From Travers Saddle to West Sabine Hut via East Sabine River
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Distance: 7.4 km (5.0 DOC hours) - Marked route - Moderate-hard terrain
Altitude: 596m to 1730m. Gain: 1274m. Loss: 148m . Gradient: 11 deg (Steep)
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Descending from the pass, the route picks up the obvious tounge of tussock and moves to the TR of the initial gut. Descending further and moving away from the initial gut, the footpad stays close to the bottom of scree and crosses a slight ridge.

The main descent gut comes into view - move to the top of the chute and descend (left, right or on the scree - whatever is easiest) steeply to the treeline. The track descends the final 100m to the East Sabine River then continues a few hundred metres to a fixed bridge that crosses to the TL of the river.

Now under beech, the track descends gently at first, finally a very steep short descent to a little upstream of the East and West branch confluence. A few hundred metres upstream is the West Sabine Hut.

Last updated by: Admin at 2022-05-29 01:02:01. Experienced: 2011-04-14
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