Distance: 1.4 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 560m to 621m. Gain: 30m. Loss: 79m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

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

A track drops gently east to meet the old 4WD track on the riverbank. This follows the riverbank east a further 1km to the signposted track junction at the Hurunui swingbridge. 20-30mins

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

An old 4wd track leads along the south bank of the Hurunui. 1km upstream of the swingbridge a tramping track turns off left (south)_ and sidles gently up to Hurunui Hut on terraces above. 20-30mins