From Parks Peak Hut to Upper Makaroro Hut via track
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Distance: 2.4 km
(1.5 DOC hours)
- Tramping track
- Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 740m to 1336m. Gain: 39m. Loss: 632m . Gradient: 17 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)
Altitude: 740m to 1336m. Gain: 39m. Loss: 632m . Gradient: 17 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)
GPX info source: Drawn on map
From Parks Peak, head 50m south to the track junction, and turn west down in to the Makaroro vallety (signposted Upper Makaroro Hut). A 750m near-vertical drop to the river down a defined spur. A marked, cut track.
Crossing of the Makaroro River is required to reach the hut - ankle to knee deep in normal flows. Makaroro Hut is 50m upriver on the western bank.
Created by: Madpom on 2014-12-21. Experienced: 2010-10-30
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