Distance: 2.3 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1037m to 1406m. Gain: 395m. Loss: 43m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
Skills: - Occasional rivers (3/6) Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

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

Occasional rivers (difficulty: 3/6)
Occasional rivers - impassible after heavy rain

Snow/ice underfoot (difficulty: 2/7)
Snow/ice likely on track

From Waterfall Hut, head downriver - the easiest travel being on the western bank. Head east up the broad, flat bed of Rangi Creek for about 1km to the small gully which drains Rangi Saddle. A DOC triangle marks the start of a rough, steep track climbing to the saddle.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From Rangi Saddle, a poled / marked route descends WSW towards Rangi Creek, becoming better defined as you descend. Once in the beech this si a marked, though rarely cut track.

Reaching Rangi Creek, head downriver in the gravel riverbed, crossing as required (small stream, ok in most conditions, but could flood in extreme rain). On reaching the main Kawhatau River, turn south up broad flats. The best travel is on the western bank. Waterfall Hut is hidden in the bosh on the eastern bank. A DOC triangle marks the start of the track to the hut.