Distance: 4.3 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 515m to 577m. Gain: 66m. Loss: 125m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6)

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

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

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Take the cut track from the Rangitane Reserve sign, and walk up the river. In normal flows expect to cross the river 15+ times. In heavier flows there are several sections which would be too deep and swift to cross. DOC give this river section 1.5 hours travel time, but it's closer to 1 hour if you're a fit and fast party.