Distance: 1.4 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Unmaintained track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 604m to 1223m. Gain: 619m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 28 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills: Alpine weather (2/7) - Occasional rivers (3/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

Unmaintained track (5/9)
Former track, overgrown - markers / ground trail still followable

Secondary, unmapped (4/5)
Route not on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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

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

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

This is an old NZFS track. At Park Forks, on the true right of the Park River, head upstream briefly & pick up the route, which starts approximately halfway between the un-named stream that drains directly east of Nichols & a large slip directly above the Park River Waiohine River confluence. The track climbs very steeply initially to the 780m contour & spur that leads up from the mouth of the un-named stream. Beyond the 780m contour, the gradient 'eases', but the route remains steep, till at least the 920m contour, where a brief respite is had, before the final very steep climb up the spur to the bushline at the 1120m contour. A further 100m of climbing reaches the flat top of Nichols & the main range track.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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