Distance: 1.1 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Marked route - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 600m to 763m. Gain: 176m. Loss: 30m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

Secondary, unmapped (4/5)
Route not on maps, an alternative recognised access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Occasional moderate climbs

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

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 junction the Arawaru track continues to climb south, becoming vague in places, until it reach the bushedge 100m north of the summit. There is a good cut track through the leatherleaf to to trig point at Arawaru - but it can be hard to locate the start of it where you exit the bush - nose around until you find it.

The Arawaru Summit features a trig station and views over Palmerston North to the west and the Tararua District to the east.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A well cut track drops NW from Arawaru Summit to the bushedge. Once in the bush the track cutting stops and you are left to follow a sporadically marked route NW then N down the ridgeline. At the unnumbered peak 400m south of pt624 a tree adorned with excessive flagging tape marks the junction with the Main Range route, joining from the West.