Distance: 2.7 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 22m to 83m. Gain: 94m. Loss: 58m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

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 (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

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

Gentle amble up the river via a wide and well graded track that follows river terraces. Camping sites on Donnelly flat. All stream crossings of any note are bridged.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Gentle amble down the river via a wide and well graded track that follows river terraces. Camping sites on Donnelly flat. All stream crossings of any note are bridged.