Distance: 9.4 km (4.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 577m to 679m. Gain: 117m. Loss: 151m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

An easy walk along a mixture of bush tracks and grassy flats to Hurunui Hut. 1km before the hut a tramping track branches south off the riverbank track climbing gently to the hut. 2-4hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

An easy walk along a mixture of bush tracks and grassy flats to No. 3 Hut, which is located beside the track. 2-4hrs