Distance: 0.5 km (0.2 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 240m to 287m. Gain: 49m. Loss: 37m . Gradient: 10 deg (Gentle)
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

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

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

From the signposted turnoff, a track drops steeply west from the 6 foot track to the river which it crosses on a swingbridge. A poorly marked track meanders NW across scrubby paddocks, climbing to higher terraces where Te Pourewa Hut is located on the bushedge,

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Te Pourewa Hut a poorly marked track heads SE across scrubby paddocks, dropping from terraces to the river which it crosses on a swingbridge. A steep climb follows on a marked track up a fenceline to reach the 6 foot track.