Dry Acheron Track

Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park

  • 2 hr 30 min – 8 hr return by the same track
  • Easy/medium

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A new walk providing access to Big Ben (1416m).

Dry Acheron Track • By lewshaw. Licence: cc by-nc-sa.
Dry Acheron Track: Key information
Walking time
0 – 1 day
2 hr 30 min – 8 hr
Type
Return by the same track
Return by the same track
Grade
Easy/medium
Bookings
No bookings — open access
No — open access
Dry Acheron Track: Find it
Starts
Coleridge Road, off SH77, Windwhistle
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Ends
Big Ben
Maps
NZTopo50-BW20
NZTopo50-BW21
Altitude
1,416m
Dry Acheron Track: More information
Link
www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/dry-acheron-track/http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/dry-acheron-track/

This new track the Dry Acheron and Big Ben stations. Access is by courtesy of the owners. The track visits two covenant areas and climbs up to the summit of Big Ben in Korowai / Torlesse Tussocklands Park. There are several shorter walking options.

Times:

  • Car park to Clay Gully junction: 1 hour
    • Side track to Clay Valley covenant: 10 minutes
  • Clay Gully junction to Big Ben Route junction: 1 hour
    • Side track to Conical Knoll covenant: 30 minutes
  • Big Ben Route junction to Big Ben: 2 hours
Map
ID 8380

About this track

Added 30 January 2013 by matthewmatthew. 1 revision 30 January 2013 by matthewmatthew.
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