Distance: 3.7 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 139m to 218m. Gain: 176m. Loss: 155m . Gradient: 5 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

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

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

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

From the yards and woolshed at the end of Redpaths Road a 4WD track drops to the river, crosses a sidecreek, and then climbs again to sidle 5km to the bushedge along river terraces. For the most part it passes through rough-grazed farmland, with intermittent bush sections. After a couple of kilometers it climbs 100m to pass over a shoulder, cutting off a large bend in the river, before dropping again to low flats. After another brief section of sidling a face another set of flats is reached, with a walking track forking east to cross the river, 2km to Kotepato Hut (there is no bridge at that crossing, and the river frequently strands people in Kotepato after rain).

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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