Distance: 0.9 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 577m to 742m. Gain: 165m. Loss: 0m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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

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

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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the track junction, drop SSW off the ridge for a kilometer or so. You soon reach a small stream,cross it, and emerges onto a grassy paddock at Mangatoatoa Hut. The track is getting overgrown, but still well marked.