Distance: 2.8 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 782m to 899m. Gain: 230m. Loss: 179m . Gradient: 9 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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Leaving the Ruas Track junction the 6' track continues south, a basic tramping track sidling low on the face of Maungaphuto Peak. The track drops and climbs through several small valleys to reach the Maungapohatu Access Road at the boundary of the private land.