Distance: 7.4 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 465m to 672m. Gain: 312m. Loss: 114m . Gradient: 3 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

The Wangapeka Track is a benched track on a gentle gradient, well maintained, cut and marked. The exception is a 1km section south of Stone Hut where the original bench track has washed away and a rougher tramping-standard track sidles the valleyside.

All major sidecreeks are bridged.

2-4 hrs

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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