Distance: 3.6 km (6.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, hard - Hard terrain
Altitude: 97m to 226m. Gain: 111m. Loss: 240m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Unmarked route, hard (8/9)
Unmarked route, no clear geographic features to follow

minor (5/5)
A viable route, not widely used

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Hard (difficulty: 5/5)
Thick scrub-bash / continuous river boulders, waterfalls, or gorges

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

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

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

Heading South East.
Watch for track markers. By far the most common is a bit of Orange twine hanging from a branch. But other types of marker appear occasionally.
The track is mostly non existent, but sometimes you can see evidence of a bit cleared undergrowth.
Be prepare to navigate without a track. Much of this area is very bland so you need a compass. But the bush is quite dense in places making it hard to stay on the compass bearing. Good luck
No water on this segment, except we found a puddle in the distinct Nth/Sth gully about 80% of the way along.

No obvious camping spot close to the river. We camped on the spur to the East of the crossing. 5 min walk back to the stream to get water.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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