Distance: 1.7 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 465m to 735m. Gain: 286m. Loss: 155m . Gradient: 15 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

This route has been recut and rerouted since I walked it in 2007. My notes have been updated based on information from Honora / Glennj on Tramper.nz (see Linked article).

The track from Newton Creek Hut to the Arahura was well marked but rough in 2006 – it has reportedly since been recut. On reaching the Arahura it was unmarked: head downriver and cross the swingbridge.

Formerly it was necessary to head back upriver from the bridge and climb Third Gorge Creek, however a new track has been cut from the swingbridge directly climbing to the Arahura Pack Track.