Distance: 1.2 km (0.7 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 343m to 563m. Gain: 333m. Loss: 113m . Gradient: 21 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

From Cone hut, climb the cut, marked track behind the hut for 300m to the marked junction. Take the left-hand track, sidling the valleyside NE to reach Cone Saddle.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Cone Saddle a good cut, marked track sidles the face SW towards Cone Hut. It is joined by another track after 700m, after which it descends easily for another 300m to Cone Hut.