Distance: 4.7 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 336m to 486m. Gain: 250m. Loss: 100m . Gradient: 4 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

A good riverbed route runs between Duckville and the Weremata-Mangahoanga confluence. The top 1km has some of the dense ongaonga (nettle) issues found above Duckville, but below that the plant becomes sparse and not the impediment it was. Travel is on the riverbed with some sections on the banks. No track exists. River travel was ankle to knee deep on slippery small riverstones in normal flows.

Duckville Hut is 20m above the river on a spur, upstream of the confluence on the western bank. A marked track leads to the hut up the bushedge, about 50m upstream of the confluence.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good riverbed route runs between Duckville and the Weremata-Mangahoanga confluence. The top 1km has some of the dense ongaonga (nettle) issues found above Duckville, but below that the plant becomes sparse and not the impediment it was. Travel is on the riverbed with some sections on the banks. No track exists. River travel was ankle to knee deep on slippery small riverstones in normal flows.

The Mangahoanga is the first major creek to join from the east, reached after 4.5km. The Casino Hut track starrts about 150m up this side creek. The creek junction is marked by a solitary DOC triangle on the base of a fallen tree, visible only when looking upstream.