Distance: 1.5 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 600m to 1057m. Gain: 457m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 18 deg (Moderate-hard)
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-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

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

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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A cut, marked track descends from the Makino ridge to the Makino River. Easy at first through beech forest it becomes increasingly steep as it descends into manuka faces below. A signpost at the bottom marks the junction with the route up the Makino River from Te Puia Lodge.