Distance: 1.1 km (0.7 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 706m to 935m. Gain: 15m. Loss: 229m . Gradient: 13 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)
GPX info source: Drawn on map

From the signposted track junction on the Sunrise track, a good cut, marked tramping track drops south off the ridge and sidles gradually down the face west. This cuts into a sidecreek and then continues to sidle through good mature bush down to the Waipawa Valley floor.

Waipawa Forks Hut is on a terrace 40m above the river on the south bank. The river is ankle-to-knee deep in normal flows, but can flood after rain. A track to the hut starts 100m upriver (**my notes say downriver, but the map shows upriver - please check and correct this routeguide). The track is marked with DOC triangles.

Last updated by: Madpom at 2014-12-22 01:52:41. Experienced: 2013-01-19
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