Distance: 4.9 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 258m to 310m. Gain: 118m. Loss: 168m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
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

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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

From the bridge crossing the Wilkinson side creek, the track stays on the TL never far from the river until Karamea Bend Hut

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the hut, the track stays close to the river (on the TL) through to the track junction with the Wilkinson Track.