Distance: 2.8 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 578m to 1081m. Gain: 619m. Loss: 120m . Gradient: 16 deg (Moderate-hard)
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

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

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

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

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Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Exit the Tukituki River on the true right below confluence of small side stream. Follow well worn track steeply through trees until junction with Longview tops route. Head down track marked to Daphne carpark (1.5 hours). Good track in dry conditions, could be slippery when wet. Once on the flat grassy area at the bottom attempt to follow the white poles, crossing two small streams. Poles can be obscured when grass is long, but tracks through are easily found.