Distance: 4.9 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 464m to 590m. Gain: 189m. Loss: 113m . Gradient: 4 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-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From Aspiring Hut an almost Great Walk level track leads through trees and small clearings to Shovel Flat. Cross the flats and another small patch of bush to Pearl Flat. There's multiple great camping spots all along the way. Shovel Flat has avalanche warnings in the middle of it so maybe don't camp there during Spring.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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