Distance: 4.6 km (8.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Hard terrain
Altitude: 645m to 839m. Gain: 178m. Loss: 319m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Hard (difficulty: 5/5)
Thick scrub-bash / continuous river boulders, waterfalls, or gorges

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

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

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

It's recommended that you don't attempt this in winter without the intention of staying at either end before and after the traverse or camping along the route. This is due to the limited hours of daylight in the winter months making this route hard to complete without dedicating a full day to it.

Follow the markers along the ridge. Be wary that there is a marked wrong turn down a spur 700m NNW of Stokes Peak (Trig A39H 814m). This route is hard going and simply impossible in the dark no matter how experienced you are. We walk 5km/hr on track and we were doing 200m/hr, that's how thick it is! No matter what, bring emergency shelter.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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