Distance: 2.2 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 617m to 847m. Gain: 16m. Loss: 246m . Gradient: 7 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

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

20 mins. The good 4WD track continues to wind down from Candlesticks Hut until it reaches the Heron River. Crossing twice, a grassy flat containing both Wardens Hut and the historic Bluff Dump hut is reached. River is shin deep in normal flows.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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