Distance: 3.4 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 380m to 493m. Gain: 346m. Loss: 255m . Gradient: 10 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

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

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

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

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Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Easy walk along benched track from Atiwhakatu Hut to junction with the River Ridge Track. Large slip exists on track, but it relatively solid under foot and easy enough to cross. All stream crossings are bridged.