Distance: 15.4 km (6.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 182m to 497m. Gain: 459m. Loss: 184m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

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

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

A good benched track runs from Moturau Hut to Iris Born Hut via the Iris Burn Valley. Apart from a brief climb over a slip about 1/3 of the way from Moturau the going is flat and fast. A shelter and toilet are passed at Rocky Point - half way between the huts, where there is also a locked DOC workers' hut.

3-6 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good benched track runs to Moturau Hut from Iris Born Hut via the Iris Burn Valley. Apart from a brief climb over a slip about 2/3 of the way to Moturau the going is flat and fast. A shelter and toilet are passed at Rocky Point - half way between the huts, where there is also a locked DOC workers' hut.

3-6 hrs