Distance: 7.4 km (9.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 596m to 1133m. Gain: 121m. Loss: 652m . Gradient: 6 deg (Steep)
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

Steep (difficulty: 5/5)
Steep climbs of >1000m

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

Blue Lake is at a height of 1,200m with the track down the Sabine steep and losing height quickly and the Sabine river falling impressively over rock chutes (Figure 22a). The DOC track, and part of the Te Araora trial, is surprisingly rough, possibly due to the bad weather the previous December.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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