Distance: 1.2 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 904m to 943m. Gain: 44m. Loss: 54m . Gradient: 5 deg (Gentle)
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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

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 the turnoff, the good, cut marked track to Iron Whare follows the escarpment though beech forest to the hut. Flat and broad, the plateau narrows to a ridge just shy of Iron Whare, and starts to drop. The hut sits right beside the track, overlooking the Makahu valley.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Iron Whare Hut, the cut, marked track climbs slightly onto the plateau, and follows the escarpment east for 1km to meet the Middle Hill-Kaweka Flats Biv track at a signposted junction.