Distance: 1.9 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 216m to 263m. Gain: 59m. Loss: 98m . Gradient: 5 deg (Flat)
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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

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

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

From the site of the former Pine Valley hut, head downstream along a track on the true left to the Mill Flat camp site. Cross to the the true right via a bridge, & continue downstream to the car park.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the car park where the 4WD road fords Pine Valley Stream, head up the true right on a track. Cross two consecutive bridges, with the second bridge crossing to the true left at the Mill Flat camp site. Continue climbing gently up to the site of the former Pine Valley Hut.