Distance: 0.5 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 471m to 478m. Gain: 7m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills:

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Secondary, mapped (3/5)
Formal route, on maps, an alternative recognised 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

Cross the Caples RIver on the brigde. Upper Caples Hut is 300m further down the opposite bank along the well used Caples Track.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

300m upriver from Upper Caples Hut is a swingbridge which leaves the main Caples Track and crosses the Caples River for access to Kay Creek and Fraser Creek. Good campspots exist on the opposite side.