Distance: 3.5 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 359m to 517m. Gain: 35m. Loss: 193m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

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

The good benched pack-track continues down the Styx Valley – crossing the river to the north bank just below the hut (reported to be impassable after heavy rain) – easy travel on a constant gradient. Three kilometers downstream an old wooden sign points left across the river: Mid Styx Hut, 40 mins.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Mid Styx turnoff the good benched pack-track continues up the north side of the Styx Valley – crossing the river to the south bank just below the hut (reported to be impassable after heavy rain) – easy travel on a constant gradient.