Distance: 3.3 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 183m to 1127m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 944m . Gradient: 17 deg (Steep)
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

Steep (difficulty: 5/5)
Steep climbs of >1000m

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

A good DOC-maintained cut marked track runs down Mikonui Spur from Mikonui Spur Biv to the Dickson / Mikonui forks, terminating 100m up the Diskson on the northern bank. The track is of continuous steep gradient, but otherwise easy going.

1-2 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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