Distance: 1.5 km (0.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 101m to 120m. Gain: 25m. Loss: 8m . 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

A walk down a gravel road from the locked gate at Otaki quarry to the legal roadend on the park boundary. Be warned - whilst you can often drive down this road, and whilst all but the first 200m is a legal road, the gate gets locked when the quarry closes.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

A walk down a gravel road from the locked gate at Otaki quarry to the legal roadend on the park boundary. Be warned - whilst you can often drive down this road, and whilst all but the first 200m is a legal road, the gate gets locked when the quarry closes.