Distance: 1.8 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 416m to 765m. Gain: 349m. Loss: 99m . Gradient: 15 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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 short steep descent from the signposted junction takes you to the Makino Stream. This si small and looks easily forded in all but the worst conditions. The exit on the far bank is not obvious at first - and is in fact 30m downriver. Here a well worn, well cut track climbs easily up the spur to join the 6 foot track just before the summit.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the 6' track junction, a well-worn Paetawa track makes the descent to the river - often worn to over a meter deep. The creek at the bottom is unbridged but small, trickling over mossy stones. The ascent on the west bank is not obvious - and starts 30m upriver. Once on it it is well marked, cut - but a steady, steep gradient 100m to the ridgeline.