Distance: 7.4 km (3.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 533m to 1336m. Gain: 927m. Loss: 127m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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 (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional 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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

A broad, well-cut, well-marked tramping track climbs NE onto Parks ridge from the signposted junction on Yeomans Track. The track then runs north along the ridgeline in stunted bush - views across to the main range, but sheltered from the worst of the weather by the vegetation. A signposted track junction points west to Upper Makaroro Hut, and 200m later Parks Peak Hut lies in a clearing to the east of the track.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A broad, well-cut, well-marked tramping track runs south from Parks Peak hut, dropping to meet Yeomans Track 1km from the park boundary.