Distance: 2.9 km (0.8 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 660m to 760m. Gain: 27m. Loss: 113m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

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

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

A good benched track runs down the Takaka from the signposted Salisbury Lodge junction to the signposted 'Lower Junction', from which tracks lead to Upper Takaka, Asbestos Cottage and the Cobb valley. There are 2 signposted junctions at the lower junction, one on each side of the swingbridge, both about 100m back from the river.

The Flora and Takaka rivers are crossed on swingbridges. Other small sidecreeks are unbridged but should not pose problems.

0.5-1hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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