Distance: 3.7 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Unmaintained track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 695m to 787m. Gain: 15m. Loss: 101m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Unmaintained track (5/9)
Former track, overgrown - markers / ground trail still followable

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is 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

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

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

The 4WD track becomes faint below Tribulation Hut, but can be followed all the way to Cookies Hut 4km downriver. Several river crossings are the norm if you follow the track, and a minimum of one is required. Crossing were ankle to knee deep after moderate rain.

1-2hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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