Distance: 6.6 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 542m to 1122m. Gain: 104m. Loss: 642m . Gradient: 6 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

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 Forsters Hut, return 500m to the main track, and then follow it south to the roadend. This is a good benched packtrack from mining days sidling gently down fromthe main range. It's an easy walk / cycle.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the saddle on Kiwi Road a good benched packtrack from mining days sidles gently towards the main range. It's an easy walk / cycle on a rock/dirt benched track. The track hits the main range at Forsters Clearing. A signpost here marks the turnoff to Forsters Hut 0 500m to the east.