Distance: 4.0 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 680m to 791m. Gain: 156m. Loss: 45m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6) 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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

Follow the 4WD track (closed to vehicles) east from the DOC carpark at Lake Emily for a further 800m to the signposted Manuka Hut turnoff. 2km of tramping track climbs ENE over a low spur and drops to join the 4WD track in the Stour. A further 1km north the turnoff to Manuka Hut is signposted - tucked 300m east of the main track behind a spur. A single creek crossing is required just before the hut - ankle deep in normal flows. 1-2 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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