Distance: 7.2 km (4.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 670m to 1096m. Gain: 142m. Loss: 556m . Gradient: 6 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

A good cut, marked tramping track follows the ridgeline to Renata from Elder. In the bush except for brief sections on Elder and Renata summits. Renata Hut is on a saddle, 2km after Renata Highpoint, 20m right off the track and is signposted.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good cut, marked tramping track follows the ridgeline from Renata to Elder. In the bush except for brief sections on Renata and the summit of Elder itself. Note that Elder Hut has moved and is now on the eastern side of the summit, not the south as shown on some maps.