Distance: 1.2 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, hard - Hard terrain
Altitude: 544m to 883m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 339m . Gradient: 17 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Unmarked route, hard (8/9)
Unmarked route, no clear geographic features to follow

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

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

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

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 the unnamed/unnumbered peak, we then dropped SW down the vague ridge shown on topomaps hitting the creek 100m above its first forks. This descent starts good, but gets increasingly steep, scrubby and full of supplejack. The last 200m to creek very steep & tangled. Dropping to the creek too soon leaves you in waterfalls & an impassible gully, so persevering with the ridgeline is the only option.

Going improves once in valley floor. There is still a lot of vine around but gets gradually less & riverbed opens up. The 1st good camp spots are on the park boundary where good grass flats on true right are reasonable for a camp, but would flood in heavy rain. For true bad weather spots you’d have to continue into the pines & find flat spots on forested terraces.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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