Distance: 2.7 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 457m to 1445m. Gain: 988m. Loss: 3m . Gradient: 22 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

Alpine weather (difficulty: 2/7)
Tramp on open tops, exposed to alpine weather

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

You need to ford the Haast River to get to the Brewster Track from the Fantail Falls nature walk. This is impassible after heavy rain. A good quality track climbs relentlessly to bush line, and then continues on up the ridge to the hut. Be wary of drop offs to the north, there a risk of being blown over a bluff in high winds!

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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