Distance: 8.5 km (4.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 375m to 510m. Gain: 774m. Loss: 896m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

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

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

Track begins from the hut side of the bridge (true right) and is a very picturesque track following the Waingawa River to Mitre Flats. Undulating with plenty of roots and side streams to cross. Quite a bit of recent windfall as of Oct 2017 - most easily negotiable, although one creek bed near S40° 47.792' E175° 29.333' requires some care to get in and out of (mind the onga onga), and another scramble down the bank above a decent blockage at S40° 48.625' E175° 28.981'.
DOC signage/ website recommends 3.5-4 hours, but I would suggest allowing at least 4-5 in current condition.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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