Distance: 1.9 km (0.8 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 315m to 499m. Gain: 195m. Loss: 12m . Gradient: 6 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Secondary, mapped (3/5)
Formal route, on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

This route is through PNCC-owned forestry. You should check with them before entering.

From the locked gate at Scotts Roadend, head over the bridge and 100, or so to where a track forks east, crossing the river and climbing the opposite valleyside. The creek must be forded and is normally small and ankle deep. Follow this track up the spur onto the tops and then SE to pt510. The highpoint is marked by an obvious X of wide, grassed forestry tracks.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

This route is through PNCC-owned forestry. You should check with them before entering.

From pt510 the forestry track continues NW before sweeping down into the Kahuterawa valley to hit Scotts Road. The creek must be forded and is normally small and ankle deep. The roadend and locked gate are 100m north across the bridge.