Distance: 4.5 km (1.2 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 615m to 672m. Gain: 112m. Loss: 64m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
Skills:

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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From Lakehead Hut, the track leads upstream rising and falling just a little, traversing the long grass of the flats, re-entering the beech shortly before the bridge.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Crossing to the TR, the track is initially in the beech but soon is out on the flats, traversing the long grass.