It runs from Devonport in the north of the state to Dover in the South East and is 460 km long.
Campsite quality varies, but the trail co-ordinators aim to create three-sided huts, a water tank, a pit toilet, picnic tables and cleared tent sites at each.
The trail often leaves valleys to seek ridge lines which then offer many scenic outlooks.
The trail commences with a gentle grade on a made road from Devonport which runs beside the Mersey river.
At New Norfolk the trail leaves the Derwent and climbs over the mountain pass of the old stock route to the Huon River valley using a track around the ‘back’ of Hobart’s Mount Wellington.