Distance: 4.5 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 663m to 728m. Gain: 173m. Loss: 120m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Rising only 60m in 4.5km, the track is essentially flat, crossing a few clearings but mostly in the beech and remaining on the TL of Travers River. Cascade Tk is marked just after crossing the bridged Hopeless Ck.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

After crossing the bridged Hopeless Creek, the track stays on the TL, crossing a few clearings until the swing bridge that crosses the Travers River to the TR.