Side trips

Travers valley side creeks

Hukere Stream: From the junction with the Travers Track it is a steady, four-hour ascent to Angelus Hut (26 bunks) and the lake-filled basins of the Travers Range. Our publication "Approaches to Angelus" describes the tramp to Lake Angelus.

Hopeless Creek: Follow the river for 1 hour 30 minutes to Hopeless Hut (6 bunks).

Cupola Basin: 2 hours 30 minutes of strenuous climbing leads to the lofty perch of Cupola Hut (8 bunks), with superb views of Mt Hopeless.

Blue Lake

Blue Lake, 7 hr return

This is a worthwhile overnight trip from the main circuit. Head upstream from West Sabine swingbridge. After 1 hour 30 minutes, the valley broadens and the track passes through forest destroyed by an avalanche in 1980. Climb steeply, in two stages to a high basin containing Blue Lake Hut (16 bunks).

Lake Angelus via Mt Cedric, 6 hr

This is a very exposed route to Angelus Basin. The track begins behind Sabine Hut and climbs very steeply and steadily to the bushline. Poles and cairns mark the route from here, which eventually drops off the eastern side of a high ridge and descends to Angelus Hut (26 bunks).