Peter
North Island ▷ Wellington Region ▷ Hutt Valley ▷
Butcher track is in good shape and a nice uphill walk.
Parts of the trail are very narrow along a steep dropoff, watch the trail and where you step. I hiked from Butcher to the Ridge trail but it was so overgrown that I was having trouble seeing where to step and got all scratched up (legs mostly but arms too). I gave up and hiked back to Butcher after 30 minutes, it was too overgrown.