Distance: 5.8 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 233m to 340m. Gain: 152m. Loss: 80m . 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

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

From the Dillon’s Homestead / the new Dillon’s Hut a marked track follows the Taipo valley flats upriver to Scotty’s Cableway where it crosses the Taipo. The cableway is marked on the map. Note that some people report difficulty crossing this cableway alone.

Crossing to the western bank via the cableway, the marked track climbs steeply over a knoll before dropping back to the valley floor again upstream. This climb is unavoidable unless you forsake the cableway and ford the river further upstream – not easy in moderate or higher flows. Continue along the now-unmarked valley floor to reach the outflow of Dunn’s Creek.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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