Distance: 3.5 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 516m to 1126m. Gain: 59m. Loss: 669m . Gradient: 12 deg (Moderate-hard)
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-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous 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

A good cut/marked track drops NNW down the spur from the signposted track junction at pt1130 to Wharfedale Hut. DOC call this the Wharfedale Hut Route

1-1.5 hrs down

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good cut/marked track climbs SSE up the spur to the signposted track junction at pt1130 from Wharfedale Hut. DOC call this the Wharfedale Hut Route

2-2.5 hrs up