Asbestos Cottage
Kahurangi National Park
- 1 hr 30 min one way
- Easy/medium
A gently graded mine road climbing to the asbestos mine and on to the cottage.
Walking time
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1 hr 30 min |
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Distance
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6.0km |
Type
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One way
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Grade
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Easy/medium |
Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Starts
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Cobb Dam Road, 2km above the power station. |
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Ends
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Asbestos Cottage. |
Maps
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NZTopo50-BP24
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Altitude
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410m
–
830m
Altitude change 420m
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The track starts at the hairpin bend on Cobb Dam Road past the power station. It climbs gently above the Takaka River, passing the old asbestos mine after 1 hour. The hut, once home of Henry and Annie Chaffey, is a further 30 minutes.
Tracks continue on to Lower Junction on the Takaka River.