Distance: 3.5 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 813m to 989m. Gain: 244m. Loss: 168m . Gradient: 7 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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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

From the biv the track heads south & immediately crosses a stream before traversing a flat ridge. The track descends steeply to an open stream. Climb 150m up the stream & locate the track marker on the true right. The track climbs to pt 895 & continues south, climbing in & out of small stream along a nicely benched track. The hut passes the door of Makahu Saddle hut before emerging into the car park.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Makahu Saddle Hut the track passes the door of Makahu Hut. The track heads north along a nicely benched track, whilst it climbs in & out of small streams & over pt. 895. The route descends a small open stream bed before climbing steeply to a flat ridge a few hundred metres south of Kaweka Flats Biv.