Distance: 1.0 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 100m to 139m. Gain: 0m. Loss: 39m . Gradient: 2 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

An easy 1km walk down the gravel Poads Road takes you from the Poads Road roadend to the Pipe Bridge roadend and the junction of Poads Road and Gladstone Road.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

An easy 1km walk up the gravel Poads Road takes you from the Pipe Bridge roadend (and the junction of Poads Road and Gladstone Road) to the Poads Road roadend where tracks into the Ohau start.