Distance: 4.0 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 160m to 681m. Gain: 114m. Loss: 521m . Gradient: 9 deg (Moderate)
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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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 Saddle, the track follow the broad ridge south, passing another turnoff to Cone Hut, before swinging east. After a couple of kilometers the ridge ends and a steep descent follows, unbroken to the base of the hill at the swingbridge. The Waiohine Gorge roadend is 100m away across the bridge.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the carpark at the roadend, follow the track for 100m, crossing the swingbridge to the signposted track junction. That's the end of the flat. From here a track climbs steeply up the spur until it tops out at pt572. An easier walk along broad bush ridges follows. A turnoff to Cone Hut is passed, and 300m beyond is another signposted track junction at Cone Saddle.