Distance: 13.2 km (3.0 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 11m to 103m. Gain: 114m. Loss: 197m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills:

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

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

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

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

It’s a 6km road-bash from Te Araroa to the Kopuapounamu River - SH35 South. From there head 7km up Kopuapounamu Rd to where the road forks, with the left fork heading for a station and the right into forestry. This is the easiest access to riverbed - further west farmland present in-between road / river.