Distance: 4.4 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 199m to 942m. Gain: 924m. Loss: 202m . Gradient: 15 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

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

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A well marked track through forest along the ridge to Totara Flats. Fairly gentle gradient until the final descent to the Flats. The hut is reached a hundred metres or so past the bridge