Distance: 3.6 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 593m to 925m. Gain: 341m. Loss: 23m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot, avalanche risk (3/7)

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

Snow/ice underfoot, avalanche risk (difficulty: 3/7)
Snow/ice likely on track, tramp crosses avalance paths

Find a good ford through the South Butler, a flood destroyed the new bridge within 6 months (Oct 2014). Follow a well cleared trail up valley on the true left (enjoy the views of large boulders in the river) until the open ground is reached. Beware avalanches in winter and spring but the travel is easy to the lake.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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