Distance: 4.7 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 658m to 1297m. Gain: 778m. Loss: 139m . Gradient: 11 deg (Moderate)
Skills:

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

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

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

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

A cut / marked track drops north from Puketaramea to Unknown Campsite. This is a gradual descent for the most part, through a substory of knee-to-waist deep fern and is susceptible to quickly becoming overgrown after cutting. The former clearing at Unknown has filled in with scrub, but good campspots exists right by the river.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A cut / marked track climbs south to Puketaramea from Unknown Campsite. This is a gradual ascent for the most part, through a sub story of knee-to-waist deep fern and is susceptible to quickly becoming overgrown after cutting. 2018 - Track has been recently cut and was easy to traverse. Some windfall present, but cleared some smaller bits by hand and saw.

The track does not climb to Puketaramea, but sidles the eastern face to reach a signposted track junction 100m east of the highpoint