Distance: 4.6 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 470m to 672m. Gain: 3m. Loss: 205m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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 first 3km of Chamois Creek below the forks are moderate going on the rocky riverbed or flats of slow scrub / tall grass & thistle. However, the valley gorges out for the last 2km to Timaru River and progress is slower int he river with multiple river crossings - generally ankle-knee deep.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The lower 2km of Chamois Creek are gorges and travel is slow and in the riverbed with multiple crossings. After that the valley open out a little with smalls scrubby flats and / or a broader shingle riverbed providing moderately easy travel as far as the main forks below Moonlight & Roses Hut. The track marked in maps on the western valleyside does not appear to exist.

2-3 hrs