Distance: 10.9 km (5.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 369m to 951m. Gain: 44m. Loss: 623m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Prolonged rivers (4/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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

Prolonged rivers (difficulty: 4/6)
Frequent river travel - impassible after rain, risk of getting trapped

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From Hope Pass the track / poled route leads briefly down into the head of Tutaekuri stream and ends. After an inital 1km of rock-hopping and scrambling donw the riverbed, the the riverbed opens and from there on is broad and so long as the river is down travel is reasonable on initially river-rock and later gravel bed & banks. Many crossings are the norm. The river could easily become impassable after rain, and the route would be very hard (true left only) and maybe not possible if the river was up.

Tutaekuri Hut is not visible from the river and has been resited 1.5km up the river from the forks - 1km above its original site. It is marked from the river by a single triangle.

3-5hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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