Distance: 2.5 km (0.7 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 39m to 50m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 11m . Gradient: 0 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

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

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

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

From the Makerikeri river a good 4WD track runs along the wooded north bank of the Ashley River to the roadbridge at Cones Road.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the north end of the Ashley River bridge on Cones Road a 4WD track runs along the north bank of the Ashley River, eventually going as far as the Okuku. After 2km the usually dry bed of the Makerikeri joins from the north, and the 4WD track crosses with another running down the west bank of that river.