Distance: 5.4 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 502m to 854m. Gain: 361m. Loss: 9m . Gradient: 4 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Upper Wairaki Hut a well marked if slightly overgrown in places track heads down the Wairaki River, crossing a few minor side streams along the way. The Te Araroa Trail junction in met, 30 minutes upstream from Lower Wairaki hut.