Distance: 2.4 km (0.7 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 481m to 533m. Gain: 52m. Loss: 20m . Gradient: 2 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

Opposite the outflow of Gold Creek, a track starts on the northern bank marked by a triangle. This zigzags up onto the terrace on the northern bank and then runs to join the end of Makararo Road. The track is not marked but is obvious. A 2km walk along the forestry road follows, past the former Craig Hut site (now removed) to the junction with Yeomans Track on the park boundary.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the signposted track junction at Makaroro Rd / Yeomans Track, head west along Makaroro road until the road ends. Running straight ahead from the end of the road is a cut but unmarked track, This heads to the upriver end of terraces and then zigzags down to the river at the Gold Creek / Makaroro River confluence.