Distance: 2.9 km (0.7 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 787m to 830m. Gain: 28m. Loss: 59m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

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

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

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

An easy walk along an old farm track up / down the Avoca valley on the true left. A branch of the track crosses the Avoca upstream of the Basins Creek confluence, passes old (musterer's) Basins Hut and crosses Basins Creek to the new (NZFS) Basins Hut.

Both river crossings are OK in normal conditions, but wither could become impassible after heavy rain.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the new Basins's Hut, cross Basins Creek to the old Musterer's hut visible opposite. An old farm track drops to the Avoca and crosses it, joining the main 4wd track up / down the valley on the true left of the Avoca. This can be followed upriver. After 2km the confluence with Aphitheatre Creek is reached.

Both river crossings are OK in normal conditions, but wither could become impassible after heavy rain.