Distance: 2.5 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 979m to 1065m. Gain: 106m. Loss: 21m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

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

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

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

A good cut, marked tramping track follows the Makine ridge south west from the hut through mature beech forest. Several mistletoe sites are passed on the way, marked with blue markers. After 2.5km a signpost marks the junction of tracks onwards to Mangaturutu Hut (via the Makino valley to the west) and Ballard Hut / the Kaweka tops to the south.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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