Distance: 4.5 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 778m to 812m. Gain: 48m. Loss: 27m . Gradient: 1 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

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 (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

The St James Cycleway runs up the eastern valleyside of the Waiau. The track is benched, and of gentle gradient though not surfaced so can be soft for cycling, especially after freeze-thaw.

A signpost 400m before the 4wd carpark marks the southern-most of two crossings giving access to the Waiau Pass track on the western bank.

0.75-1.5 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The St James Cycleway runs down the eastern valleyside of the Waiau. The track is benched, and of gentle gradient though not surfaced so can be soft for cycling, especially after freeze-thaw.

A signpost marks the junction with the east-west track leading east to Lake Guyon and crossing the Waiau west to join tracks to Anne / Christopher.

0.75-1.5 hrs