Distance: 3.4 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 0m to 1061m. Gain: 1882m. Loss: 1061m . Gradient: 69 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

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 (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

It can have snow on the track in open places, in the winter after recent snow falls, but it is all through beach forest.

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Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Farm boundary (821m Elevation) climb through Beach forest along the well marked track to Hinerua Hut (1071m Elevation) for 3.4 km. There are some shorter steeper sections but a fairly moderate track overall.
Gain 369m