Distance: 0.7 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Surfaced walkway - Easy terrain
Altitude: 327m to 363m. Gain: 36m. Loss: 18m . Gradient: 5 deg (Flat)
Skills:

Surfaced walkway (2/9)
Gravelled / board-walked walking track for all abilities

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A short nature walk that leads from the busy Blue Pools car park down to the Makarora Rver and crosses on a swing bridge. A signpost points northwestwards for the Blue River Track and southwest for the Blue Pools and the Blue-Young Link Track. Can be busy with tourists.