Distance: 5.0 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Benched track - Easy terrain
Altitude: 358m to 785m. Gain: 598m. Loss: 191m . Gradient: 9 deg (Moderate)
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

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Easement for public access- outcome of Caithness tenure review.

Climb out of the Wainakarua to the farm track on the Otepopo spur on steep tussock face. Track is good going as it climbs the ridgeline to the boundary at pt813. Route is not marked.

https://www.linz.govt.nz/crown-property/crown-pastoral-land/status-and-location-crown-pastoral-land/caithness

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Easement for public access- Outcome of Caithness tenure review

https://www.linz.govt.nz/crown-property/crown-pastoral-land/status-and-location-crown-pastoral-land/caithness