Distance: 0.9 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 156m to 278m. Gain: 124m. Loss: 2m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate)
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 (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

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

From Middy Hut, the Te Araroa trail heads upriver 100m before crossing on a long swingbridge. After a short section along a flat spur, the track start to climb steeply. 1km from the hut a signposted track junction is reached marking the turnoff of the sidle track to Roebuck Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Roebuck Junction, Te Araroa trail makes a brief steep descent to just above the river, before following a spur east, finally dropping to cross the Pelorus on a long swingbridge. Middy Hut is 100m downriver on the far bank.