Distance: 1.0 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 855m to 908m. Gain: 53m. Loss: 5m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
Skills:

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 (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

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

Taking the track north from Mackintosh Hut leads through a mixture of pines and beech forest towards the base of the main range. Taking the left turn 300m from the hut the trackj continues a further 400m across the flats to a 2nd signposted junction - the turnoff for the track to The Lakes via the former Kaweka Biv site.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Kaweka Biv track junction, the MAckintosh Hut track heads SSE across beech and pine covered flats. A junction 300m before the hut is the turnoff for Makahu Saddle Hut. Mackintosh Hut sits on the edge of an area of beech overlooking a large clearing.