Distance: 2.2 km (1.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 776m to 1223m. Gain: 68m. Loss: 513m . Gradient: 16 deg (Moderate)
Skills: Winter - Snow/ice underfoot (2/7)

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

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

A good cut track drops SE from pt1232 towards the Ngamoko Road road end via the Apiti Track. Cut and marked through first leatherleaf and lower down good bush. Just beyond the 2nd saddle a signposted track junction is reached with a track dropping south towards the Mangatewainui River and Cattle Creek Hut.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the Cattle Creek turnoff, the Apiti Track continues to climb NW until it reaches the main range at pt1232. The track is cut and marked through first bush and later leatherleaf.