Distance: 0.8 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Marked route - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 1348m to 1492m. Gain: 148m. Loss: 70m . Gradient: 15 deg (Gentle)
Skills: Occasional scrambles (3/7) Winter - Iceaxe/crampons (4/7)

Marked route (6/9)
Uncut route, with markers normally within sight

Primary, unmapped (2/5)
Route not on maps, but is 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

Occasional scrambles (difficulty: 3/7)
Tramp with some scrambles and exposure to falls

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

Iceaxe/crampons (difficulty: 4/7)
Ice axe and crampons required in winter

A poled, well-travelled route runs between Arete Peak and Pukematawai along a sharp but safe ridge.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A poled, well-travelled route runs between Arete Peak and Pukematawai along a sharp but safe ridge. The track junction from Te Matawai Hut / Dracophyllum Hut is signposts and 40m west of Pukematawai summit.