Distance: 1.0 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 556m to 666m. Gain: 123m. Loss: 34m . Gradient: 9 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-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

Crossing the swingbridge to the south bank of the Taipo, the Wangapeka track climbs gently to 100m above the valley floor and sidles into the upper Karamea. A small benched area on the corner contains the remains of Broughs Tabernacle - an old road-surveyor's hut. After 1km, a signposted track junction is reached, where a track drops east to Trevor Carter Hut via Saxon Falls.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

The benched track continues north from the Saxon Falls turnoff, rounding the spur into the Taipo. A small benched area contains the remains of Broughs Tabernacle - an old road-surveyor's hut. The track then starts to descend to the valley floor, where a swingbridge crosses to the north bank, intersecting the track from Trevor Carter Hut to Taipo Hut.