Distance: 1.9 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 410m to 576m. Gain: 169m. Loss: 172m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

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

Good track from Te Akaou to Forks: drops north, crossing a small stream then climbs gently east to the ridgeline which it follows for 1km or so though low regenerating bush and occasional mature trees left by the loggers. 100m from Forks the track swings east and drops very steeply to hit the creek opposite the hut. Forks Hut is on a small flat between the two forks.

River crossing is unbridged but low and crossable in most conditions.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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