Distance: 4.1 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 0m to 80m. Gain: 97m. Loss: 66m . Gradient: 2 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The track initially climbs steeply away from the road until it joins a historic track, which once formed part of the road. Follow this well-marked tramping track to the Smoothwater River. You can either follow the track on the true right of the river if flow is high or walk through the riverbed, crossing as necessary.