Distance: 3.0 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 336m to 600m. Gain: 392m. Loss: 366m . Gradient: 15 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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 (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

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

A good, cut track runs most of the way from the Weramata-Mangahoanga confluence to Casino Hut.

Head up the Mangahoanga for 150m, passing a small creek and some bluffs on the northern side. The river is small and low (ankle deep) in normal flows. A large DOC triangle marks the start of the track to Casino. The track zigzags up the face and joins the ridge, which is followed over the tops to Casino Hut. The track has been well cut in the past, and is still well marked, though windfall in places is becoming a problem.

Casino Hut is on the track, in a large clearing overlooking the river forks, 40m above the creek.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A good, cut track runs most of the way from the Weramata-Mangahoanga confluence to Casino Hut.

The track heads up the spur behind Casiino Hut and joins the ridge, which is followed over the tops before zigzagging down the south face to the Mangahoanga. The track has been well cut in the past, and is still well marked, though windfall in places is becoming a problem.

The confluence with the Weramata is 150m downriver, passing a smaller sidecreek on the northern bank. The river is small and low (ankle deep) in normal flows.