Distance: 2.2 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 488m to 529m. Gain: 62m. Loss: 30m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

A decent, if slightly overgrown back country track heads along the true left of the Aparima River between the open tussock of the Waterloo Burn and the large swamp near the Aparima/Spence confluence. Other then some boggy terrain at the edge of the swamp there are no real difficulties.

If you are traveling between the Spence confluence and northwards up the TA, a little bit of time can be saved by cutting through the open forest over the low saddle southeast of Pt571.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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