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DOC Land
Altitude: 517m to 744m. Gain: 67m. Loss: 267m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)
Note: there is no bridge across the Pass Burn. Do not attempt to take the Mavora Walkway track if has been raining as the ford half a km south of Passburn Hut will be impassible. This route guide takes the old cattle track which is usable even after heavy rain, and entries in the Greenstone gut book suggest it is faster then the adjacent Mavora Walkway.
From Taipo Hut cross fields northeast of the hut and a couple of small lakes to make your way to the Pass Burn/Pond Burn Saddle. At a gate the track divides, orange triangles go up the hill to the left forming the official Mavora Walkway track. Orange topped waratahs, which you've been following along the whole length of the Mavora Walkway, head northeastwards to the eastern side of the valley. Follow the waratahs up a small hill where an obvious ground trail enters knee high scrub. This is the last marker you'll see all the way down the Pass Burn but it doesn't matter, simply follow the ground trail, an old cattle track. The track meanders through the knee high scrub above the Pass burn, skirting the edge of bush, and crosses a small side stream. Half a km north of the side stream you'll see markers on the opposite side of the Pass Burn which is the Mavora Walkway approaching to converge at a 4 way intersection a short way ahead on the true right. Turn right at the intersection and follow a well marked track through bush, across a large clearing, then more bush to reach the bottom of the clearing that Greenstone Hut is located in. Climb up the hill to the hut.