Distance: 2.0 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 707m to 770m. Gain: 7m. Loss: 69m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Secondary, unmapped (4/5)
Route not on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Once out on the main flats, cross the Acheron Lakes outlet stream and head south, skirting around patches of bush along the way. There are loads of camp spots down here. The Upukerora enters the forest at about the 700m contour, the flats don't extend down the river like the map indicates.

Downstream of here it is possible to travel all the way to Army Hut via animal trails on the true left, or by an old track marked by sporatic permalot and tape markers on the true right, but fastest travel is in the river bed, crossing as required, when river levels allow .

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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