Distance: 8.5 km (4.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 777m to 1440m. Gain: 236m. Loss: 899m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6) 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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

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

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

Route is easy enough to follow although has had minimal maintenance. Follows the shoulder of Ngapuketurua tops around and down into the long bush Beech Ridge. Good water available in the low scrub saddle coming off the tops before climbing back up on to the bush ridge. Pole markers through the tops, Doc orange triangles in the bush.
Track is all private land. Tramping permits required through Helisika.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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