Distance: 0.8 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 560m to 672m. Gain: 117m. Loss: 5m . Gradient: 9 deg (Moderate)
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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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 tramping track leads north upriver from the Jumbo Hut junction, crossing the main creek on a bridge and climbing north to a saddle. On the saddle a signposted junction marks the start of a track NW to the tops at Baldy.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Baldy track junction, drop south on a good tramping track to the Atiwhakatu River, which is crossed on a bridge. The turnoff to Jumbo Hut is reached 300m later, and is signposted.