Distance: 4.2 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 558m to 679m. Gain: 182m. Loss: 184m . Gradient: 5 deg (Gentle)
Skills:

Benched track (3/9)
Benched, maintained, marked tramping track or pack-track

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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 benched cycle track leads north from Rogers to Skips Hut. This crosses the Moerangi Stream on a wooden bridge then sidles north up the eastern valleyside to a low saddle beside pt700. The track then sidles the western side of the Whangatawhia Stream dropping slowly to reach the valley floor at Skips (Whangatawhia) Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A benched cycle track leads south to Rogers from Skips Hut. The track sidles the western side of the Whangatawhia Stream climbing slowly to reach the saddle adjacent to pt700. The benched track then sidles down the eastern valleyside of the next stream south to the Moerangi Stream, which it crosses on a wooden bridge. Rogers Hut is 200m beyond.