Distance: 1.8 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 390m to 763m. Gain: 418m. Loss: 45m . Gradient: 15 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

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

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

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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

Steady climb up rooty track to get to Pig Flat - most direct route to get from Atiwhakatu Hut to Mountain House Shelter or Totara Flats Track

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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