Distance: 4.0 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 809m to 918m. Gain: 56m. Loss: 120m . Gradient: 3 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

From Stanley Vale Hut a signposted 4wd track skirts the western valleyside, heading north and dropping towards Lake Guyon. The track is vague at the head of the lake - follow the lake shore to the northern valleyside and pick up the 4wd track again as it follows the lake shore round to Lake Guyon Hut.

1-1.5 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The 4wd track continues east along the north shore of Lake Guyon, becoming vague at the head of the lake. Follow the lake shore south, crossing the stream feeding the lake, and pick up the poled route / 4wd track again on the south bank. The track skirts marshy flats before making a short, steep climb to the saddle with Stanley Vale.

Stanley Vale Hut is tucked against a patch of beech forest on the western valleysude, 50m off the track, and is signposted. The junction with the Fowler Pass Track / Stanley River Track is at the hut.

1-1.5 hrs