Distance: 6.7 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 676m to 1224m. Gain: 307m. Loss: 778m . Gradient: 9 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

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

From the Carrick Racehead Hut, drop to Coal Creek and climb the good spur opposite. Pick up the Craigroy Track inside the reserve and follow it (public easement) through farmland to the Nevis River.

The Nevis is fordable in low-normal flows (knee-thigh deep). Follow the Schoolhouse Flat track t the Nevis Valley Road. There is camping at the river on the west side.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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