyside and avoiding the river.

After 2km the forks with Eight Mile Creek (from the SW) are reached. A signpost marks the turnoff to Big Hill Track.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the forks and signposted track junction at Eight Mile Creek, two options exist for travel upriver to Macetown. Either follow the 4WD track upriver, making multiple crossings, or follow the benched, poled pack-track sidling the southern valleyside and avoiding the river.