Distance: 4.4 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Unmarked route, clear - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 555m to 677m. Gain: 308m. Loss: 399m . Gradient: 9 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Prolonged rivers (4/6)

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

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Prolonged rivers (difficulty: 4/6)
Frequent river travel - impassible after rain, risk of getting trapped

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Cold and icy in winter. Only a proposition for the tough!

Riverbed route between Mid Pohongina and Ngamoko. Generally reasonable going on rounded river rocks and tussock/flax banks. Frequent knee-thigh deep crossings - a few deeper, especially at Mid-Poh end - waist deep in normal flows. Bit of a scramble round pools about half-way. Ngamoko Hut reached from north side of the bend it sits on. Both hut accesses marked by triangles.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Straightforward 2 hour walk in low flows - which allows for plenty of sidling and fewer crossings than the upstream sections. Climb around several deep pools on the true left over large boulders. Would be difficult to negotiate some of the deeper/ fast flowing rapids in higher river levels. Riverbank and some shingle sections in the river make for nice walking. Mid Pohangina hut sits on a flat above the river on the true left bank opposite the pool with the waterfall.