Distance: 1.2 km (0.7 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 343m to 563m. Gain: 113m. Loss: 333m . Gradient: 21 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 Cone Saddle a good cut, marked track sidles the face SW towards Cone Hut. It is joined by another track after 700m, after which it descends easily for another 300m to Cone Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Cone hut, climb the cut, marked track behind the hut for 300m to the marked junction. Take the left-hand track, sidling the valleyside NE to reach Cone Saddle.