Distance: 6.3 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 649m to 735m. Gain: 93m. Loss: 7m . Gradient: 1 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

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

The valley floor is in the shade for much of the winter and snow falls have a habit of lingering.

From the car park wander up the expanse of the river bed crossing the main channel over and back where necessary, before the junction with the crow river, angle across the flats on the true left until you spot the first large orange triangle set against the bush. This indicates the start of the track across a higher grassy river terrace & through a tongue of bush & into the Crow River valley. Note: you will normally have to cross the Waimakiriri River at least twice before the flats and the first marker. Do not attempt to cross after heavy rain or if heavy rain is forecast. Time from CP to Crow River valley (1.5 to 2 hrs).

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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