Distance: 1.0 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 776m to 807m. Gain: 44m. Loss: 13m . Gradient: 3 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

A good track runs down the south side of the Cascade valley from the Kaipo track junction. Soon the cascades are passed, though getting a good view of them is tricky. Cascade Hut lies 1km down the valley, situated on wooded terraces back from the river.