Distance: 7.8 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 96m to 585m. Gain: 521m. Loss: 33m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

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

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

From the Onamalutu Reserve a gravel road continues west up the valley. After about 3km this enters forestry and becomes a standard forestry track: ok in high-clearance 2WD. Zigzagging it climbs to the saddle where the start of the Forsters Hut track is signposted. Parking is limited.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A public (legal) forestry road drops east from the saddle at the end of the Forsters Track, exiting the forestry after 4km and continuing through farmland another 3km to the Onamalutu Reserve, where there is a public campground.