Mt Somers Track (South Face)

Woolshed Creek Hut - Rhyolite Ridge Track junction (4 km) Time: 2 hr. The route takes in dynamic scenery with regenerating mountain beech forest within a vaulted landscape of waterfalls, deep, icy pools and forbidding rocky tors. From the hut the route climbs 500 metres to a local feature known as the Bus Stop overhang. From here the track crosses the western face of Mt Somers linking to Rhyolite Ridge Track.

Mt Somers Track (south face): Rhyolite Ridge Track junction - Mt Somers Summit Track junction (6 km) Time: 3 hr 30 min around the southern face of Mt Somers through a mix of open grassland and forested catchments. Grand views over Mid and South Canterbury.

Mt Somers Summit Track junction - Sharplin Falls carpark (4 km) Time: 2 hr 30 min The final steep downhill connection over Staverley Hill and down to Hookey Knob then through largely forested areas.