Distance: 0.5 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 471m to 478m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 7m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills:

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Secondary, mapped (3/5)
Formal route, on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

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

300m upriver from Upper Caples Hut is a swingbridge which leaves the main Caples Track and crosses the Caples River for access to Kay Creek and Fraser Creek. Good campspots exist on the opposite side.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Cross the Caples RIver on the brigde. Upper Caples Hut is 300m further down the opposite bank along the well used Caples Track.