Distance: 2.2 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 597m to 711m. Gain: 196m. Loss: 268m . Gradient: 12 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

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

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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

From the trig at Raroa a good well used track follows the ridgeline north to pt642 where a signpost marks the track junction.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good well used track follows the ridgeline south from the marked track junction at pt642 to the trig at Raroa.