Distance: 1.9 km (0.8 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 1025m to 1158m. Gain: 53m. Loss: 170m . Gradient: 7 deg (Gentle)
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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

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

Gentle drop through scrubby bush to top of ridge above Stanfield Hut to junction where old track up to Takapari highpoint joins in. Track is partially overgrown, but still passable. Muddy in places.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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