Distance: 6.3 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 255m to 544m. Gain: 298m. Loss: 9m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, 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

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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the park boundary the valley becomes wide with grassy and forested flats and a broad shingle riverbed. Going is fast for 3km-or-so, before the valley again closes in much sooner than the map suggests. The gradient becomes steeped and the riverbed boulders rather than gravel. It’s a case of boulder-hopping until you reach the Oronui confluence.