Distance: 6.9 km (3.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 889m to 1240m. Gain: 734m. Loss: 383m . Gradient: 9 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7)

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

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From Mackenzie hut follow the Great Walk up the zigzags out of the Lake Mackenzie basin and then along the Hollyford face to Harris Saddle. There's an emergency shelter here and a worthwhile side trip up Conical Hill with great views.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

At Harris Saddle,there are two emergency shelters on your right. If weather and time permit, a good side trip Conical Hill gives panoramic views.

From Harris Saddle, the track continues south along the Hollyford face, crossing several minor creeks until sharply rounding a spur above lake Mackenzie. A zig zag descent then enters the forest and the lake outlet to arrive at Lake Mackenzie Hut.