Distance: 3.3 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 736m to 834m. Gain: 31m. Loss: 129m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

Secondary, unmapped (4/5)
Route not on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

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

Heading downriver from mistake, the valley starts out as broad tussock flats. However, it soon gorges and travel is on the gravel riverbed - on the valleysides the slips are almost continuous. The river at this stage is small - generally knee deep in normal flows.

1-2 hours Rockslide -> Mistake

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

For a couple of km above Rockslide Biv, the slips are almost continuous. The valley broadens, then gorges again. Vegetation changes from thick bush, low manuka appearing, reminiscent of the Kawekas. The river at this stage is small - generally knee deep in normal flows.

Shortly before the forks at Mistake, the valley broadens to wide tussock flats. The biv lies just upriver of the forks, hidden behind a rocky outcrop, set back in the scrub.