Distance: 2.7 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 455m to 541m. Gain: 112m. Loss: 45m . Gradient: 3 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

Unmarked route, clear (7/9)
Unmarked route, follows obvious geography (river, spur, trail, etc)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

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

From Oronui Hut we drop back to the river & head up the Mangamauku (south fork at the hut) for 3km. The riverbed is the usual Raukumara mixture of good shingle flats with narrow, slimy rocky sections, sections of windfall across the river. But ok to the forks where the 'track' over to the Mangatutara starts.

The start of the track is not marked (and the track is non-existent) so watch for the confluence shown on the map, as that is the only indication of where to start climbing.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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