Distance: 1.0 km (0.6 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 418m to 639m. Gain: 221m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 13 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

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

Follow the spur down from the biv over private land. Climb onto the small knob at the bushedge 150m from the main river, then drop into the next creek north of the biv - good deer trails cut through the scrub to the clear terrace below. Follow the terrace / creek down to the Waimakariri where a well-used campspot exists in trees above a sandy river beach just on the DOC boundary.

20-40 minutes