Red Hill
Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park
- 5 hr – 6 hr loop track
- Medium
This route climbs Red Hill, with good views toward Lake Coleridge, and drops back through scrub to form a circuit.
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Walking time
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1 day
5 hr – 6 hr
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Type
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Loop track
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Grade
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Medium |
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Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Starts
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Lyndon Road, off SH73 |
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BW20
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Altitude
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815m
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1,645m
Altitude change 830m
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Turn off SH73 at Lake Lyndon onto the Lyndon Road. Park just before the distinct kink in the road southwest of the lake (this is obvious on the map). Cross the farmland and head for the small patch of beech forest upvalley. Keep in the scree to the edge of the forest and pass the first deep, forested gully on the true right. Climb up the second, rocky gully on the true right into a scree-filled basin. The climb to the saddle is straightforward. Follow the ridge to Red Hill.
To return, continue south, dropping down the eastern side of the ridgeline, to a spur at 1300m. A scree run leads off this spur to the flats below. Avoid the matagouri and locate a farm road which leads eastward, back to the car park.