Distance: 9.4 km (4.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 314m to 432m. Gain: 206m. Loss: 114m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

A good quality track heads up the true left of the Young through bush and grass flats to the Young North branch. A bridge across the north branch is nearly a kilometer upstream, under normal flows to save time you can ford the north branch from the flats and connect with the track on the other side. The camp site is a short distance up the true right of the north branch.

Note: few if any of the side streams are bridged. Under normal conditions they are fine to cross but usually involve wet boots. They could prove problematic after rain.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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