Distance: 4.1 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 94m to 117m. Gain: 13m. Loss: 36m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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/average going. Several crossings of Waikura - though these could be avoided by straying onto private land in an emergency. Knee to thigh in low flows. River shingle bed.

The route follows the broad river flats downstream. A 4WD track winds down the riverbed, cutting out onto grassy terraces on the southern bank after the first short gorge.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Good/average going. Several crossings of Waikura - though these could be avoided by straying onto private land in an emergency. Knee to thigh in low flows. River shingle bed.

The route follows the broad river flats downstream. A 4WD track winds down the riverbed, cutting out onto grassy terraces on the southern bank after the first short gorge.