Distance: 8.3 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 738m to 820m. Gain: 106m. Loss: 88m . Gradient: 1 deg (Gentle)
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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

A poled tramping track follows a mixture of river flats and lower valley faces of the Ada, Waiau and Henry from the Christopher Hut into the lower Henry valley. A DOC signpost marks the point where the poled track meets an old 4WD farm track and joins the Ta Araroa trail 4km before Anne Hut.

1.5-2.5 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A poled tramping track follows a mixture of river flats and lower valley faces of the Henry, Waiau and Ada from the junction in the lower Henry to Christopher Hut.

1.5-2.5 hrs