Distance: 1.4 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 698m to 801m. Gain: 103m. Loss: 64m . Gradient: 7 deg (Moderate)
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

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

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

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

From pt770, a good marked, cut tramping track drops north to a saddle, before climbing briefly west to reach Herepai Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Herepai Hut, a good cut, marked tramping track drops briefly east to a saddle. A gentle flat climb south follows to pt770, where a signpost marks the junction of tracks to Roaring Stag Lodge and Putara roadend.