Distance: 9.1 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 482m to 1056m. Gain: 702m. Loss: 945m . Gradient: 10 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

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

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

A cut / marked track runs down the SE valleyside of the Dingle, sidling high on terraces/faces in open beech forest. A large slip has cut the track about half-way between the huts requiring a steep 400m cut/marked climb over the top of the slip and back down again. A deep/steep side-valley crossing follows immediately after the slip (small but good camping spots on the southern bank) before the track resumes its easy sidle down river. Bush Hut is located on the bushedge on the valley floor.

3-5 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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