Distance: 8.7 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 323m to 618m. Gain: 500m. Loss: 679m . Gradient: 8 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

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

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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

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

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

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

The Pukeiahomnga Road gets occasional ATV use from local hunters & possumers, but is not wide enough for 4WD. It’s easy, but long going meandering south along the ridgeline though regenerating bush before finally dropping into pines and down to Rawera Stream. Occasional clearings give views back to Hikurangi – now a satisfyingly long way away – and north towards the coast. Just before the road swings west, a tarp camp is tucked on a saddle – but no obvious water source exists.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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